Media kit and media mentions
Latest Media Mentions
Fodors Koala Good News
March 3, 2021
Lonely Planet Award
November 17, 2020
Ethology journal cover
August, 2020
Koala drinking article in news worldwide
5 May, 2020
5 Strong Aussie Women
March 8, 2021
Daily Mail UK
November 17, 2020
G'day with Ian Swain
26 August, 2020
Sydney Uni Koala Drinking Paper
3 May, 2020
Stories from our backyard
January 20, 2021
Independent UK
November 17, 2020
Telegraph UK: 10 best wildlife experiences
13 July, 2020
Travindy: A message from Australia
18 March, 2020
Escape
November 17, 2020
AFAR: How to help Australia's wildlife
10 January, 2020
Adventure.com: How to travel in 2020
8 January, 2020
Koala recovery in Wanderlust UK
22 April, 2020
Media Kit
Tourism Australia Media Kit
Echidna Walkabout featured in Tourism Australia Signature Experiences Media Kit.
Current Media Releases
New Australian conservation travel alliance to be launched at ATE
JUNE 2021
The new brand, Conservation Travel Australia (CTA), will launch at this year’s Australian Tourism Exchange (ATE), and is an alliance between internationally recognised wildlife tour company, Echidna Walkabout, and the not-for-profit koala conservation organisation, Koala Clancy Foundation.
Community information night 15 November 2018: tree planting for koalas.
Local charity, Koala Clancy Foundation, is hosting a free evening event to talk about koalas and show landowners how to bring koalas to their property.
Full release (pdf):
Media Release: Community information night: tree planting for koalas.
Tourism Helps Western Australia’s Whale Sharks
APRIL 2021
Around the world Whale Sharks are declining, but Ningaloo’s best practice tourism is helping this endangered species to thrive. A new study has found that whale shark numbers are increasing at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia and March 2022 will be a great time to visit.
Echidna Walkabout help Australia win Lonely Planet Best In Travel Award
NOVEMBER 2020
Australia has won the Best Community Restoration Award in the Lonely Planet Best In Travel 2021, for the response to the Black Summer bushfires. Echidna Walkabout’s koala tree planting project is one of the community recovery efforts recognised in the award.
Echidna Walkabout wins another international award
Full release (pdf)
https://echidnawalkabout.wordpress.com/2018/10/24/echidna-walkabout-wins-another-international-award/
New tour helps Aussie Tiger Quoll in far North Queensland.
JUNE, 2020
The Tasmanian Tiger died out 80 years ago, but their cousin: the poorly-known Tiger Quoll, still survives in small numbers in far North Queensland. A new 4 day tour has been designed to help this threatened Aussie marsupial, by getting Aussies to visit, enjoy the wildlife and contribute to research.
Biographies & Logos
Bio: Janine Duffy
Co-founder Echidna Walkabout Nature Tours
President Koala Clancy Foundation
click anywhere to view bio (pdf)
Past Media Mentions
Canadian Travel Press: Take a Tour, Help Wildlife
6 March, 2020
Destinations Victoria magazine
December 2019
Conserving Birds Article
9 October, 2018
Travel Pulse: Wildlife Conservation
12 March, 2020
Koalas: How to Help in CN Traveler
16 December, 2019
See The Wild features Echidna Walkabout
Sanctuary Magazine India
November, 2017
Koala Tree Planting
19 March, 2019
Its Time To Stop Hugging Koalas
17 July, 2018
Australian Wildlife Journeys
Speigel News Germany
31 January, 2018
How to Help Australia: CN Traveler
February, 2020