{"id":639,"date":"2015-01-05T02:10:56","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T02:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scifundchallenge.org\/firesidescience\/?p=639"},"modified":"2018-09-10T17:27:40","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T00:27:40","slug":"amy-wild-adventures-perth-to-exmouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scifundchallenge.org\/firesidescience\/2015\/01\/05\/amy-wild-adventures-perth-to-exmouth\/","title":{"rendered":"Amy Wild Adventures: Perth to Exmouth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was Kimberley-bound for a crocodile catching adventure, so I decided to make a road trip out of it! Here is the first part of my trip, the drive from Perth to Exmouth. 1 266 km of wildlife adventuring! Great fun. There are, however,\u00a0dangers as well; this is a serious drive, especially for someone on their own; fatigue, road trains and large animals wandering onto the road all pose risks. But\u00a0for the sensible and cautious driver, there are all kinds of fun to be had. Join me as I discover some whacky reptiles, endangered mammals and fascinating birds!<\/p>\n<p>Stay Wild!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class='youtube-player' width='1060' height='597' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tMqQS-KXtwk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent' allowfullscreen='true' style='border:0;' sandbox='allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation'><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nI was Kimberley-bound for a crocodile catching adventure, so I decided to&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scifundchallenge.org\/firesidescience\/2015\/01\/05\/amy-wild-adventures-perth-to-exmouth\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Amy Wild Adventures: Perth to Exmouth&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[22,36,40,86,150,174,178,202,211],"class_list":["post-639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bedtime-science","tag-adventure","tag-bedtime-science","tag-birds","tag-exmouth","tag-perth","tag-reptiles","tag-rock-wallaby","tag-thorny-devil","tag-wildlife","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7d3l3-aj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":628,"url":"https:\/\/scifundchallenge.org\/firesidescience\/2014\/12\/13\/introducing-amy-wild-adventurer\/","url_meta":{"origin":639,"position":0},"title":"Introducing Amy Wild, adventurer","date":"December 13, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I'd like to introduce Amy Wild to Fireside Science and Bedtime Science. 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