This issue takes readers across Australia's most pressing landscapes and ecosystems, with stories that explore conservation wins, environmental challenges, and the people and places caught in the middle.

In this issue:

• Freed from the Rat Race – Native wildlife has been thriving on Lord Howe Island since it became the world's largest inhabited island to eradicate feral rodents.
• Island Revival – Life is returning in a hurry on Australia's latest island conservation success story, and the results are astonishing.
• Australia's Burning Secret – A UNESCO-recognised WA biosphere reserve was savaged by fire, yet the catastrophe barely rated a national headline.
• Rabbit Rampage – A rabbit plague is looming as Australia's once-successful biocontrol agents slowly lose their edge.
• Food for Thought – Werribee South's market gardens are a vital Melbourne food source and a window into the challenges of ensuring Australia's food security.
• Running the River Dry – The Murray, Australia's longest and most productive river, is at breaking point, and the people who love and depend on it feel like they're running out of time.
• Triumph on K2 – Throughout our 40th anniversary year, we look back at stories from across the decades. This one's from Jan–Mar 1992.

About Australian Geographic Magazine

Uniquely Australian, Australian Geographic Magazine is a bi-monthly magazine renowned for its photography, stories and cartography that cover Australian life, natural history, adventure, science, culture, innovation and travel.

Journey to every corner of Australia in each issue, explore diverse landscapes, plants and wildlife, unearth the latest in conservation, industry and scientific research and share insights into Australia's rich cultural heritage and rural life.

Issue 192 May/June 2026