NewsBite

National parks

June

The Redwood National and State Parks (RNSP) are located in the United States, along the coast of northern California.

Why we should embrace tall-tree tourism

Only 34 per cent of the world’s surviving forests are old-growth ones, and many are under threat. If California’s Redwood National Park is anything to go by, there is hope, however.

  • Ute Junker

February

Dennis Barnes

Inside Snowy 2.0: getting a $12b mega-project back on track

The Florence tunnel boring machine will need to pick up the pace to 12-15 metres a day to stay on target as the scheme pursues Australia’s renewables dream.

  • Angela Macdonald-Smith

September 2023

Inside the Florence tunnel boring machine that has been essentially stuck in soft ground at the Snowy 2.0 construction project for almost a year.

‘Bugger all’: Florence the machine’s progress at $12b Snowy 2.0

The 2000-tonne tunnel boring machine has been almost at a standstill for about a year, contributing to the cost blowouts and delays at the Snowy 2.0 project.

  • Updated
  • Angela Macdonald-Smith

August 2023

Exploration geologist John Holliday inspects the rock core drilled at Trundle in NSW.

A shake-up is coming for this crucial mining code

More disclosures about native title are also being considered as part of a review of the rules, which underpin the credibility of pre-revenue resource plays.

  • Peter Ker

July 2022

Sydney Parklands Trust chairman Michael Rose at Callan Park.

Can this lawyer save a decaying park from its lovers?

Former Allens chief executive Michael Rose has two years to convince the inner west that business will not spoil a large, decaying park.

  • Aaron Patrick

February 2022

Former Telstra chief executive David Thodey (right) and former senior public servant Martin Parkinson are the new co-chairs of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation.

Thodey to pursue sustainable funding model for Great Barrier Reef

Former Telstra boss David Thodey, a new chairman of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, said there needs to be new long-term sustainable funding model to save the natural wonder.

  • Mark Ludlow

December 2020

The Smoky Cape Lighthouse

The perfect 2021 getaway is a lighthouse. Here are six of the best

Long revered as places of great solitude and intense reflection, the nation's many lighthouse cottage stays have never been more on trend.

  • Fiona Carruthers

Original URL: https://www.afr.com/topic/national-parks-jpg