by Janine Duffy | March 7, 2018 | Wild Top End, Wildlife
One of the highlights of visiting the tropics is seeing large numbers of butterflies. The butterflies of Kakadu and Mary River National Parks are big, laconic and colourful, and many are active when we visit in August, the dry season. Kakadu National Park has over 100...
by Janine Duffy | March 1, 2018 | Maximum Wildlife, Wild Top End, Wildlife News
There are many places in Australia with great wildlife, and many wildlife and bird photographers. So creating satisfying wildlife photographs while you travel takes more than good equipment. Knowledge of the animals, patience and timing can create opportunities to...
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 | December 21, 2017 | Maximum Wildlife, Wild Top End, Wildlife News
Ubirr Rock Art Site in Kakadu National Park is an excellent site to see beautiful little Wilkins’ Rock-wallabies (Petrogale wilkinsi). They have become accustomed to seeing people walk by all day, so the wallabies go about their business without fear. Of course,...
by Janine Duffy | December 19, 2017 | Kangaroo News, Wild Top End
“Look up there, a friend is watching,” Aboriginal Guide Neville pointed high in the Arnhem Land Escarpment, in Australia’s Northern Territory. I’ll never forget those words. Casually, almost an afterthought, Neville showed me someone I had been waiting and working for...
by Janine Duffy | July 14, 2017 | Maximum Wildlife, Tours, Wild Top End
Dust, open vehicle, binoculars, wildlife-filled floodplain: Africa? No, Australia’s Northern Territory. I have come to love the African tradition of the Safari Drive. Its not just the wildlife you see – though that is the reason for doing it – its the experience...
