If you can’t quite hack the requisite international airfare and/or annual leave to explore the Amazon, meet polar bears, or go deep sea diving right now, there is another method for getting up close and personal with some of the world’s most incredible animals. For the 59th year in a row, the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition will arrive in Sydney on loan from London’s Natural History Museum. Taking root at the National Maritime Museum, this stunning collection of photographs will be on show in Sydney from Saturday, June 15 until November 2024. This incredibly prestigious photography event is centred on drawing attention to the wild beauty and fragility of the natural world. This year, judges had to look at nearly 50,000 entries from a line-up of professional and amateur photographers across 95 countries, being faced with the near-impossible task of whittling these down to just over 100 photo finalists. The images that made this year’s exhibition shine a light on the strain that our natural environment is under as a result of human intervention, and capture mesmerising snapshots of fascinating animal behaviour, stunning secret moments in the hearts of the world’s most unreachable places.The prestigious Grand Title this year went to French photographer Laurent Ballesta, whose surreal image of a golden horseshoe crab has earned him the title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year for the second time. So, if you are in the mood to escape reality, dive into strange an
Throw off your doonas and discard your scarves: spring has sprung in Sydney. September not only heralds the arrival of warmer spring weather, but much like the trees and flowers waking up from the winter snooze, life is returning to the city – and we're here for it.
Shake off those winter cobwebs and go in search of gorgeous spring flowers around Sydney and the state, wander through one of the city’s colourful weekend markets, take a refreshing dip in one of Sydney’s best ocean pools, or if you really want to give yourself a thorough spring airing, bust out the birthday suit at one of Sydney's finest nude beaches.
Stay fresh and brighten up your mind at a new theatre show and art exhibition, follow it up with a bottomless brunch, then soak up the fluttery sunshine in a lush beer garden – or up high at a dreamy rooftop bar.
It's also the perfect time of year to give your home, garden or balcony a glow-up with some leafy additions, so head to these top plant nurseries where you can pick up a few new fronds.