by Janine Duffy | August 24, 2017 | Kangaroo News, Maximum Wildlife, Mungo Outback Journey, Tours
Mungo in Outback Australia has been home to families for millions of years. Mothers have taught their daughters and sons the skills they need to thrive in the desert. The daughters have passed on their knowledge to their own babies. Kangaroos have been living in the...
by Janine Duffy | August 14, 2017 | Guide Diaries, Maximum Wildlife, Mungo Outback Journey, Tours
As a Wildlife Guide I’ve worked with wild Emus in the Outback for a long time. They are gentle, brave, curious birds with a sense of fun. So when an Aboriginal friend suggested that I sit down next time I see an Emu and watch what happens, I was intrigued. “Emus are...
by Janine Duffy | July 14, 2017 | Maximum Wildlife, Tours, Wild Top End
Dust, open vehicle, binoculars, wildlife-filled floodplain: Africa? No, Australia’s Northern Territory. I have come to love the African tradition of the Safari Drive. Its not just the wildlife you see – though that is the reason for doing it – its the experience...
by Janine Duffy | June 12, 2017 | Maximum Wildlife, Tours, Wild Top End, Wildlife News
“Primeval” “Chilling” “Deadly” These are the adjectives commonly used to describe crocodiles. But beautiful???? Let me explain. Last August cruising on the East Alligator River, that separates Kakadu from Arnhemland, a 3 metre female saltwater crocodile swam – no,...
by Janine Duffy | January 3, 2017 | Bird News, Guide Diaries, Maximum Wildlife, Mungo Outback Journey, Tours, Wildlife News
by Janine Duffy Mungo in late November is hot. By 11.30am walking outside is unattractive, no matter how captivating the big mob of Emus look in the heat shimmer. The historic rough-sawn bulk of the Mungo Woolshed promises relief, so I duck inside. Just above my head,...
by Janine Duffy | December 29, 2016 | Maximum Wildlife, Tours, Wildlife Journey East Gippsland, Wildlife News
Wombats are impressive. Wombats are powerful. Wombats are highly intelligent. They are good-looking, yes, but cute is far too diminutive a word for Australia’s most powerful native. One night at Cape Conran in far East Gippsland, Victoria, I travelled out alone in...
