Phill Pullinger

Phill Pullinger
Tasmania

About Phill

Phill is a GP, conservationist, author of Tarkine Trails, and co-founder of Kuno. Phill has broad expertise and a long held passionate commitment to the natural world.

Background

Phill grew up in Burnie on the North-West Coast of Tasmania, and has long had a love for nature, passion for its protection, and belief in the importance of nature in people's lives.

Phill's efforts to and success in conserving nature have included work with the Cam River Action Group, The Wilderness Society, Doctors for Forests, the Tarkine National Coalition, Environment Tasmania and Kuno.

Phill's has worked as a doctor in emergency, general practice and rural and remote medicine in Alice Springs, SW Western Australia, Central Australia, Western NSW and Tasmania.

Phill has Masters degrees in Economics and Public Policy, and is author of Tarkine Trails.

Phill currently works as a GP on Bruny Island and as founder of Kuno.


Articles by Phill

Adventure Bay Hall

Packed hall attends Bruny launch

On a wild windswept day, a packed Adventure Bay hall joined Inala, the Bruny Island Environment Network and Kuno's event "Crowdsourcing the Nature of ...
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Jane Goodall on the web of life

Jane Goodall makes a plea for saving Earth's fragile web of life in this moving short film.
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Photo by Action Vance on Unsplash Earth from Space

Life on Earth

Life has existed on planet earth for at least 3.5 billion years. Over this time, an intricate web of life has evolved, and more than 2 million differe...
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Golden Marmot Rewild with ABD

Golden Marmot: Social animals on the roof of the world

The Golden Marmot are a large species of rodent that live in burrows and extended social groups, and are found in the Himalayas. This fascinating docu...
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Western Arthurs

Preparing for a Multi-Day Walk in Tasmania

Tasmania offers some of the world’s most wonderfully wild, raw and remote multi-day walking. Tasmania’s multi-day walks range from well frequented, we...
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Members at 10 terminal

Saving the headland in the Harbour

A dynamic community campaign mobilised public support behind protection of a remarkable natural and cultural landscape in the heart of Sydney harbour....
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The Lancet Planetary Health Diet

The Lancet "Food in the Anthropocene" study was a ground-breaking paper on eating healthily from sustainable food systems in the 21st century.
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Day Walk Tassie Wilderness

Lesson 1: Connect with your corner of Earth

Every story of success in protecting nature through human history starts with one person who felt a deep love for and connection with their corner of ...
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Rainbow Lorikeet profile

Rainbow Lorikeet feeds chick

A Rainbow Lorikeet feeds it's chick in a hollow of a large tree in the beautiful Reid Park in Mosman
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Brown Bear in Northern Pakistan

Deosai: The Last Sanctuary

This documentary explores the life of the wonderful Himalayan Brown Bear and the efforts to conserve it in the Deosai plateau.
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African Bush Elephants plains Maasai Mara

Kuno. Big idea, starting small.

Kuno is a big idea. Starting small. Connecting people with Nature. Empowering those who protect it. Scaling impact for Earth. Join us.
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Markhors - Cliffwalkers of Chitral

The Markhor is a large species of goat that frequents the Karakoram and Himalayan mountains. This documentary features exquisite footage of the Markho...
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Galleries by Phill

Bruny Island wildlife

Bruny Island is a haven for rare and unique birds and animals, and is one of the best bird-watching spots in Australia.

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Bruny Island Coastline

Bruny Island has an intricate, complex, beautiful and varied coastline, ranging from sheltered inlets, shallow bays, mudflats, lagoons, and grand sea-cliffs, through to long sandy ocean facing beaches.

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Mosman Wildlife

Dozens of species of native animals frequent the remnant moist gullies and bushland of the Mosman peninsula, from the Eastern Water Dragon to Peron's Tree Frog and the endangered Powerful Owl

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Galleries Contributed by Phill

Bruny Island Coastline

Bruny Island has an intricate, complex, beautiful and varied coastline, ranging from sheltered inlets, shallow bays, mudflats, lagoons, and grand sea-cliffs, through to long sandy ocean facing beaches.

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Bruny Island wildlife

Bruny Island is a haven for rare and unique birds and animals, and is one of the best bird-watching spots in Australia.

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Pelagic Birds of Tasmania

Pelagic birds are birds that spend a large part of their life on the open ocean. These include the majestic Albatross, petrels and terns. This gallery of Pelagic birds by Marcio Conrado was taken off the Tasman Peninsula

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Wildlife of Antarctica

Antartica, the Southern Ocean and the sub-Antarctic islands host a rich variety of extraordinary life, including penguins, seals, and whales

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Birds of the Atlantic Forest

The Atlantic Forest is one of the most biodiverse forests in the world including almost 1000 bird species. Here are a few of these birds from photographer Marcio Conrado.

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Mosman Wildlife

Dozens of species of native animals frequent the remnant moist gullies and bushland of the Mosman peninsula, from the Eastern Water Dragon to Peron's Tree Frog and the endangered Powerful Owl

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Duco - redemption in nature

Imagery from the life of Duco, a Brazilian environmentalist, nature and bird-guide who found redemption in nature

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