by Janine Duffy | August 7, 2017 | Mungo Outback Journey, Tours
The Australian Outback is not a place, its an experience. It’s red sand and remoteness, heat mirages and emus, sunsets and shooting stars. Its the ancient Australian Aboriginal Culture: stories, art and food plants woven into a magical experience by Aboriginal...
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 22, 2017 | Tours, Wild Top End, Wildlife News
Cuckoos are cool. They are that guy at the bar who doesn’t mind being alone. But when he sings, everyone listens. In the case of the Channel-billed Cuckoo, when he sings everyone listens – because it sounds completely ridiculous. Its loud and proud, but really...
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...
