Tag: Treading Lightly

Treading Lightly with Roger Smith

The day a Mungo swallow ‘slapped me in the face’

As I was coming up the rickety steps of the Zanci Homestead dugout in Mungo National Park several years ago, something slapped me in the face and squeaked. My head snapped up to see, 10cm from my face, a welcome swallow defending its nest site. I was definitely not welcome!

Treading Lightly with Roger Smith

Leaps and bounds

I’ve travelled the world and had some spectacular wildlife encounters. But having a kangaroo leap over me tops the lot.

Treading Lightly with Roger Smith

Revisiting Gippsland splendour

How tourism helped protect the “cradle of the eucalypts”.

Treading Lightly with Roger Smith

For the love of Mallee

Move slowly and quietly in this specialist Australian arid habitat and you might be rewarded by seeing one of the world’s rarest birds.