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Wallaby perched on a rock. It has caramel brown/yellow markings on its feet, paws and tail with white highlights on them too.
Yellow-footed rock-wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus).
Credit: Peter Sherratt/DPE
Welcome home: Yellow-footed rock wallaby to return to Western Ridge at Mutawintji Lands
View from above of lookout area with cliff face and clouds visible among trees in distance.
Wentworth Falls Lookout. Grand Cliff Top Walk, Blue Mountains National Park.
Credit: R Brand/DCCEEW
Record visits to NSW national parks drives economic growth and regional jobs
Two lizards with striped patterns rest on a crumpled white fabric.
A pair of seized lizards in wildlife trafficking.
Credit: DCCEEW
Court outcome reinforces wildlife trafficking will not be tolerated in NSW
A mother koala and joey cling to the trunk of a large gum tree
Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) mother and joey.
Credit: Dan Lunney/DCCEEW
Narrandera’s koalas strengthen landmark NSW research
Small sandy coloured skink against similar coloured rocks.
Kungaka, Mutawintji National Park.
Credit: DCCEEW
Protecting Australia’s rarest reptile from extinction
Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) swimming through ocean waves.
Wayne Reynolds/DPE.
Credit: Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
Volunteer for the first statewide Dolphin Census
Small green frog resting on reeds in centre of image.
An autumn environmental flow will be delivered to sustain critical wetland habitat for the endangered southern bell frog.
Credit: Amelia Walcott/ DCCEEW
Autumn environmental flow to support southern bell frog habitat in the Cumbung
The modern corrugated‑metal Ball-Eastaway House with a curved roof and covered veranda, surrounded by native bushland in Glenorie.
Ball-Eastaway House, Glenorie, designed by Glenn Murcutt.
Credit: Paul Lovelace, Alamy
Glenorie’s Ball–Eastaway House and Setting added to the State Heritage Register
Aerial view of swimmers at Bronte Beach
Aerial view of swimmers at Bronte Beach.
Credit: C Board/DPE
Beachwatch

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Clouds, weather pattern
Clouds, weather pattern.
Credit: V Duncan
Air quality

Air quality concentration data - updated hourly.