Ronda Green, PhD

I like

Being alone in natural areas (forests, outback, coral reefs etc.), also sharing nature experiences with others, traveling to experience different cultures and ecosystems, the challenge of hypothesis testing, reading about nature, philosophy, psychology and other topics, classical and popular music, being with animals (domestic and wild),relaxing with family, painting, puzzles and logic games, writing

My perfect day

Knowing my family and pets are safe so I can relax on that, exploring interesting places, seeing wild animals (whether platypus at home or elephants in Kruger National Park), meeting nice people but also having some alone time, maybe a little swimming or horse-riding, and finally sleeping either in a comfortable bed listening to natural sounds outside (frogs, waves etc.) or in a hammock under the stars

I have traveled to

South Africa, Malaysia, China, Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Canada, USA, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Brazil, Argentina, New Zealand, Fiji, England, France, Germany, Poland, Italy and the Netherlands

I speak

English (mother tongue) and a little Spansih and French, plus a few phrases of other languages

I am currently

Running Araucaria Ecotours, mostly birdwatching or other wildlife tours, picking up from Brisbane (standard tours and customized), visiting rainforests, other forests and woodlands, coastal habitats and outback. Also conducting research on birds and other animals that disperse native seeds, conducting fauna surveys (currently looking at wildlife along a proposed CSG pipeline), writing a couple of books, and chairing WIldlife Tourism Australia and Scenic Rim WIldlife.