Australia’s Ancient Landscape
The Olympic Games may be the shining moment of Australia’s recent history. But the continent’s past is just as exciting. It’s an old, old land that, geologically-speaking, people have only recently discovered. Earlier this year on the National Geographic Radio Expedition, NPR’s Alex Chadwick looked beyond kangaroos and koalas to see what makes Australia so different from everyplace else.
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