coloured chalks and a note-taking pencil

comprehensive guidebook offers step-by-step instructions and fascinating volcanic facts

Gerard Krefft with the newly discovered manta ray

sourced from the Democratic Republic of Congo

and Spirit and their meaning to the Aboriginal people

Abandoned Australia bilas coloured chalks and a note-takingBarren red deserts dotted with post colonial ghost towns, dilapidated inner city factories, discarded country homesteads and a succession of dormant, soot filled power stations are just a handful of the desolate, yet visually rich narratives that form part of the abandoned Australia landscape. Digging beneath the sun baked soil, Shane Thoms uncovers the modern ruins scattered over this arid continent and reveals a series of beautifully broken abodes