Often you see these signs “watch out for snakes”. So you are aware of them and hope to see one of these beautiful creatures. Most of the times, you won’t see one. So I couldn’t believe my eyes when we were having lunch in Edith Falls at our “lunch platform”. All of a sudden this…
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A must-do in the Northern Territories is a visit to the wetlands with their crocodiles. On the Spectacular Crocodile Jumping Tour you’ll see these AWESOME reptiles up close. We had some amazing tête à têtes with them! Exciting, but also terrifying if you see what they do for “just a piece of meat”. Imagine what…
Read moreWhen you work in a restaurant in an outside setting in a nature reserve, wildlife is never far away! A few days ago, I was running/tjeesing as usual, when all of a sudden, one of my colleagues said that she hadn’t seen “Fernando” in a while. Without knowing who he was, I suggested to sing…
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As we posted a couple of months ago, echidnas are rarely seen and can be mistaken by bushes etc… When we were driving up North, we were so excited to spot yet another echidna! This particular “echidna” was lying very quietly next to the road. First, we thought it was asleep or even worse: dead….
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At the RAC Caravan Park in Exmouth, a resident gang of emus patrols the campground. They really like your potato chips, so if you don’t like to share them (and you don’t want the emus to become sick), eat them quickly!
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Het is absoluut niet moeilijk om je wekelijkse Quokka Quota te halen op Rottnest Island. Gewoon van de boot stappen en naar je chalet wandelen is al voldoende om een handvol quokka’s te zien. De straat is net niet geplaveid met ze en soms stap je per ongeluk op hun staart. Maar één ding doen…
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At first sight you think somebody lost his eighties wig or that there is a walking piece of grass next to the road, but when you turn back, stop the car, and take a closer look, you learn that it’s an echidna! You don’t see them very often. Sadly the first one got so scared of…
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After one of our most popular posts ever (Things we Found under our tent), we now have a similar one: “Things we Found in the Mailbox!” Living in a tent isn’t always easy. After two months of camping, sleeping on coaches in the public television room during storms, curved tent poles, ripped doors, and cool…
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Here down under, it is very easy to wake up. If the thousands of cockatoos that decide to have a chat in the tree right next to you don’t wake you up completely, you will be awake when you pack up your tent and find something crawling under it! This is a small resume of…
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Cooking when the sun has already set can sometimes surprise you. In the Flinders Ranges we happened to see the AWESOME Golden Orb Weaving Spider. The one we saw had been hanging there for quite a while, since this was a rather large one. We only happened to notice its white, light reflecting body when…
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