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24.01.2022 NINGALOO: ISLAND BIRDS & HUMPBACKS TOUR Plan your next trip ahead and explore the amazing underwater world of the Ningaloo Reef on our special Island Birds & Humpbacks conservation travel experience, run in partnership with #ExmouthDiveAndWhalesharksNingaloo. See the tour here: https://bit.ly/Hump_backs... During an un-rushed 8 day journey, you will become immersed in this region, visiting places that most people rarely have the opportunity to see. You’ll be transported into a vibrant, hidden world, home to tropical fish, colourful coral, and exotic marine life of every species. You will also help with increasingly important citizen science research. Don’t miss this out, visit our website and read more. #conservationtour #protectwildlife COVID-19: If you cannot travel due to Covid-19 restrictions we guarantee a FULL REFUND. Please check our regularly updated Covid-safe travel blog: https://buff.ly/3pS96j0

24.01.2022 WE SPONSOR BIRDING RESEARCH Echidna Walkabout proudly sponsored the unique Mallacoota Birders Big Weekend this March. Have you heard about it? Mallacoota Birders Big Weekend is a special event created along with locals, with the purpose of understanding how Mallacoota's birdlife was impacted during the terrible bushfires of 2019-2020.... Through the registration fee and extra & generous donations, the event generated at least $1275 that has been donated to Birdlife Australia’s Bushfire Recovery campaign. We plan to continue to run this event over the Labour Day holiday each year and continue to help the birds of Mallacoota. During the long weekend, experienced birders search for birds and add data to help understand if endangered species are recovering. We might add a late November date this year, so if you are interested in being part of the birders group, read Janine's blog and register interest to keep informed. #birdwatch #bushfirerecovery

24.01.2022 WILDLIFE JOURNEY Snakes can be found all over Australia but it’s not that easy to see them. Their eyesight is not the best of their senses - they primarily work on smell and vibration - so during our walks, the noise/vibration of our steps pre-warn them that something is in the area and they will move away. We usually only see snakes when we are looking for them and when conditions are perfect. See our wildlife journey here: http://bit.ly/Wildlife_Journey... On our Wildlife Journey to East Gippsland, you can get the chance to encounter one, and if you do so, there is no need to fear. Your Guide will be as interested in them as in all wildlife and will look out for them and ensure you see them at a respectful and safe distance. #conservationtour #protectwildlife #snakes #wildlifejourney COVID-19: If you cannot travel due to Covid-19 restrictions we guarantee a FULL REFUND. Please check our regularly updated Covid-safe travel blog: https://buff.ly/3pS96j0

24.01.2022 The Laughing Kookaburra is a gorgeous bird, instantly recognisable in both plumage and voice. Not only one of Australia’s most iconic birds, but the Laughing Kookaburra also has a noisy territorial call that is one of the best known sounds of the Australian bush. It sounds like a variety of trills, chortles, belly laughs, and hoots. This famous call is most often heard at dawn and dusk, often given in response to neighbouring group, evidently to establish territory boundari...es. Help with bird surveys on our upcoming Island Birds & Whale Sharks conservation travel experience running in March 2021. #conservationtravel #birdsurvey https://buff.ly/3buAz4d

24.01.2022 OUTBACK CONSERVATION JOURNEY The Australian Outback is not a place, it’s an experience. It’s red sand and remoteness, heat mirages and emus, sunsets and shooting stars. See our conservation journey here: http://bit.ly/AG_Mungo... Spend time in the desert Mungo National Park and experience its magic. Discover an arid land, rich in wildlife and ancient Aboriginal Heritage. This is one of the best places to see wildlife in Australia. Our conservation action for this tour is to record and submit all significant native animal sightings from this trip to online atlasses for the benefit of science, education and conservation. Get into the spirit of helping wildlife and join us. #conservationtour #protectwildlife COVID-19: If you cannot travel due to Covid-19 restrictions we guarantee a FULL REFUND. Please check our regularly updated Covid-safe travel blog: https://buff.ly/3pS96j0 Australian Geographic insight australia travel

23.01.2022 WILD TOP END TOUR Double-barred Finches look like a Pierrot porcelain doll, look at the picture. See our Top End tour here: http://bit.ly/WildTopEnd... Their darling little faces are pure white, edged with a black line, and they have a black eye. Their bellies are white, tail black, their backs grey, and on their dark grey wings they have tiny white spots. Double-barred Finches are very successful. Many Darwin people have them in their yard. Come across these beauties on our Wild Top End tour and help record bird and other native animal sightings from this trip to online atlasses for the benefit of science, education and conservation. #conservationtour #birdsurvey #protectwildlife #wildltopend COVID-19: If you cannot travel due to Covid-19 restrictions we guarantee a FULL REFUND. Please check our regularly updated Covid-safe travel blog: https://buff.ly/3pS96j0

23.01.2022 NINGALOO: ISLAND BIRDS & HUMPBACKS TOUR An incredible conservation travel experience to Exmouth is coming up in September. You'll get to do bird surveys on the remote Muiron Islands at the top of Exmouth Gulf, count endangered Black-footed Rock-wallabies in the Cape Range National Park and swim near Humpbacks. See the tour here: https://bit.ly/Hump_backs... Consider travelling in Australia this year and join us on our Island Birds & Humpbacks conservation tour. Besides having loads of fun, you will help protect animals living there. Visit our website and register interest. Don’t miss out. #conservationtour #protectwildlife COVID-19: If you cannot travel due to Covid-19 restrictions we guarantee a FULL REFUND. Please check our regularly updated Covid-safe travel blog: https://buff.ly/3pS96j0

23.01.2022 OUTBACK CONSERVATION JOURNEY As one of Australian Geographic's new conservation travel partners, we’ve come up with one of the best outback wildlife experiences in Australia. Discover more here: http://bit.ly/AG_Mungo... Experience the peace of this remote place. Walk in the shade of desert pines searching for brilliant parrots and sleepy lizards. Climb mighty sand dunes for expansive views over the desert and much more. This unique adventure will be run in April. Don’t miss out. Visit our website and learn more. #conservationtravel #protectwildlife #outbackjourney COVID-19 : If you cannot travel due to Covid-19 restrictions we guarantee a FULL REFUND. Please check our regularly updated Covid-safe travel blog: https://buff.ly/3pS96j0

22.01.2022 THE ULTIMATE COAST MOUNTAINS OUTBACK TOUR Platypus are mystical creatures with a 6th sense called electroreception that enables them to feel the presence of both their prey and their predators without touching or seeing them. To find them you must be still and quiet. See our conservation travel here: http://bit.ly/CoastMountainsOutback... They come and go as they please, often with no indication of where they have been except, maybe, a few ripples or a small stream of bubbles on the surface of the dark, clear waters they need to survive. They are shy and secretive. They don’t want to be found. Search for platypus on the first section of our Coast Mountains Outback tour series - canoeing is the quietest and best way to see them. Visit our website and learn more. #conservationtour #protectwildlife #platypus COVID-19: If you cannot travel due to Covid-19 restrictions we guarantee a FULL REFUND. Please check our regularly updated Covid-safe travel blog: https://buff.ly/3pS96j0

22.01.2022 The Singing Honeyeater is a small bird found in Australia. It lives in a wide range of shrubland, woodland, and coastal habitat. The bird's song ranges from scratchy to melodious - it also varies according to where they live. The song given mainly at dawn is described as pleasing, merry, melodious and musical, while their daytime calls are generally short and not song-like. On our new Island Birds & Whale Sharks conservation travel we will take notes of all birds seen and up...load the data to online atlasses for wildlife conservation purposes. Help protect birds and join us on this adventure. #conservationtravel #birdsurvey https://buff.ly/3buAz4d

20.01.2022 Due to the Facebook lockdown our page has been blocked but some messaging appears to be coming through. If you can see this post could you repond with a comment so that we can work out what is working and what is not. We have been officially advised by Facebook that they are considering our issue. Cheers... Roger Smith & Janine Duffy (Directors of Echidna Walkabout) See more

18.01.2022 COAST MOUNTAINS OUTBACK TOUR SERIES Aren’t cockatoos amazingly beautiful? On our Coast Mountains Outback tour series, you can see many of these magnificent birds. More cockatoos live in Australia than anywhere else in the world and the Grampians Range (Gariwerd) is one of the best places to see them. Read more here: https://buff.ly/3prMkNU... The varied habitats, combined with a steep decline in annual rainfall from south to north and an abundance of old trees with nesting hollows, mean that Gariwerd can support the needs and seasonal movements of half of Australia’s cockatoo species. On your next holidays, besides enjoying nature, you can help record all birds seen for conservation purposes. Visit our website and register interest. #australiansafari #conservationtravel COVID-19 : If you cannot travel due to Covid-19 restrictions we guarantee a FULL REFUND. Please check our regularly updated Covid-safe travel blog: https://buff.ly/3pS96j0

16.01.2022 MUNGO OUTBACK JOURNEY On our special Mungo Outback experience, we will visit Lake Mungo National Park to monitor & learn about the impacts of climate change on wildlife and vegetation. See the tour here: https://buff.ly/2op2Ktn... We’ll do this by searching out indicators of change and comparing the past with the present. As an eco-tourism company, we want to ensure that wildlife continues to thrive in Australia and elsewhere in the world. Be involved in this action and book your seat now - there are still spots available, visit the website. #conservationtour #protectwildlife . COVID-19: If you cannot travel due to Covid-19 restrictions we guarantee a FULL REFUND. Please check our regularly updated Covid-safe travel blog: https://buff.ly/3pS96j0

16.01.2022 If you see a koala in a solitary tree in paddocks, miles away from a forest, don’t worry, there’s nothing wrong. It comes as a surprise to see a koala sitting in a big isolated paddock tree, far away from any suitable forest. But for koalas, walking across open country is not rare, even though most people rarely see it. A recent study found that koalas use those trees more than expected and that some of them seem to live in these scattered paddock trees - they are a normal p...art of some koalas’ home ranges. #koalafacts #koalarecovery https://buff.ly/36DaHlZ

14.01.2022 https://buff.ly/3pzvIoP Echidna Walkabout Nature Tours is the major supporter and donor of not for profit Koala Clancy Foundation - more than 50% of our profit goes into creating habitat for koalas. Research has shown that koalas are drawn to trees beside water on hot days and during droughts and due to climate change, we are experiencing more of these. ... Koalas do best in trees growing in fertile soils so the koala trees, funded by our tourists, are planted beside streams, rivers and waterholes, on the most fertile land possible. Help ensure wild koalas have a future. Consider coming to Australia next year and join us on a special Koala Tree Planting and recovery experience, near Melbourne, or in Gippsland. #koalarecovery #helpkoalas

13.01.2022 UPDATED 19th MARCH. THE COVID VACCINE HAS ARRIVED IN AUSTRALIA! It's safe to travel with Echidna Walkabout. This (pinned) blog provides up-to-date information about our tours, booking procedures, border closures, health & safety and our Covid Safe Plan.... We also look at the upside to Covid and caution against blaming wildlife for outbreaks of novel coronavirus. To keep informed please come back to this post or save the blog link to your bookmarks after you open it. https://www.echidnawalkabout.com.au/does-covid-19-have-an-/

13.01.2022 https://buff.ly/2LCKjfs Hello human friends! Did you know our fur tells a lot about us? Look at this picture of me, Wongerrer, and my joey our fur looks squeaky clean and healthy, doesn’t it? A healthy koala has beautiful fur!... The place where we live says a lot about our fur as well. One of my friends from Queensland has very light grey, short fur because where he lives is hotter all year round, so it is better for him to be smaller and have shorter fur. #koalarecovery #savekoalas

12.01.2022 OUTBACK CONSERVATION JOURNEY Over many years Echidna Walkabout’s wildlife monitoring efforts have enabled a number of scientific projects to gather important long term insights into the conservation status of wildlife in the regions that we travel to. See our tour here: http://bit.ly/AG_Mungo... Our special 6-day conservation journey to the magical Mungo Outback, in partnership with Australian Geographic, departures this April. During each day, you will help record all the species of birds, reptiles, mammals and other wildlife we encounter. At the end of the tour, the recorded sightings are uploaded on ID lists that will enable scientists to determine the movements and conservation status of species over time and help with ongoing conservation efforts. We can give you access to some of these lists after the tour if you wish OR you may like to create and share your own lists! Have a share in this action. There is still time to get your spot - visit our website and book now. #conservationtour #mungooutback #protectwildlife COVID-19: If you cannot travel due to Covid-19 restrictions we guarantee a FULL REFUND. Please check our regularly updated Covid-safe travel blog: https://buff.ly/3pS96j0 Australian Geographic insight australia travel

10.01.2022 This post is to celebrate the renewal of our ability to post our stories and blogs on Facebook. Thankyou to everyone who responded to our request to let us know if you could see our page. After about 48 hours Facebook realised that we are not a news outlet! Whew.... https://www.echidnawalkabout.com.au/cockatoos-of-the-gramp/

09.01.2022 UPDATED 8th FEBRUARY. It's safe to travel with Echidna Walkabout. This (pinned) blog provides up-to-date information about our tours, booking procedures, border closures, health & safety and our Covid Safe Plan. We also look at the upside to Covid and caution against blaming wildlife for outbreaks of novel coronavirus. ... To keep informed please come back to this post or save the blog link to your bookmarks after you open it. https://www.echidnawalkabout.com.au/does-covid-19-have-an-/

08.01.2022 Have you ever heard the calls of koalas? Watch the video and pay attention. They are loud pig-like grunting snores, mostly uttered by males - they vocalise partly to avoid conflicts with other males. Those calls give other males information on the whereabouts of the caller, his size and fitness. ... They don’t want to fight, certainly not against males who might hurt them, so they listen to the calls, respond and avoid bumping into each other. Those calls are also mating calls, intended to attract females. Koalas are amazing creatures, aren’t they? Read more interesting facts about them on our website. #koalarecovery #koalafacts https://buff.ly/2H3eBub

08.01.2022 Great news! Australia has won Lonely Planet's Best In Travel 2021 for Community Restoration after our terrible bushfires. The award recognises the efforts throughout bushfire-affected Australia - a lot has been done to rebuild communities and to preserve Australia’s unique wildlife. We at Echidna Walkabout Nature Tours are incredibly proud of being chosen to speak about our part in that. Watch the video below. ... Thanks to the Echidna Walkabout team and to all our supporters for helping make this happen. #koalarecovery #savekoalas #conservationtravel #regenerativetravel

08.01.2022 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TOUR IN VICTORIA Conservation Travel is all about making a difference by getting out into the bush and affecting real change. It’s about working with locals who know the area and how they can fix the problems but need help to do so. See the tour here: http://bit.ly/AG_Raymond... On our special conservation trip to Raymond Island, we have teamed up with the local Landcare group and concerned residents to set up a wild koala research project on the island. The data collected will be collated by the new koala conservation group on the island. Be part of this action and help wild koalas. #conservationtravel #protectwildlife COVID-19 : If you cannot travel due to Covid-19 restrictions we guarantee a FULL REFUND. Please check our regularly updated Covid-safe travel blog: https://buff.ly/3pS96j0

07.01.2022 WILD TOP END TOUR These wildly flamboyant finches are known as the world’s most colourful finches. They are also endangered and seeing one has become a Holy Grail of birdwatching. See our Top End tour here: http://bit.ly/WildTopEnd... On our 6-day wildlife tour to Northern Territory, our conservation action is to record and submit all significant native animal sightings from this trip to online atlasses for the benefit of science, education and conservation. Tour guests are encouraged to participate whilst on the tour, by locating animals, photographing or mentioning them to the Wildlife Guide. Get involved and help protect wildlife while having fun. #conservationtour #birdsurvey COVID-19: If you cannot travel due to Covid-19 restrictions we guarantee a FULL REFUND. Please check our regularly updated Covid-safe travel blog: https://buff.ly/3pS96j0

06.01.2022 Black-footed Rock-wallabies are incredibly agile and bound across rough terrain and rocky outcrops. They were once widespread through the Outback and the West, but now they are endangered and live in several hidden gorges in the Exmouth area. We will visit one area and take notes of population size, for submission to wildlife authorities. Do you want to help protect these gorgeous creatures and have fun at the same time?... Plan ahead and join us on our brand new conservation travel experience running in March 2021. Visit our website for more info. #conservationtravel #endangeredspecies https://buff.ly/2Z0RVRH

06.01.2022 https://buff.ly/3buAz4d Cape Range National Park contains an abundance of wildlife including the rare Black-footed Rock-wallaby, dingoes, Western Bowerbirds and many species of birds of prey. The beauty of the region is in its solitude and stunningly beautiful places hidden in the gorges of the Cape Range and in the coral reefs of the Indian Ocean. ... During our upcoming un-rushed 8 day journey, you will become immersed in this region both in the sea and on the land. Visit our website and check out our new conservation travel experience. #conservationtravel #protectwildlife

05.01.2022 https://buff.ly/3pzvIoP While our tourists were watching wildlife, we were planting a tree for koalas. Echidna Walkabout Nature Tours runs a range of popular wildlife tours for small groups of international and local travellers, and all our tours contribute financially to wildlife.... In 2020, our not for profit Koala Clancy Foundation used that funding to plant 9000 trees for koalas, and 2021 is shaping up to be our best year ever we already have 40,000 trees to plant. We will need as many helpers as we can get. Thank you to all our international and local visitors who supported this initiative by taking a tour in 2019, and all the years since 1993. #koalarecovery #protectingkoalas

02.01.2022 WILDLIFE JOURNEY In many bird species, the male differs from the female in terms of size, weight, colour and markings. See our Wildlife Journey here: http://bit.ly/Wildlife_Journey.... The Gang-gang is a small cockatoo with visible differences. The males display a very distinctive red crest, which looks like a feather duster. The dark red of their crest and head stands out against their slate grey bodies. While the females have a grey head and body with peach and tangerine barring on the breast. Check out the pictures below. #conservationtour #protectwildlife #wildlifejourney COVID-19: If you cannot travel due to Covid-19 restrictions we guarantee a FULL REFUND. Please check our regularly updated Covid-safe travel blog: https://buff.ly/3pS96j0

01.01.2022 To all our followers, we regret to advise that the Facebook lockdown in Australia has stopped most if not all, of our ability to share our tours and events with you. We do not understand why this is happening as we are not a news outlet. We have sent a complaint to Facebook and have yet to receive a reply.... We hope this situation will be rectified soon, until then we hope that you will keep checking to see if we are allowed back online. Roger Smith, Janine Duffy and the Echidna Walkabout Team.