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Cocos (Keeling) Islands baker makes sourdough with sea salt extracted from surrounding waters
6 months, 1 week ago

Cocos (Keeling) Islands baker makes sourdough with sea salt extracted from surrounding waters

ABC  

The smell of sourdough bread baking in the oven is one of the first things you can smell when you arrive at the airport in the Cocos Islands — Australia's most remote territory. Tony decided to harness the island's abundance of sun and seawater to create sea salt, working under the guidance of the Cocos elders living on Home Island. …

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CSIRO expedition voyage to unexplored underwater mountains and sea floor around Australia's Indian Ocean Territories
2 years, 2 months ago

CSIRO expedition voyage to unexplored underwater mountains and sea floor around Australia's Indian Ocean Territories

ABC  

A team of researchers has embarked on a journey to map a series of vast mountain ranges lying up to five kilometres beneath the sea surface in what they say is one of the least-understood regions in Australia. At depths of 5 kilometres, they expect to find 'blobby' and 'fangy' creatures as well as interesting topography The mountains formed when …

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Little-known beach paradise: Australian travellers flock to Direction Island in the Cocos Keeling
2 years, 5 months ago

Little-known beach paradise: Australian travellers flock to Direction Island in the Cocos Keeling

Daily Mail  

Travellers are flocking to this little-known tropical island with spectacularly turquoise waters, white sands and lush palm trees that look like something out of movie. Direction Island is part of the Cocos Keeling Islands off the coast of Western Australia and is home to Cossies Beach which was named Australia's best back in 2017. A little-known tropical island hundreds of …

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Locals, tourists on remote Cocos Islands exasperated by ongoing fuel crisis
2 years, 11 months ago

Locals, tourists on remote Cocos Islands exasperated by ongoing fuel crisis

ABC  

Locals and tourists on a remote Australian archipelago say they are frustrated, after the islands ran out of fuel more than a month ago. Key points: Residents on Cocos Islands have been without fuel since December 16 Weather and congestion at Fremantle Port has further delayed fuel shipments which are expected on January 29 The fuel crisis has hampered tourist …

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Australia to support Isro in tracking Gaganyaan mission
3 years, 3 months ago

Australia to support Isro in tracking Gaganyaan mission

India Today  

Australia will support India's Gaganyaan mission by tracking it through Cocos Keeling island, Deputy Head Australia Space Agency Anthony Murfett said on Monday. "We are going to be supporting this Gaganyaan mission by tracking through Australia's territory on the Cocos Keeling islands," he said. Earlier this year, ISRO chief K Sivan had said the space agency is also in talks …

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