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Platypus : how to find one

Platypus : how to find one

by Roger Smith | December 30, 2020 | Coast Mountains Outback, Far North Queensland, Great Ocean Road, Maximum Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife Journey East Gippsland

Finding platypus is not easy – here’s what to look for and where to search Platypus are mystical creatures. One may be in a river or lake near you but you won’t see it; they are shy and secretive. They don’t want to be found. They come and go...
New Australian wildlife safari links coast mountains and outback

New Australian wildlife safari links coast mountains and outback

by Roger Smith | December 10, 2020 | Coast Mountains Outback, Conservation Projects, Great Ocean Road, Mungo Outback Journey, Wildlife

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....
Mammals of Far North Queensland: Bizarre, Brassy & Beautiful.

Mammals of Far North Queensland: Bizarre, Brassy & Beautiful.

by Janine Duffy | June 1, 2020 | Conservation Projects, Far North Queensland, Wildlife

a list of some native mammals we are likely to see and help on a new conservation trip to far North Queensland.

Wild animals of the Ningaloo beaches

Wild animals of the Ningaloo beaches

by Janine Duffy | May 26, 2020 | Conservation Projects, Ningaloo, Wildlife

At first glance, the beaches of Ningaloo Western Australia look too clean. Sterile. The sand is so white you wonder if its already turned into marble. The water is the clearest turquoise glass. .. If there was an animal on that wild beach or in that water surely you’d...
6 Interesting Facts about Australian Flying-fox Bats

6 Interesting Facts about Australian Flying-fox Bats

by Janine Duffy | March 12, 2020 | Maximum Wildlife, Wildlife

by Jessica Toreto Foxes that fly? What? Nooo! Flying foxes are gentle giants with a misleading name. They are bats! Yes, the largest bats on earth and the only mammals capable of active and sustained flight. Flying-foxes establish noisy daytime camps in trees where...
Night sounds of the Northern Territory

Night sounds of the Northern Territory

by Janine Duffy | December 14, 2019 | Bird News, Wild Top End, Wildlife

At night, the Northern Territory Top End is for listening. There’s a special tropical hum in the air – the wonderful sound of healthy insect populations, particularly crickets and katydids, that come to life after dark in the Top End. But there’s another sound, a...
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