Desert succulent illustration
illustration of a wren

‘Our friend who lives in Broken Hill said that a month ago, almost none of this rich vegetation was here. So the rain has transformed this landscape into what is generally a rare sight in this environment.’

— llaria Teresa Lee Tarasenko

Ilaria Teresa Lee Tarasenko Geology student University of Adelaide

Can you hear me
in this habitat?

Did you know: AuScope’s peers at the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) monitor different ecosystem health by collecting different types of data around the Australian continent?

Broken Hill vegetation
Broken Hill desert grasses and earth
Broken hill desert daisy

Learn more about the flora of the Broken Hill region.