Australian stories on show at Newcastle Museum

There's no luggage required to enjoy a trip through the rural, remote and regional heart of Australia thanks to the latest exhibition at Newcastle Museum.

A Portrait of Australia: Stories through the lens of Australian Geographic celebrates the remarkable ordinary Australians with some of the best portrait images captured by the renowned magazine during the past three decades.

The stunning series of large format photographs will transport audiences across Australia, from the bush to the outback and up and down the coast, as they showcase the country's diverse environments and the people who call them home.

While Novocastrians will be all too familiar with sights of rugged coastlines set against the deep blue ocean stretching as far as the eye can see, the exhibition provides a window into other Australian landscapes, allowing audiences to experience everything from the achingly vast emptiness of the Birdsville Track to the jostling movement of a sheep muster near Nyngan.

Australian Geographic is the country’s leading geographical magazine. For more than 33 years it has been reporting on Australia’s natural landscapes, its wildlife and its people, especially those who live in rural, regional and remote areas.

A Portrait of Australia: Stories through the lens of Australian Geographic is on display at Newcastle Museum until June 19 and entry to the exhibition is free.

Newcastle Museum is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 5pm.