by Janine Duffy | June 26, 2018 | Guide Diaries
When you do a wildlife tour, your guide is influential. Yes, the wild animals are the reason, but a top Wildlife Guide makes it unforgettable. In Australia, there are a few tourism companies that specialise in birds, native animals and plants. Echidna Walkabout is...
by Janine Duffy | March 29, 2018 | Guide Diaries, Mungo Outback Journey
by Janine Duffy When you think of lizards you might think of sun, scales and pretty colours. But do you think of loving married couples, live birth and caring for the kids? No? Okay, then let me introduce you to the Shingleback Lizard of Mungo in central Australia....
by Janine Duffy | February 23, 2018 | Guide Diaries, Wild Top End
Fogg Dam, One of Australia’s most famous birdwatching sites, is an hour’s drive from Darwin, the capital city of Australia’s Northern Territory. Written by Janine Duffy On our own, we are slow travellers. On our first wildlife watching trip to Fogg Dam, in the...
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...
by Janine Duffy | November 28, 2017 | Guide Diaries, Maximum Wildlife, Wildlife Journey East Gippsland
Platypus are the most elusive of Australian animals. In the rivers of East Gippsland they are not rare, but sightings are unexpected and touched with magic. Above Buchan, the famous Snowy River boils and crashes through rocky gorges, but suddenly becomes gentle and...
by Janine Duffy | August 14, 2017 | Guide Diaries, Maximum Wildlife, Mungo Outback Journey, Tours
As a Wildlife Guide I’ve worked with wild Emus in the Outback for a long time. They are gentle, brave, curious birds with a sense of fun. So when an Aboriginal friend suggested that I sit down next time I see an Emu and watch what happens, I was intrigued. “Emus are...
