All about Spot-tailed (Tiger) Quolls, their threats and how to help them. What are quolls? Quolls are native marsupial carnivores, related to Tasmanian Devils, Antechinus, Phascogales and more distantly, to the Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger). They are some of the largest...
by Janine Duffy I love Australia for her depth. You can spend a lifetime getting to know her, and she will always surprise you. The Cape Range, near Exmouth, Western Australia is a lovely, red-glowing low escarpment jutting out of the WA coast like a coat-hook. .....
by Morwenna Petaia ‘Brushies’ are some of our favourite animal sightings on tours. Though considered common*, they are quite secretive and solitary in the Australian Bush, and seeing a Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula at night is a special and wonderful...
When I first wrote about the butterflies of the Northern Territory I was in the early stages of learning about these magnificent creatures. Back then, I only saw a few of the hundreds of species of butterflies present in the Top End. That first article opened my eyes,...
The Australian Fur Seal is only found along the south-east coast of Australia: in Victoria, Tasmania & South Australia. Due to historic hunting, it is one of the rarest fur seals in the world. If you haven’t had an Australian Fur Seal encounter yet, consider going...
An easy guide to identifying whales at sea along the Great Ocean Road. On our 3 day Great Ocean Road wildlife tour we spend a lot of time at the coast, with the Southern Ocean as our backdrop. During the winter months – June, July, August – we are quite likely to see...
