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Australian researchers release footage of 64,000 endangered turtles nesting near Great Barrier Reef
Story and video from Storyful At least 64,000 endangered green turtles were spotted on and around Raine Island in the Great Barrier Reef late last year. Drone footage taken in December 2019 helped scientists working on the Raine Island Recovery
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Australian authorities deliberately flood town
The Queensland government in Australia chose to deliberately flood parts of a town in order to prevent a nearby dam from collapsing. As more rain fell in a week than the area is accustomed to seeing in a year, the Ross River dam above the town of
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Queensland police chase truck driver with a flaming trailer down the highway
Dramatic dashcam footage has captured police officers in pursuit of a pickup truck driving down the road with its trailer on fire. The video was filmed on a stretch of highway near Miriam Vale, Queensland, and shows the police chasing down the
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Australia's strangest places: You need to see these!
Love visiting unique places on holiday? Well, you're in for a treat if you're heading to Australia as there's a whole host of strange, otherworldly and unusual destinations to add to your holiday itinerary. SEE ALSO: How to do Oz
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Australian boy wrestles with snake under family car
This is the hair-raising moment a teenager calmly wrestles a two-metre carpet python out from underneath a Toyota in Australia. Spine-tingling footage shows Oli Wardrope, 14, from Seventeen Seventy in Queensland wrangle the snake out from the
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Man saves woman's life by honking his horn
Pedestrian crossings are pretty simple. A person walks up to one and motorists stop to let them cross the road. Unfortunately, all it takes is one inattentive driver and that simple premise can turn
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Woman survives 17 days in Australian rainforest
A mother-of-three who went missing in the Australian rainforest for 17 days has been found - after surviving crocodiles, giant birds, and dehydration. Shannon Fraser, 30, a former cancer patient, was spotted stumbling out of the wilderness in
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