Jan 10, 2013 | interacting with wildlife, News |
Opportunity to interact with a platypus at Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary, which has had more success than any other venue in breeding platypus in captivity, are now offering the world’s first public opportunity to interact with...
Dec 22, 2012 | Birdwatching tourism, Book reviews, Members' stories, News |
Birds of Palmerston in Australia’s Top End This is the title of a new book to be launched next month by WTA vice-chair Denise Goodfellow Goodfellow, DL and M Stott (2012). Birds of Palmerston in Australia’s Top End. Scrubfowl Publ. Darwin, NT. Denise Goodfellow...
Oct 17, 2012 | Avoiding negative effects on wildlife, Birdwatching tourism, News, Working in wildlife tourism |
Letter from our vice chair re Red goshawk (our rarest raptor) and birdwatchers behaving badly 9 October, 2012 The Hon. Matthew Escott Conlan MLA PO Box 8599, Alice Springs, NT 0871 [Copies to The Hon. Peter Chandler, the Hon. Bess Nungarrayi Price, and the Hon. Willem...
May 30, 2012 | Birdwatching tourism, News, wildlife news |
Rare princess parrot arrives in Northern Territory A possibly once-in a life-time chance for many birdwatchers to see the very rare and frustratingly unpredictable princess parrot: they have arrived in some numbers at Newhaven Sanctuary, 350 kilometres northwest of...
Feb 17, 2012 | Safe travel |
Dangerous snake bites tourist in Australia – but could have been easily avoided The most recent snakebite in Tasmania will no doubt make news around the world, and I’ve communicated with a number of people who are already scared to travel out of the cities...
Jan 23, 2012 | Birdwatching tourism, Conservation of wildlife and their habitats, Members' stories |
Cassowary chicks at Cassowary House, North Queensland Great news for us here at Cassowary House, Kuranda was the return of our male Cassowary on Nov 29 with 5 tiny stripy chicks, the most he has ever brought in, with 3 or 4 being the usual; he has been gone for almost...