by Janine Duffy | July 26, 2018 | Birds News, Great Ocean Road
We see a lot of eagles and birds of prey along the Great Ocean Road on our 3 day wildlife tour. We travel across a great variety of habitats – coastline, open plains, mountain forests, dry woodland – all home to different species of raptors. Here are just a few of...
by Janine Duffy | July 14, 2018 | Birds News, Great Ocean Road
The Great Ocean Road, Australia is home to many famous and beautiful cockatoos. Sulphur-crested Cockatoos are white with a yellow crest – they are huge, noisy and numerous. Long-billed Corellas are also white but their crest is small and white, and they have a sweet...
by Janine Duffy | July 6, 2018 | Great Ocean Road, Kangaroo News
Kangaroos and wallabies are land animals that hop – they are famous for it. So it comes as a bit of a surprise to find out that they can swim! Wildlife Guide Brett and his Great Ocean Road group had stopped to look at a group of herons and spoonbills on one of our...
by Janine Duffy | February 20, 2018 | Great Ocean Road, Wildlife
The Mammals of the Great Ocean Road are many and varied, and easy to photograph. The region is a popular holiday spot for humans – which is not a bad thing. The mammals have become accustomed to human sounds and go about their day to day business while being watched...
by Janine Duffy | February 13, 2018 | Great Ocean Road, Wildlife News
If you love soft and furry creatures – mammals – the Great Ocean Road is a great place to visit. We see more mammals on our 3 day Great Ocean Road trip than on our one day Koalas & Kangaroos IN THE WILD, partly because we have more time and partly...
by Janine Duffy | January 26, 2018 | Great Ocean Road, Guide Diaries, Maximum Wildlife
By Wildlife Guide Emma Swann It still takes my breath away. An epic show over the Southern Ocean every night between October and April. “They’ll come.” Just minutes earlier I was reassuring my guests, but they weren’t convinced. I could see hidden glances at...
