Kamilaroi Country lies in far northwest New South Wales, past Tamworth and crossing over the Queensland border. Here, the bunyip bird (Australasian bittern, Botaurus poiciloptilus), and the brolga ...

Experts celebrate discovery of secretive and endangered Australasian bittern in recently restored wetlands The “bunyip bird” – named after a mythological river-lurking, human-eating monster – is as ...

Is there a bunyip living in the quaint highlands’ village of Burrawang, 140km south-west of Sydney? MENTION THE New South Wales Southern Highlands and most people think of rolling hills, Devonshire ...

The legend of the bunyip has lived long in Australian history. Elders and long-time cattlemen have told of bubbling water, disappearing cattle and eerie sensations throughout the generations. Several ...

Australia has some thoroughly cooked creatures dwelling in its waters. For example, platypi (yes, platypi) are really quite not OK. Sure, they’re sort of cute – although I saw one IRL and they are ...

A feared but beloved icon lurking in the water by the River Murray is back after the floods put it out of action. Regarded as one of the state‘s most iconic tourist attractions, the mechanical Bunyip ...

The debate around the Murray-Darling Basin is often sharply polarised: irrigation is destroying the environment, or water reforms are ruining farming communities. But there is another story. In the ...