See up to 7 of Australia’s 14 species of cockatoos in the Grampians (Gariwerd) More cockatoos live in Australia than anywhere else in the world and the Grampians Range (Gariwerd) is one of the best places to see them. Gariwerd is the Aboriginal name for the...
Meet “Sandy” the Racehorse Goanna Sandy is no ordinary lizard – he’s 1.6 metres long and the high speed icon for our new “Coast, Mountains, Outback” tour series. Sand Monitors are beautiful, multi-coloured lizards of the Outback....
by Morwenna Petaia The Emu is one of the iconic birds of the Australian Outback, and there’s no better way to see them than on the Mungo Outback Journey. Here are 5 amazing facts about Emus. 1. Emus can go without food for 2 months. Female Emu birds are slightly...
Sand is a destination. There’s a park called the Perry Sandhills just outside of Wentworth in New South Wales, Australia. Tomato-red sand dunes rise like standing waves above the saltbush plains, then collapse into the Murray River. There is wildlife too, but the main...
Pink Cockatoos: there’s something about them. Actually, there’s 5 things about them that make them very, very special. Its needless to point out that they are gorgeous. Just look at them. John Gould, pioneering ornithologist, called the Pink (Major Mitchell) Cockatoo...