Unleash the power of conservation travel to protect Wilkins Rock Wallabies Tony Martin Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Conservation Travel is a new form of tourism that helps you unlock your inner desire to care for the planet as you travel. We’re proud to introduce our 6-step framework that ensures that when you travel you are giving back to nature, reducing carbon emissions and helping local communities. All while having a great holiday! Every action makes a world of difference In Australia, to travel is to be immersed in unique landscapes, communities built on ancient knowledge, and unfo ..read more

Crocodile eyes are superb: Estuarine Crocodile Kakadu National Park Janine Duffy Estimated reading time: 6 minutes In PART TWO of our story about crocodile eyes we “look into” these superb organs that adjust instantly, in or out of water, by day or night or for near or distant vision. Attached to one of the world’s oldest and most efficient predators, can they help control feral pigs in Australia’s tropics? And is the crocodile friend or foe? PART TWO Fascinating facts about crocodile eyes Eliminating 24 million pigs is a big ask for crocodiles. Estimates on Australia’s feral pig numbers a ..read more

Small group taking time to enjoy Kakadu on our Wild Top End tour Roger Smith Estimated reading time: 7 minutes To enjoy Kakadu take your time says Kakadu Guide, Roger Smith. “Rushing Kakadu doesn’t work. Spend at least two full weeks in the Top End. Stay a few days in Darwin acclimatising, it’s a city like no other in Australia, vibrating with culture, markets, wildlife and scenery. It is by far my favourite Australian city, use it as a base for your Top End travels.” Give Kakadu’s power time to sink in As a Wildlife Guide for 30 years I have been fortunate to guide guests into many of Austra ..read more

Crocodile eyes: Estuarine Crocodile Kakadu National Park Janine Duffy Estimated reading time: 9 minutes Crocodile eyes are amongst the most complex and sophisticated of all animals. These precision organs adjust instantly, in or out of water, by day or night or for near or distant vision. Attached to one of the world’s oldest and most efficient predators, can they help control feral pigs in Australia’s tropics? And is the crocodile friend or foe? Crocodile eyes : “super” organs for hunting pigs To humans, crocodile eyes lack expression. They appear unfocussed, without depth or emotion. Yet wi ..read more

Tim Dolby to lead Mungo Outback trip in May Estimated reading time: 3 minutes BOOK NOW to join well known bird and wildlife guide, Tim Dolby, who will lead our 6 day wildlife and culture tour into Mungo and Hattah Kulkyne National Parks this May. On this Conservation Travel trip you will help nature and learn directly from Aboriginal People. Let Tim Dolby guide you in May Don’t miss this opportunity to join one of Australia’s top wildlife guides Tim is well known to many birdwatchers throughout Australia — and the world. He’s guided all over Australia and written books about birdwatching incl ..read more

The Magic of Mungo’s Song : listening in the dunes – Photo Echidna Walkabout Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Mungo sings its own magical songs. First you see this ancient landscape, then you feel it in your soul. But then the wind moves and you hear it singing in the pines, whispering through the saltbush, bending the spear-grass, drifting with the sand….. Poems that search for Mungo’s magic songs Barry Wenke does his best to be positive…which, dare I say it, is a good sign in an older man! So he writes positive poems expressing his thoughts and motivation for travel. They are refreshingly ..read more

Birgit Bourne (AGT) & Roger Smith (EWNT) – defining move for travel Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Australian Geographic Travel (AGT) acquires Echidna Walkabout Nature Tours (EWNT) creating Australia’s first end-to-end Conservation Travel, Citizen Science & Wildlife Touring Agency. Defining move for Conservation Travel in Australia Message from Roger Smith : General Manager Echidna Walkabout Dear friends, guests, supporters and industry colleagues. I’m thrilled to announce an exciting merger between Australian Geographic Travel (AGT) and Echidna Walkabout Nature Tours (EWNT). This ..read more

Red Kangaroos (female & male) at Mungo National Park (photo: Martin Maderthaner) Read time: 6 minutes Help us choose the BEST kangaroo image. Last year we asked you to help us decide the best 3 images out of 13 images of kangaroos. You have whittled the images down to 3. Now we need your help to choose the BEST kangaroo photo. Find out how to do that at the end of this story… Background to our search for the best kangaroo photo Last year we selected 13 images of kangaroos and asked you to choose the best 3 images. We hoped we’d be able to give you an answer on your choices by the mid ..read more

A tiny seahorse adrift in the Indian Ocean at Ningaloo (photo: Sara Barbieri) Estimated reading time: 9 minutes “A 6 metre whale shark has passed by and swam through this frame. A second later my eyes have to focus on something much closer and much smaller this time, because now there is a 3cm seahorse drifting by… impavid, its tail curled up and unusually not wrapped around something. The Ocean and all of its big and tiny inhabitants. That’s what I’ll never cease to love.” Sara Barbieri A deep love of all things marine — and tiny seahorses When I first met Sara Barbieri she said something I ..read more

Citizen Science in action – scoping for birds on the Ningaloo Coast (pic: Roger Smith) Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Can genuine citizen science projects fulfil a desire to make holidays more meaningful? Recent research has revealed a huge shift towards protecting nature from human pressures. Here’s how travellers can give back to nature Crested Pigeons at sea: Citizen Science project in action Our touring boat was 10 kilometres from the nearest land heading north on Exmouth Gulf between North-west Cape and the Muiron Islands in Ningaloo Coast World Heritage Area, Western Australia. Then ..read more