Wildest Places

Australia was the last continent to form the smallest of the seven Though it is completely surrounded by water the center is consumed by vast tracts of parched infertile land This is the lowest flattest and driest inhabited continent Its extreme climate and isolation has shaped astounding evolutionary adaptations This place has created its own rules of nature

The wetlands and rainforests of Australia are ecosystems that hold links to the continents ancient past These places are extremely diverse Lush green ranges in remote southern isles allow life forms to flourish unhindered Rainforests create prime real estate for a convergence of species all battling for territory

The vegetated areas of the smallest continent are uniquely Australian Its estimated almost a fifth of Australia is covered in dry forest The dry forests colloquially deemed the bush is concentrated mostly along the east coast with small pockets in the southwest and northern extremities of the country These are the kingdoms of the most common of Australian mammals marsupials

As a freestanding continent Australia is surrounded by two major oceans and five seas There are 22000 miles of coastline on the mainland alone These are the magical boundaries where elements meet The animals that thrive in the spaces between land and sea have weird and wonderful rituals to adjust and battle for supremacy when these strange worlds collide