Australian wildlife expert Tim Faulkner has been working in the zoo and conservation industry his whole life. Since volunteering at a Sydney wildlife park from the age of 14, Tim has worked with some of the world’s rarest and most endangered species. Join Tim as he wrestles saltwater crocodiles, wrangles deadly taipans and milks funnel-web spiders. It’s all in a morning’s work for the reptile park operations manager and wildlife expert.
Animal Planet’s popular series The Wild Life of Tim Faulkner returns for one of wildlife’s greatest journeys across Australia.
The new season of The Wild Life of Tim Faulkner premiering January 18, weekdays (Monday to Friday) at 9 pm on Animal Planet will feature him wrangling a five metre saltwater croc, surveying a newly discovered dolphin, sun bathing with a sea lion, fishing for a long lost lizard, and more.
Tim’s tour of the continent has him come face to face with some of the world’s weirdest, cutest, rarest and most fearsome animals. Tim has got it covered as he takes in some of Australia’s most stunning scenery. And if he’s not zigzagging the country he can be found hard at work at the world famous Australian Reptile Park dealing with amorous cassowaries, unidentified alligators and insolent emus.
Tim currently works as the General Manager of the award winning Australian Reptile Park, and has received accolades for his conservation work on Tasmanian devil breeding facility Devil Art. Tim’s infectious enthusiasm and fervor for adventure has made him one of the most credible wildlife experts in the world. A conservation series,The Wild Life of Tim Faulkner follows the busy schedule of Tim Faulkner, as he tackles the daily challenges of running one of Australia’s most action packed wildlife parks.
Some of Tim’s adventures include:
Malcolm Douglas Crocodile Park – Tim travels far out west to Broome to help an old mate and his team moves a five metre saltwater croc to its new home at the Malcolm Douglas Crocodile Park. Back over on the east coast Tim witnesses one of nature’s greatest sights as turtles nest and hatchlings make their way into the sea for the first time.
Raising orphaned kangaroos – Tim provides a countdown of the most dangerous jobs at the Australian Reptile Park before introducing us to Reggie and Russell, two orphaned kangaroo joeys he’s helping to raise.
Tracking Numbat – Tim travels to one of the last remnants of original vegetation in Western Australia in search of the numbat – one of the world’s rarest animals.
Extracting Venom – Tim delves into a particular Aussie specialty – venom. Discussing why Australia has the most potent animals on the planet before a visit to Fraser Island in search of its most famous resident – the dingo.
Red Backed Toadlet – Tiger snakes are different on Kangaroo Island and that’s a red rag to a bull for Tim so he pops over to see just how different they are before a visit to a friend who has been camping out in the forest for months researching the love life of the red backed toadlet.
Kangaroo Island – Tim visits Kangaroo Island to check out what’s being done to halt the destruction of the island’s manna gum trees by an over zealous population of koalas. Back at the Australian Reptile Park it’s time to find out who the trouble maker is down at the gator lagoon.
Tim tours Kangaroo Island to see how the wildlife there shapes up to life in the Southern Ocean. Along the way he encounters seals, goannas an echidna and of course kangaroos before a visit to a bird sanctuary.