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I’ve been travelling to Africa for 16 years and I’ve lived in everything from a posh tent with a modern bathroom, to a tiny tent with nothing but a canvas bed, and outside, a hole in the ground for the loo. Rekero camp, in the Maasi Mara, gets it just right.
The tent is basic with [...]

I had a great guide at Larsen’s Camp in Samburu who found these gerenuk for me to photograph. I love their graceful beauty.

I have been traveling to Africa for 16 years and the leopard has always eluded me. But on the last trip to Samburu and the Maasi Mara I was successful. These are some of the photographs for my next book. It was great to have Jonathan Scott from the Big Cat Diary [...]

Baby elephants are so funny. They don’t know what to do with their little rubbery trunks and swirl it around and around. If they get into trouble their mother gently puts her trunk on the baby to reassure it. The only time I have been frightened was during a mock charge when a 6 tonne [...]

These lions entertained me for half an hour. They chased a warthog across the grassy plains and he ran down a hole. The lions started digging. When one got tired the other would continue. Then he gave up. The hole got deeper and deeper. They listened for sounds beneath the ground, but the warthog was [...]

Custom House was my first library performance for adults. Over 50 people booked and more had to be turned away as the room was full. It was a new experience talking to adults instead of my school shows for children. And a thrill to see my new video on a big screen.

I was thrilled to discover that ten of my True to Life Books have been chosen for the NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge. To create the books I have travelled to Africa seven times, China twice and India. I follow animals each day taking photographs and writing about their behaviour.
I’ve had some great adventures  – I [...]

I was resting by a riverbank, watching out for crocodiles, when a young African approached me and said, “ Would you like to walk with lions?”. I said “Yes”, then thought of a hundred questions I wanted to ask. How many, how big, how dangerous and for how long.
All these questions were answered when I [...]

Here are some of the exciting events of my last trip to Africa.