A 12-year-old boy has been bitten by a dingo. The child was knee-boarding in waters off Fraser Island, which has the Indigenous name K’gari. The dog started circling the boy before the attack, which was first reported on Friday but occurred on Monday. “The boy tried to move the dingo on by yelling and moving […]
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The plight of the “Short-Ear.” A wild dog in trouble
Whether famous or obscure, Earth’s wild creatures cannot hide from the hand of man. Scant months ago, more than a billion animals, including iconic kangaroos and cuddly koalas, perished in Australia’s calamitous bushfires, found by scientists to have been worsened by man-made climate change. Now, researchers say, one of Amazonia’s least-known species could be all […]
Northern Territory Road trip (Part III – Alice Springs to Devil’s Marbles)
Alice Springs – Wycliffe Well – Before heading out further afield we decided to spend a day in Alice Springs to visit the Desert Park to see the endangered Princess Parrot. While I don’t particularly like viewing wildlife in captive settings, the Desert Park has walk in aviaries that are more like spacious islands of […]
Northern Territory Road trip (Part II – Western MacDonnell Ranges)
Western MacDonnell Ranges is a chain of mountain ranges west of Alice Springs. This mountain range contains a number of spectacular gaps and gorges that can be explored via Mereenie loop. All major attractions have camping sites that provide a convenient base from which to explore the area. Like most gorges in the West MacDonnell […]