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Dragon’s Paradise Lost – Varanus komodoensis
I have always been curious whether the Komodo Dragon found on the island of Komodo, located between Sumbawa and Flores, is a large goanna (lizard) caused by island gigantisism or the last of the Australian megafauna, which we know … Continue reading
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In Search of the Wallace hut on the island of Waigio
In June and July 1860, Alfred Russel Wallace sailed north from the island of Ceram in Maluku to the island of Mysool and then to the south coast of the island of Waigio near Papua in search of Birds of … Continue reading
Banda Island and the Banda Sea marine gardens
The Banda volcano (Gunung Api or Fire Mountain) is a perfectly conical mountain that rises 656 meters above sea level, and is about 3 kilometres wide. The nutmeg island of Banda has been a key location in the spice trade … Continue reading
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Alfred Russel Wallace’s publication of ‘The Malay Archipelago’
This week we celebrate the 150 year anniversary of the publication of Alfred Russel Wallace’s book, The Malay Archipelago. This wonderful book is an account of the eight years he spent in British Malaya and the Dutch East Indies collecting … Continue reading
Swimming with Whale Sharks in Papua
The map below shows our October 2018 voyage with Coral Expeditions from Biak to Darwin. There is no doubt that the highlight of the voyage was swimming with whale sharks in Cenderawasih Bay in Papua. The whale shark is … Continue reading
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Ian Burnet talking at ‘Better Read than Dead’
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Where Australia Collides with Asia – the latest book review
Ian Burnet, with his thirty years’ personal experience in the culture and history of the area, gives competent, intelligent and entertaining accounts of the voyages of the three main protagonists whose discoveries transformed our understanding of the processes of evolution … Continue reading
