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Tropical Topics

Tropical Topics is an educational newsletter used by the tourism industry and schools. Tropical Topics contains detailed information about the Wet Tropics, savanna and reef ecosystems and their numerous plants and animals. Listed below are the Tropical Topics for the wet tropics and the savanna regions.

Number	Date	Title	File Size
01	Apr 1992	The Gondwana connection	570KB
03	Jul 1992	Frogs	511KB
05	Sep 1992	Light in the rainforest	631KB
07	Nov 1992	Rainforest possums	519KB
09	Feb 1993	Cassowaries	623KB
11	Apr 1993	Bats	518KB
13	Jul 1993	Wet tropic webs	581KB
15	Sep 1993	Fire	518KB
17	Dec 1993	Wet tropic webs II	560KB
19	Apr 1994	Mangroves I - the plants	600KB
21	Jul 1994	Mangroves II - the animals	513KB
23	Oct 1994	Caring for country	731KB
25	Jan 1995	Feral and introduced animals	477KB
27	Apr 1995	Weeds in the wet tropics	467KB
29	Jul 1995	Crocodiles	426KB
31	Nov 1995	Hazards in the wet tropics	697KB
33	Jan 1996	Wet tropics lizards	800KB
35	Apr 1996	Forest fruit dispersal	767KB
37	Aug 1996	Rainforest invertebrates	521KB
42	Sep 1997	Macropods of the wet tropics	495KB
44	Dec 1997	Freshwater	950KB
46	Apr 1998	Rodents of the wet tropics	563KB
48	Jul 1998	Night in the forest	587KB
50	Oct 1998	Dasyurid marsupial carnivores of the wet tropics	531KB
52	Jan 1999	Birds breeding	638KB
54	Apr 1999	Butterflies and moths	625KB
56	Jun 1999	Bird calls and songs	632KB
57	Sep 1999	Beetles	1.03MB
59	Dec 1999	Plants before flowers: focus on cycads	922KB
61	Apr 2000	Plants without flowers	786KB
63	Sep 2000	Wet tropics geology	746KB
64	Dec 2000	Termites	468KB
65	Mar 2001	Bird body language	971KB
67	May 2001	Spiders	831KB
68	Jul 2001	Wetlands	320KB
69	Sep 2001	Wet sclerophyll forests	837KB
71	Dec 2001	Woodlands of the savanna lands	394KB
72	Mar 2002	Fungi	786KB
73	May 2002	Birds of the savanna	312KB
74	Jun 2002	Uplands of the wet tropics	512KB
75	Oct 2002	Declining mammals of the savannas	689KB
76	Apr 2003	Toxic tales	616KB
77	May 2003	Plant destroyer	1.09MB
78	Jun 2003	The diverse lizards of Oz	980KB
79	Nov 2003	Cassowary etiquette	1.66MB
80	Jan 2004	Very venomous but..	1.18MB
81	Feb 2004	The grey and the green	1.01MB

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