Posted By Tammie on May 27, 2013

I’d been travelling to southern Africa for twenty years before I finally set foot in East Africa, taking my first foray into Kenya a few weeks ago.  And wow, was it worth the wait!

Cokes’ hartebeests

April is the wet season in Kenya, and so apparently not the ideal time to go, but let me tell you those vast open plains are right out of a Hollywood scene from ‘Out of Africa’ no matter what time of year you go, and the fact that they were covered in an ocean of knee-high grass didn’t mean we missed out wildlife-wise.  It was simply magical. (more…)

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Posted By Tammie on April 19, 2013

In all my years of running around Africa, I haven’t yet made it to Kenya, the country that so many people associate Africa with (think Karen Blixen and “Out of Africa”)…  I’m very excited to say that the time has finally come! (more…)

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Posted By Tammie on March 4, 2013

Elephant and calf in Khaudum NP, Namibia (T. Matson)

If you’re my facebook friend, there’s a very good chance you’re sick to death about me rambling on about elephants and ivory and asking you to sign yet another petition around CITES, the meeting of countries this week in Bangkok, Thailand.  If you’re not, then this post is for you.   (more…)

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Posted By Tammie on February 21, 2013

Apologies for the long silence on the blog front.  Last week I delivered the second draft of my upcoming book on elephants and rhinos in Africa and Asia to my editor at Pan Macmillan and I’m just re-emerging to join the human race.  The book will be on shelves in Australia in August.   (more…)

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Posted By Tammie on December 4, 2012

I love a family adventure…. I mean, let’s be honest, travelling with a rambunctious toddler in the far flung parts of the planet is not quite the same as when you’re travelling on your own.  You can’t take the same risks and there are things like killer ants and venomous snakes to factor in.  But there’s a lot you can do in the wild, as our intrepid son Solo taught us recently in Borneo. (more…)

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Posted By Tammie on November 28, 2012

Female white rhino, Save Valley Conservancy

A couple of months ago while in the Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe I was fortunate to spend some time with the conservancy’s new anti-poaching team, led by husband and wife team, Bryce and Lara Clemence, who started on the job in April.  I have to admit, I was curious to know about how they planned to get on top of the rhino poaching in this part of the world.   (more…)

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Posted By Tammie on November 19, 2012

I’m making videos.  With my book deadline looming next month, I’m writing too, but the thing about making movies once you’ve got some of the right gear is that it’s really addictive.  Even worse than Facebook!  The last couple of years in my travels with wildlife I’ve been filming in high definition on my Canon SLR 600D.  Now with a refurbished Mac Air that comes with iMovie thanks to my lovely hubby I could waste untold hours of my days creating stories from all these trips – it’s just so much fun!  The trick is to keep them short – under two minutes is my goal – so that people with short attention spans (which is most people these days) will actually watch them.  Over the coming months/years I’m going to be producing what I call The Tam Tales – lots of short videos about wildlife and other cool stuff I spot on my travels.  Here’s the first one, based on the Humani School project in Zimbabwe.  Click here to watch it.

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Posted By Tammie on October 1, 2012

Some things in life just make you feel good.  Like the smell of rain on dry soil after a long, hot dry season.  Like watching a herd of elephants running to a river and hurling themselves into it with complete abandon and joy at sunset.  Like laughing, barefoot kids in Africa.  (more…)

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Posted By Tammie on August 30, 2012

Last week’s report by WWF International on the illegal trade of rhinos, tigers and elephants and the countries who most need to step up to combat the problem really brought into focus how interconnected the world is – and how much we’re going to need to work together to save our species. (more…)

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Posted By Tammie on July 20, 2012

Sometimes life throws curve balls at you.  Everything happens really fast and you’ve just got to work out how you’re going to catch that damn ball and not drop it.  The last month or so has been like that for me.  The ball is still in the air but I’ve almost caught it – I think!  This blog is to let you know that I’ve decided to move on from Animal Works and leave it in the hands of the organisation’s co-founder Nafisa Naomi and the committee.  It hasn’t been an easy decision, but let me explain… (more…)

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