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Links to resources:

Bureau of Meteorology  http://www.bom.gov.au/
Bureau of Meteorology - Rainfall Radar (updated regularly)  http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/radar
Bureau of Meteorology - Climate Averages (with detailed maps)  http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/
Bureau of Meteorology - SILO: Meteorology for the land  http://www.bom.gov.au/silo
Bureau of Meteorology - Indigenous Weather Knowledge  http://www.bom.gov.au/iwk
 
For information on Australia's infrastructure
Maps of Australia developed by Geoscience Australia http://www.ga.gov.au/map/images.jsp
For information on Australia's natural resources and the environment visit
Deserts of Australia - International Year of Deserts and Desertification http://www.deh.gov.au/events/iydd/index.html
Australian Natural Resources Atlas (for data) http://audit.ea.gov.au/ANRA/atlas_home.cfm
National Land & Water Resources Audit http://www.nlwra.gov.au/
 National Land & Water Resources Audit - Links http://www.nlwra.gov.au/
about.asp?section=15#national
Environment Portal http://www.environment.gov.au/index.html
Endangered Flora Communities http://www.deh.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/
publiclookupcommunities.pl
Species Profile and Threats Database http://www.deh.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/
public/sprat.pl
To view photographs of the environment visit the Dept of Environment and Heritage image database http://www.deh.gov.au/media/imagedb/
index.html
For information on Australia's people
People who live in the Rangelands http://audit.deh.gov.au/ANRA/rangelands/
rangelands_frame.cfm?region_type=
AUS&region_code=AUS&info=people
Native title: National Native Title Tribunal http://www.nntt.gov.au/
Demographic and socio-economic information: Australian Bureau of Statistics http://www.abs.gov.au/
Decision making tools for agricultural or the environment
National bushfire monitoring: Sentinel Fire Mapping http://sentinel2.ga.gov.au/acres/
sentinel/index.shtml
Bureau of Rural Sciences Data and Tools to help agricultural, fisheries and forestry industries

http://www.daff.gov.au/brs/data-tools
The Long Paddock: Climate management information for rural Australia http://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/
index.html
Aussie GRASS: a system for assessing and monitoring the condition of Australia's extensive grazing lands http://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/AboutUs/
ResearchProjects/AussieGRASS/
Information on vegetation greenness derived from satellite data http://www.deh.gov.au/erin/ndvi
Make a map using Australian Natural Resources Atlas http://audit.ea.gov.au/mapping/index.cfm

 

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