Jacaranda season is beginning across Australia as an explosion of vivid blue spreads in a wave from north to south. We think of jacarandas as a signature tree of various Australian cities. Sydney, ...

As Australian cities heat up and dry out, street trees are emerging as frontline defenders of urban livability. Street trees make city life more bearable during heat waves. They also improve human ...

Every spring, streets across Australia turn purple with the delicate, falling flowers of jacarandas. This year, they’ll likely be flowering over Christmas. The colour of the flowers is often debated – ...

FRIENDLY people, the opportunity for a laid-back lifestyle and the quiet atmosphere of Grafton attracted Cheree Gibson to move to town two years ago. Since then Miss Gibson, 24, has fallen in love ...