"Australia is filled with beautiful landscapes and friendly people. How does the natural world affect life there? How has life changed in Australia from its earliest days to today? Readers find the answers to these questions and many more about life "down under" as they explore the history, environment, and culture of this popular part of the world. The detailed main text features up-to-date facts about life in Australia, presented alongside fun fact...

Australia is considered the world's smallest continent or its largest island. Take a look at the famous Great Barrier Reef, and Cairns, the capital of Brisbane.

The author recounts her almost two-thousand mile journey across Australia with nothing but a dog and some camels for company.

A New England-born author and journalist describes his nine-month, ten-thousand-mile journey through Australia by bicycle, detailing the cattle stations, mining towns, Aboriginal communities, rain forests, deserts, and other sights of the Australian Outback.

A stunning inside look at a land more like another planet than another country introduces audiences to the unique ecosystem that makes up Australia.

Jeff is in the land down under. Starting in the city of Melbourne, he travels from desert to prairie to forest, and even to a place called Kangaroo Island. In this mysterious island country, he finds dingoes, snakes, bats, a koala, a wallaby, and even a real live dragon.