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Cameleer Andrew Harper takes time out during filming for a new ABC documentary- Running Wild: Australia’s Camels 🐫
Taking in the views in #Zimbabwe as the #AustralianStory crew films with rugby union star @davidpocock 📸: Producer Winsome Denyer 🔸@wallabies
Love cats but can't commit to having a pet in the long term? This could be the perfect solution 🐱 The RSPCA is urgently seeking Canberra volunteers to foster carers for "kitten season". Catherine Campbell, who’s been fostering kittens for three seasons, says: “It's the best kind of volunteering you can do without leaving your house.” 📷: Georgia Hitch
Saint Joseph's Catholic Church ⛪️was painstakingly built by locals on Hammond Island near Thursday Island #BackRoads #abctv 📷: Brigid Donovan
“I picture my father-in-law at 75. Can you imagine Sue or I coping with two adult children? They'll be near 45 and they could still be with us.” Twins Kara and Jenna may be 24 years old, but due to their intellectual disabilities, their parents Sue and David Hillier still have to care for them as if they're small children. Caring for two adults with disabilities is starting to take its toll, and although the twins are on the Department of Human Services disability support register waiting list, that that seems like a long way off yet. See the rest of @margaretburin's photoessay on our website.
Australian scientists in Antarctica have hailed a $45-million funding boost as a "game-changer" that would allow them to step up their search for the "holy grail of climate science" — the Million-Year Ice Core ❄️❄️❄️. More than 20 countries are in the race to find the ice core, which is like a time capsule deep below the surface of Antarctica that promises to unlock the past, and help predict the future of the Earth's climate – and Dr Tas van Ommen says Australia has found a promising location in an area called Dome C. 📷: Jane Norman
This is Suzanne, #baking #lemonslice at #Cafe Gray in #Hamilton, #Victoria. Twenty-three employers in the country town have partnered with a #disability provider to take on people with disabilities. 📷 ABC News: @margaretburin
Myles Loughran is a #catman and co-owns Cat Café #Melbourne. 😺 He represents a burgeoning movement of #men who are shaking off the tired stereotype that #cat ownership is exclusively a feminine pastime and publicly embracing their affinity for kitties. 📷 ABC News: Hayley Gleeson
Try this on for size! Australia is home to some of the world’s most interesting animals, from kangaroos to koalas, but did you know it is also home to the largest population of wild camels on Earth? Go on an epic trek with these gentle giants in a new documentary on ABC TV this Monday night called Running Wild: Australia’s Camels 🐪🐪🐪
Say cheese! Meet Mr Billy, an adorable Clydesdale captured by @abcopen contributor Trish Muir. What a great photo! 🐴😁❤️
Though she's worshipped throughout the indie music world, @angelolsenmusic is refreshingly frank about her creative process. Asked whether digging into her emotional life to write songs is scary, she answers with a wry grin and a simple "no". "I don't feel that I'm exposing that much ... when something simple happens in my life I think I tend to blow it up quite a bit," she says. 📷: ABC RN's Tiger Webb
Fraser the 11-month-old koala joey needs lots of care and attention at the #Currumbin Wildlife Hospital after being stomped on by a #cow near Lismore in northern #NSW. His mother was killed in the incident, but Joey is on the road to recovery. 📷: ABC: Ashleigh Stevenson 🐨
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