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

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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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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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Preparing for a Day Walk in Tasmania

A short walk or a day walk is an easy, fun and convenient way for people of all ages and abilities to see and connect with the natural world. Here are...
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Kuno Podcasts

Through the wonderful work of film-maker and producer Marcio Conrado, Kuno has setup a podcast channel. The podcast channel brings to audio format won...
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Walden by Henry D Thoreau

Walden or Life in the Woods, the reflections of Henry Thoreau on living simply and close to nature, is one of the most influential books in American l...
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Maasai Mara

Maasai Mara is the northern reaches of the Mara-Serengeti ecosystem, one of the most important wildlife areas and wild landscapes in Africa
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A parable for our place

Gerard Castles (1961 - 2025), one of Tasmania's great thinkers, saw that the story of the end of Apartheid was a parable that could teach Tasmanians h...
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Bottlenose Dolphin

Nowhere Else on Earth

Tasmania's marine environment is home to exquisite sea creatures and ecosystems found nowhere else on Earth. 
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Gerard Castles on place

Gerard Castles (1961 - 2025) was one of Tasmania's greatest thinkers and advocates for its wild places. Here he talks beautifully of the spiritual imp...
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Nature prescribing good for health: Review

Nature prescribing is a growing movement in health-care. This systematic review by the Lancet reveals clear benefits to blood pressure, symptoms of de...
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Mountain Biking and Cycle Touring Trail Grades

The cycling trails listed on the Kuno platform use an overlapping system for sealed road ‘cycle touring’ vs dirt road ‘mountain biking’ trails grades.
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Bruny Island launch: CEO Phill Pullinger on the Kuno concept

In this series we'll introduce you to some key people involved in building the Bruny Island field guide. Here, Kuno Director and CEO Dr Phill Pullinge...
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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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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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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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Galleries Contributed 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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