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Yesterday Daryl Dickson and I went on air with Fiona Sewell at the ABC Far North Queensland studios and told the story about this amazing book. I hope you enjoy 🙂
Meet Paddy, the Irish kangaroo
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Paddy O'Melon is lost. He thinks he's an Irish kangaroo. He is the star of a new children's book featuring some of the amazing creatures that live in the wet tropics. Paddy was the creation of natural
Great to see Julia's children's book at the Viva cafe in Cardwell with Daryl Dickson's beautiful art 😊
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Wild about Australia shared Anura Marketing's Papua New Guinea Explorer.
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Check out this video from my friend Amelia Tockston who runs Anura Marketing. Great video and fantastic trip.
It's hard to put into words what an incredible time I had traveling through the remote islands of Papua New Guinea. Perhaps this video collage will do a better job--it's a window into a culture that we in the Western world could learn a deal from...if we could just slow down enough to listen and take note! All audio was recorded on the trip. Listen to those vocal harmonies of the children - extraordinary, right?! I could listen to them all day. And those hand-made costumes and graceful dancing... Those warm smiles...that joy for life and community, and that love for nature and one's heritage. Just wow. Expedition: Papua New Guinea Explorer with Heritage Expeditions Video: Anura Marketing
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Julia's delightful children's book, 'Paddy O'Melon the Irish Kangaroo' has finally arrived (AU$15 if you want to purchase a copy off Daryl or myself, otherwise buy it on line at www.exislepublishing.com.au/Paddy-O-Melon.html).
Many thanks to Daryl Dickson for her wonderful work and support, and a big shout out to some of my dear friends that inspired me to get Julia's work published. She would have been so proud today and it is such a bitter/sweet moment for me.
Please share this post. Thank you 😌
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Sarah EllenI'd love a copy for Nate. The website still says preorder for Aug 17, is that right? Or are the Wildlife Habitat Port Douglas stocking it? Clare?
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David WhiteIm definitely getting a copy
3 months agoMy chat today with Adam Britton on ABC Far North Queensland local radio.
To Cull Or Not To Cull - that is the question!
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An Australian authority on crocodile/human interactions says people just have to accept their waterways will never be safe. Dr Adam Britton is a Northern Territory based zoologist and he is talking h
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My radio interview with crocodile expert Dr. Adam Britton is on Adam Stephen's drive program this afternoon (local ABC radio Far North Queensland) around 4.45pm today.
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The commencement of the dry season signals the time when people are able to drive to the very top of Cape York Peninsula.
Completing that adventure at the very northernmost tip of the Australian mainland can be a defining moment in many people's lives. But I think that it is the journey through some of Australia's most amazing habitats and landscapes, and seeking out some of our unique and spectacular wildlife that makes this adventure one of the best to undertake in all of Australia.
Once you get past Queensland's wet tropical rainforest on the Bloomfield track above Cape Tribulation, onto Cooktown and beyond, the adventure and rugged remoteness of this region takes over. The landscape seemingly changes with a blink of the eye, from broad grassy plains with magnetic termite mounds, to tall eucalyptus forest, tropical heath and even remnant rainforest with a treasure trove of unique plants and animals. Each landscape, and what lives within them, should be savoured and explored.
I have been fortunate to visit 'the Cape' on numerous occasions during my professional life. My first adventure was in October 1989 chasing Cane Toads for my research. After that I did consecutive wet season fauna surveys based at Heathlands in the early 1990's and have since undertaken several research, wildlife filming, expedition guiding and recreational trips.
I have posted a selection of my favourite images from my visits to the Cape. The region has changed during the past 28 years, but I know you can still find little remote pockets where you can camp and be at one with the great Australian bush. Make the most of your journey through this area, but as always, take nothing but photographs, leave nothing but footprints so to let all future generations enjoy this wonderful wilderness.
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Wild about Australia shared Daintree Kids Find Mad Dog's Cave's post.
To all my followers with kids, check out this great adventure play based in the Daintree rainforest produced by a good friend of mine. The story, the songs and the whole concept is exceptionally well done. To quote a great Australian, do yourself a favour have a listen and download a copy.
Daintree Kids Find Mad Dog's Cave
I am happy to announce that Daintree Kids Find Mad Dog's Cave is now available as an mp3 on the website, and I'll be starting to post direct options for purchase on FB. For now though, let's just say I'm happy and excited and relieved 😀 Two pages on the website to buy it from -- long story -- Shop and Digital shop. The first (Shop) has a set price for the audio adventure, the Digital shop has a Pay What You Wish model/option set at a starting low price 🙂 - for those who haven't got a lot to spare 🙂 The two awesome songs, Same World and the Daintree Kids Theme Song also available as singles. wav. files coming soon for all the audiophiles out there xo OK thanks to all my supporters and friends, Let's Go! here's the link: daintreekids.com/
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After some a few recent discussions regarding issues about our wildlife that frustrate me no end, I have decided to post some images of a group of Australia’s least observed but strikingly beautiful creatures – gliders.
Australia supports six species of glider, all of which occur near where I live in Far North Queensland. Seeing them in the wild is a challenge and most of my views have been fleeting. However, if you are in the field often enough, you can occasionally get very lucky and watch these amazing animals glide between trees and feeding on nectar, sap and sometimes insects.
I have been fortunate to have some fantastic experiences with gliders, including a pair of greater gliders falling onto the ground next to me while fighting in central Victoria and several feathertail gliders landing at my feet in Carnarvon National Park in Central Queensland. I have even trained a pair of young sugar gliders how to glide for a film shoot! But that is a story for another time.
My most memorable glider experience was in the wet sclerophyll forest in Far North Queensland. It was a clear afternoon when I set up a deck chair in the bush a short distance from a large eucalypt tree where the gliders came in to feed on the sap that flowed from cuts they made on the trunk. As night took over these beautiful gliders silently glided over my head onto the tree trunk and commenced feeding.
If that wasn’t thrilling enough, a few feathertail gliders, the smallest glider weighing less than 15 grams, sailed over my head and onto the tree trunk. They reminded me of were a tissue gently glider through the sky. It was a truly magical night.
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Tina RedmondThank you for sharing.
4 months ago · 1Neville PrentisWow. what a beautiful experience Magic little critters - I love them too Cheers
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Lately one of the big local issues where I live is the push by some of our elected officials to cull and remove crocodiles from our coastal environment. Apparently it is such a hardship that we have them around where we want to recreationally fish, walk our dog or even swim. Boo-hoo!
Sometimes crocodiles take a dog, cow or even attack a human. These magnificent animals are in their natural habitat doing what they have done for millions of years.
The mostly political rhetoric that we are putting crocodiles before people is rubbish. Crocodiles are a top order predator and we need to live in harmony with nature and not control it. We are all fully aware of consequences of messing too much with our natural world.
My professional advice: Don't swim or wade into waters where they might be crocodiles, especially at night and when full of alcohol. Don't complain if your dog or cow gets taken by a crocodile if there are known risks.
There are plenty of wonderful places in Far North Queensland to enjoy fishing, swimming, walking where you will not be in any danger of being attacked by a crocodile. Just go to those places. It's not that hard.
Perhaps we should focus on some bigger and more important issues such as the impacts out-of-control climate change is having on our natural jewels such as the Great Barrier Reef and Wet Tropical rainforest. Just saying.
Anyway, I have posted a few of my photos of these magnificent creatures. I hope you like them.
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Fleur QuinnIf you look at the global picture , you will see such large reptilian predators are quiet rare ! Humans are not !
4 months ago · 1Simon WilliamsGreat croc pics!
4 months agoRenee CasselsHere here! 💕🐊 magnificent creatures!
4 months agoThe 2½ minute promotional video I recently made for Julia's lovely children's book, Paddy O'Melon The Irish Kangaroo, is now live on Exsile Publishing's You Tube site.
Please have a look and share as much as you can.
Thank you 😌
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Paddy O'Melon: The Irish Kangaroo
Paddy O’Melon is the endearing story of a young rainforest kangaroo. Separated from his mother as a joey, he tries to find out what he really is from the oth...
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This is my chat with Kier on ABC Far North Local Radio promoting the Bat Festival. I hope I got all the key points and messages out there :).
Please share and spread the word.
I am also doing another interview with Sharon Malloy around 7.30am next Saturday - the morning of the festival.
Cairns gears up to get batty about flying foxes at Bat Festival on April 22
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Some photos from my recent trip to the South Island of New Zealand. I hope you enjoy 🙂
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5 months agoJodie CreekAwesome
5 months agoClare AndersonStunning Mr Cohen. Welldone! Hope you had a wonderful time.
5 months agoWild about Australia shared The Climate Council's Well, it's Groundhog Day, again..
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Sadly, I saw the level of bleaching off Port Douglas last year and am really worried about the impact of continued bleaching. Our elected officials show no interest in saving our reef.
The reef's future is linked to my home town (Cairns) which relies heavily on tourist income. At this rate, it won't be long before reef tour businesses go belly up and all our shiny, new, concrete accommodation blocks being built or planned, are empty and become white elephants.
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My chat on ABC radio Queensland with Sharon Malloy about conducting wildlife surveys, of which I have done my fair share over the years. I hope you find it interesting.
Wildlife on the Wireless -- How are fauna surveys conducted?
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Very exciting news today as my late partner's (Julia Cooper) children's book is now listed on Exisle Publishing's web site for release in a few months. Please share and start the hype to make Julia's book an instant success.
www.exislepublishing.com.au/Paddy-O-Melon.html
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Gloomy topic I know, but it is actually happening now. My chat last Saturday morning on ABC radio Queensland with Sharon Malloy.
Wildlife on the Wireless - The Sixth Great Extinction
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This is my chat with Sharon Malloy on ABC radio yesterday. I hope you enjoy.
Wildlife on the Wireless - can you bring animals back from extinction
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Some images from my final Vietnam/Cambodia 2017 expedition with Lindblad/National Geographic. Both are wonderful countries and the trips were awesome. Great to visit the temples again around Siem Reap.
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My chat about freshwater fishes with Sharon Malloy on Queensland ABC radio last Saturday.
Wildlife on the Wireless - 4th March, 2017
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Please read and help Sandy if you haven't already. It would be really appreciated if you donate (even a small sum) and/or share this post.Many thanks.
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My chat with Sharon Malloy this morning on ABC radio through out Queensland, about new techniques to control the dreaded Cane Toad.
Wildlife on the Wireless 18th February, 2017
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An assortment of images from my recent two Cambodian/Vietnam expeditions with Lindblad/National Geographic.
Please donate and/or share this post. Sandy is a lovely lady and a fantastic wildlife photographer. This treatment will hopefully allow her to continue to follow her passion. Even small amounts will help her cause 🙂
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