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Eco-Adventure Tours

Locality: Badger Creek, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5962 5115

Address: 27 Bluegum Drive 3777 Badger Creek, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.ecoadventuretours.weebly.com

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25.01.2022 Video footage of a koala swimming across Bulimba Creek has baffled ecologists who long believed the national icon avoided water.

23.01.2022 If youre ever lucky enough to see a platypus, chances are itll be merely a glance. Check out this little platypus sunning itself at Tindbinbilla, ACT Filmed by Keighley B-d

23.01.2022 Nocturnal Birds of Badger Creek is one of the eight kits available through Badger Community #madeinbadger with the assistance of Yarra Ranges Council community ...grants. It comes with two beautiful split pin puppets to make from local artist Clare James and an information sheet about the birds you might see at night in your backyard locally from clever local Karen Garth who runs night tours when viruses and storms permit! #madeinbadger launches tomorrow! Thursday 2nd July!

23.01.2022 Due to Victorian state restrictions today declaring that gatherings of more than 2 people are not permitted due to the Covid-19 situation, our tours are halted until further notice. Stay well and enjoy nature on a local walk - theres plenty to see if you use your phone for photos and not messages!

22.01.2022 This ones for supporters of wildlife! Our friends at Together For Wildlife are hosting a special film screening in Healesville on the 1st of March to raise fun...ds for wildlife. The film, Into the Jungle, features the inspiring story of Jean and Jim Thomas, who travelled to the highlands of Papua New Guinea to bring the Tenkile Tree Kangaroo back from the brink of extinction. Ticket price includes a T4W membership, the cost of which will be donated to Friends of Leadbeaters Possum when you select us as the recipient organisation. For more info and to book, head to: https://www.facebook.com/events/611877992958978

21.01.2022 A few more photos from today's walk at Badger Weir...

19.01.2022 Two reports of a dead juvenile platypus being found have been received recently one at Bright and the other at Swifts Creek. Both were in areas that have bee...n impacted by bushfires. Much more remains to be discovered about factors contributing to platypus mortality, particularly in drought and bushfire-affected habitats. Any dead platypus is therefore of great interest to biologists and wildlife veterinarians. So, what should you do if you are unfortunate enough to discover a deceased animal? If you find a dead platypus, please contact the Australian Platypus Conservancy immediately by phone (03 5416 1478) or email ([email protected]). Photos of the whole body, the hind ankles and tail and also of any apparent injuries or other features (e.g. litter around the body) are very useful. If the body is reasonably fresh, place it inside a sealed plastic bag and store in a cold place (preferably a refrigerator, not a freezer) until we can advise whether it can be collected for an autopsy (NB It will not always be feasible to arrange post-mortem examination, depending on location). If the body is already starting to decompose then probably an autopsy is of limited value so photographs really are of great value rather than saving the body. Even if it is not feasible to save the carcass, the APC would very much like to hear about your find, especially the following details: Where the body was found (Lat & Long if possible, plus location in relation to the nearest water body) Date when the body was discovered Photo or description of any injuries or other clues at the site suggesting the cause of death Whether male or female (NB Males identifiable by spurs on each hind ankle) take photo of spurs/ankle area if possible Size estimate of approximate weight and length (tip of bill to tip of tail) (or take photo with something to indicate scale, such as a ruler or coins - see example photo).

19.01.2022 A pair of platypus was observed mating in the Yarra right under the pedestrian footbridge at Finns Reserve in Lower Templestowe on Sunday, just 15 kilometres fr...om the CBD as the river flows. Getting a good look at platypus mating is very rare and for it to be occurring in Melbourne’s suburbs is very exciting - see video (courtesy of Gerard Doherty). Finns Reserve is a great location for seeing platypus in their natural habitat. Up to five individuals at a time have been seen recently from the bridge as breeding activity increases. Volunteers from the Conservancy’s Australian Platypus Monitoring Network keep track of numbers at Templestowe and other locations along the Yarra using standardised visual survey methods and anyone interested in joining the program can find details at the APMN website: www.platypusnetwork.org.au Results from APMN suggest that the platypus population in Melbourne’s suburbs generally remains in good health. For example, the average number of sightings at Finns Reserve in winter 2019 was more than double the figure recorded in winter 2008 at the height of the Millennium drought.

16.01.2022 Superb Lyrebird at the bottom of our garden .There are a lot around ,but weve been a bit lazy .Too chilly .#lyrebird #lakesentrance #loveeastgippsland #natureb...asedtourism #stayhome #seeyousoon #forestretreat #seeaustralia #visitvictoria #visitgippsland #trustfornature #birdphotography #birdtourism #onlyhere #wedotourism See more

16.01.2022 Exciting news! Brush-tailed Phascogale caught on camera in Healesville! The Brush-tailed Phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa) is a rat-sized arboreal carnivorous ...marsupial that is very shy and cryptic. It lives in open dry foothill forests within tree hollows where it forages for large insects, predominantly spiders and centipedes. It is listed as a threatened species in Victoria due to land clearing, where hollow-bearing trees are being lost. There are not many records of this species in the Yarra Ranges so recent footage captured on a fauna camera in Healesville is an exciting find!

16.01.2022 Sir David Attenborough Rewilding the world...viewing nature...the most fundamental factor in our civilisations survival...

15.01.2022 THE TIME HAS FINALLY COME. Queensland Glider Network received name suggestions from around the globe and all the submissions were incredible as well as heartfel...t (except for those who voted for Glidey McGlideface ). After two weeks of heated debates in the office for Gizmo’s the Greater Gliders joey’s new name, we have finally made a choice for this beautiful new addition. It is with exciting news that we have chosen the name to be Wattle. This name resonated with everyone in the Glider Network team because it is an iconic Australian native flowering tree that is in full blossom at this time of the year. In addition to this, the fluffy flowers also resemble the fluffy ears of this precious joey. One of our glider wildlife officers, @Josh Bowell managed to snap this heart-warming video footage of Gizmo being an incredible mother and giving baby Wattle a much-needed tongue bath. Since mother Gizmo and baby Wattle are completely wild Greater Gliders, we want to alleviate any potential disturbances. This means that updates on the progress of these two will be sparse. This pair will stay together over the next few months while baby Wattle learns how to survive on its own and we are excited to keep monitor these two over this time. I want to thank everyone for their incredible support! We have exciting news coming up shortly regarding our new Yellow-bellied Glider Project so watch this space! If you have any questions or glider sightings you’d like to report please message or email us at [email protected].

14.01.2022 Juliet Ave Bushland Reserve just keeps on giving!

14.01.2022 A great Night Walk at Badger Weir last night - heres the animals we saw and/or heard including a total of 15 Greater Gliders!

12.01.2022 Took my walk at Badger Weir today - so different by day compared to when I do my Night Walks. Heres some gems I saw...

12.01.2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osq0Ixb1Nq8 In the early 1940s a Kodachrome promotional film was made by Victorian Railways about the Sir Colin Mackenzie Sanct...uary near Healesville. I spent several years digitally restoring this 16 mm documentary. I believe this to have been the first colour documentary made in Australia. My father was the naturalist David Fleay. Narration is by John Dease. Please enjoy "Wildlife in Bushland" From Stephen Fleay.... See more

11.01.2022 Happy National Eucalyptus Day!

11.01.2022 It looks as if the Long-footed Potoroos of Far East Gippsland didnt get the memo that they were supposed to decline to the point of extinction following last s...ummers fires! Over the last two days our team has collected cameras from another 55 of our monitoring sites, and detected Long-footed Potoroos at 41 of them! Weve still got another 27 cameras to collect, so Im hopeful the 74.5% strike-rate will continue. The expansion of the Long-footed Potoroo population before the fire, and its survival after the fire, were aided and abetted by the ongoing landscape-scale fox control program being carried out in East Gippsland. Foxes have been controlled across nearly one million hectares of East Gippslands State Forests and National Parks for the last 15 years. It was widely acknowledged that re-establishing fox control after the fires was going to be critical for the survival of potoroos, bandicoots, possums and a wide array of other species, and that has been our priority for the last four months. See more

09.01.2022 Enjoying nature in my backyard whilst tours are postponed due to Covid-19 restrictions.

09.01.2022 Delights at Juliet Ave Bushland Reserve today...

07.01.2022 This bird can be hard to see on our day tours, but at night can be seen hunting for insects around bright lights or you can hear its soft booming call.

05.01.2022 A few more photos from todays walk at Badger Weir...

03.01.2022 In a landscape severely affected by drought and bushfire, remnant waterholes become important resources for all animals. This endangered brush-tailed rock-walla...by is sharing its waterhole with a python, tree snake and a whole heap of microbats. Part of our research teams post-bushfire monitoring of brush-tailed rock-wallaby colonies Guy Ballard See more

02.01.2022 We support the VNPA on this issue - help protect a wonderful natural history event from harvesting NOW!

01.01.2022 New orchid record for Juliet Ave Bushland Reserve - Caladenia catenata, Lady Fingers. Plus other beauties...

01.01.2022 We dont often get much evidence of potoroos being interested in epigeal (above ground) fungi, but at this site we can see these two Long-footed Potoroos are definitely interested in these mushrooms. Daytime photo provided to show what the shrooms look like.