by Roger Smith | October 25, 2022 | Conservation Travel, Tour Planning
📷 ENDANGERED: Black-flanked rock-wallaby, Cape Range, Ningaloo (pic: Roger Smith) Read time: 7 minutes As a wildlife guide I’ve seen conservation travel empower people to save wildlife HINT: It’s the wildlife that empowers you! In the short span of a 7 day...
by Roger Smith | July 4, 2022 | Ningaloo, Wildlife
Citizen Science, sophisticated dive boats, spotter planes, waterproof radios and years of experience make our humpback swims at Ningaloo unique. Conservation is paramount. Featured photo: “….two dark ghosts become mighty Humpbacks” (Sara Barbieri...
by Roger Smith | March 23, 2022 | Tour Planning, Wildlife
Celebrating survival after 2 years of Covid lockdowns Covid has made Echidna Walkabout more determined to make things right for wildlife. To do that we’ve made some big changes. Starting today we’ll focus exclusively on our exciting multi-day conservation tours...
by Roger Smith | January 21, 2022 | Bird News, Wildlife
Malleefowl are big, diamond encrusted….and endangered! Right there in front of me was one of the world’s rarest birds. A Malleefowl. Having spent much of my young life in the Mallee I knew all about Malleefowl but I’d never seen one. Everyone in the Mallee talks about...
by Roger Smith | November 4, 2021 | Climate, Wildlife
We’re proud to be a signatory and launch partner of the Glasgow Declaration on Climate Action in Tourism Today at COP26 in Glasgow, Echidna Walkabout will join forces with tourism partners from across the globe to launch the world’s first ever full...