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...River The Gospel Run Taking the church to the people of the Outback Press Gang Getting the nation's news out at the Australian Super Bowl Inside the myth-filled Wolfe Creek meteorite crater Unseen Gladiators Keeping the Melbourne Cricket Ground alive Hands Off Protecting prehistoric art in a Tasmanian cave Metal Asylum Sculpture goes walkabout in the West Australian desert...
...Bird Race, a 10,000-kilometer competition for seabirds flying from New Zealand to South Africa; by APHRODITE, an albatross sponsored by Jerry Hall, former model and ex-wife of rock star Mick Jagger; at the Cape of Good Hope. The race follows the migratory route of the Tasmanian Shy albatross. Second place went to Xanadu, sponsored by Nicholas Coleridge, a descendent of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge...
...wish came true at the Adelaide Town Hall on Wednesday night with the world premiere of Peter Sculthorpe's Requiem for orchestra, chorus and didjeridu. For nearly 60 years, this Tasmanian-born composer's music has resonated with the sacred quality of nature. The Requiem is his masterwork. Based on an old Aboriginal lullaby, Sculthorpe's soaring choral work is punctuated by weeping cellos and grounded by the majestic hum of soloist William Barton's didjeridu, suggesting the long horizon of the Outback...
...northeast. Then, in 1999, one of the world?s few devil experts, zoologist Menna Jones, reported similar tumors among animals she was studying on the east coast. But it wasn?t until late last year that a statewide snapshot survey revealed the full extent of the epidemic. Despite the Tasmanian devil?s iconic status and its key ecological role as a super-efficient scourer of the bush, requests for a program to monitor the species have been refused for more than a decade, says Mooney. ?If something isn?t endangered or threatened, no one wants to spend any money...
From inside the hessian sack comes a low growl. Wildlife biologist Nick Mooney reaches in and carefully pulls out a Tasmanian devil, the largest carnivorous marsupial, a halo of stiff whiskers framing bright brown eyes and rich, dark fur; an open mouth revealing sharp teeth. Tasmania is famed as much for its creatures as its landscapes, and chief in this unique menagerie is the devil, reportedly so named by early settlers, who were rattled by its ferocity and the ungodly sounds of its squabbles over food. Few ever get this close to the stocky, dog-like creature, which scavenges...