by Janine Duffy | December 4, 2018 | Kangaroo News, Wildlife Journey East Gippsland
In south-eastern Australia (Melbourne, Sydney) travellers are most likely to see two different types of wallaby: Swamp Wallaby & Red-necked Wallaby. Here’s a summary of the differences between these two similar macropod* species, based on appearance, style...
by Janine Duffy | November 29, 2018 | Bird News, Wildlife Journey East Gippsland
Australia has many faces. There is the red desert Australia, the beach Australia, the Great Barrier Reef Australia, the tropical billabong Australia and the shearing-shed Australia. If you look more closely you will find the mallee Australia, the snow-topped mountain...
by Janine Duffy | November 28, 2018 | Our Koalas, You Yangs Region
Bunyip Origin of name: We asked some travellers for suggestions for a really Australian name. Boomerang and Bunyip were the two favourites. Bunyip is a Wemba-wemba Aboriginal word for a scary monster that lives in billabongs and waterholes. We decided that as...
by Janine Duffy | November 22, 2018 | Kangaroo News, Sunset K&K, Wildlife Journey East Gippsland
As guides on wildlife tours, we get asked for a lot of information about Eastern Grey Kangaroos. Here is a summary of the main, and most interesting, kangaroo facts. .. EASTERN GREY KANGAROO SIZE The largest kangaroo and world’s largest marsupial is the Red Kangaroo,...
by Janine Duffy | November 11, 2018 | Our Koalas
Origin of name: I know, Pickle!!!??? Well it goes like this…. Our wonderful Wildlife Guide Brett and his partner Jess wanted to call a koala joey Pickle in 2017. I (Janine) resisted as I thought it was a bit of a tough name to grow up with. Then one day in 2018 our...
