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The Fight for LAGO: Celebrating the New Exmouth Gulf Marine Park

The Fight for LAGO: Celebrating the New Exmouth Gulf Marine Park

by Roger Smith | September 21, 2025 | Ningaloo

LAGO is a local abbreviation for a serene experience in a place that is, at last, the Exmouth Gulf Marine National Park.

Coincidences at Ningaloo: Unveiling the Indian Ocean’s wildlife

Coincidences at Ningaloo: Unveiling the Indian Ocean’s wildlife

by Roger Smith | January 1, 2025 | Conservation Projects

Elegant Sea Snake (Hydrophis elegans) at Ningaloo reef Martin Maderthaner Estimated reading time: 8 minutes 4 centuries after a spectacular coincidence that led a Dutch navigator to the Ningaloo Coast we had a few unexpected wildlife and camera coincidences as part of...
Love letters from Ningaloo. Does cold water help whale sharks get hot?

Love letters from Ningaloo. Does cold water help whale sharks get hot?

by Roger Smith | June 17, 2023 | Ningaloo, Wildlife

We speculate on whether Whale Shark have sex in the cold and dark 2000 metres below sea level.

Cool As: Rock-Wallabies of Australia

Cool As: Rock-Wallabies of Australia

by Janine Duffy | December 27, 2019 | Kangaroo News, Maximum Wildlife

Rock Wallaby? What is a rock wallaby? A wallaby is a well known Australian animal, and a member of Australia’s national rugby team. Normally when you put the word rock in front of something it makes it harder and cooler. Rock climbing: Climbing, but harder. Rock...
Wild Pigeons & Finches in Western Australia

Wild Pigeons & Finches in Western Australia

by Janine Duffy | July 15, 2019 | Bird News, Maximum Wildlife

A very special Maximum Wildlife trip to Western Australia’s Pilbara & Exmouth regions. On the red rocky hillside, pebbles were rolling slowly down towards the water. But it wasn’t pebbles we could see, it was wild Spinifex Pigeons. .. It was our first...

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