Positive Conservation
Power to change for the better..
“Echidna Walkabout’s driving principle is positive conservation,” says Janine Duffy, head of Echidna Walkabout’s Conservation Program
“We believe people protect what they know, and what they love.
“So we set out to create a style of tourism that not only minimizes negative effects on the environment, but positively creates a sense of wonder, an understanding, a power to change for the better.” says Janine.
Which is why every every Echidna Walkabout tour has a conservation action.
By choosing one of the tours below you will help nature while you enjoy it.
Conservation Stories
Cuckoos are cool. Weird birds in Australia.
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 awful....
Crocodiles are beautiful
“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,...
Wombats are not cute
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...