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 | October 24, 2018 | Bird News, Maximum Wildlife, Plant news, Wild Top End
How would you like to walk on water? You can – by visiting the mangroves in Darwin, Northern Territory Australia. Have you ever watched fish swimming below you? Or heard kingfishers splash into the water beside you? In Australia’s Top End, you can – by visiting the...
by Janine Duffy | October 8, 2018 | Bird News, Maximum Wildlife, Wild Top End
Years ago we saw a deceased Rufous Owl while on tour in the Northern Territory. It was heartbreaking to see this magnificent large rainforest owl for the first time in that way. So it was with great excitement, and some nervousness, that we walked through the Darwin...
by Janine Duffy | September 21, 2018 | Bird News, Mungo Outback Journey
Australia is full of beautiful, strange, noisy and colourful birds, many endemic (found nowhere else). The bowerbirds are one group of special birds to see in Australia. On a recent Mungo Outback Journey, Wildlife Guides Roger and Michael had a rare and lucky...
by Janine Duffy | August 25, 2018 | Bird News, Sunset K&K
Tawny Frogmouths are the sleepy non-responsive teenagers of the bird world. They become active at night. By day they can barely open their eyes to regard you with a disgusted stare. But for some reason we love them to bits. Tawny Frogmouths Podargus strigoides are a...
by Janine Duffy | July 26, 2018 | Bird News, Great Ocean Road
We see a lot of eagles and birds of prey along the Great Ocean Road on our 3 day wildlife tour. We travel across a great variety of habitats – coastline, open plains, mountain forests, dry woodland – all home to different species of raptors. Here are just a few of...
