  We consider five-dimensional AdS-axion-dilaton gravity with a Gauss-Bonnet
term and use a black brane solution displaying spatial anisotropy as the
gravity dual of a strongly coupled anisotropic plasma. We compute several
observables relevant to the study of the plasma, namely, the drag force, the
jet quenching parameter, the quarkonium potential and the thermal photon
production. The effects of higher derivative corrections and of the anisotropy
are discussed and compared with previous results.
