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- Visit a diversity of habitats from mangroves to savannas to mature rainforest to discover amazing wildlife, extraordinary birds and unique mammals!
- Great Barrier Reef cruise to a coral cay and bird sanctuary
- Daintree River cruise and optional pelagic trip to view a plethora of seabirds
- Spectucular Lamington NP in attempt to find Albert's Lyrebird
- Mission Beach which has the largest population of Southern Cassawary
- A superb country of excellent infrastructure and hospitable people
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Arrival in Cairns. We spend the day at local birding locations including Cairns Esplanade and adjacent mangroves, Centenary Lakes and Botanic Gardens. The Esplanade is a hotspot for waders on their southerly migration and often includes unusual species such as Asian D...
Today we take a Great Barrier Reef cruise. From Cairns we board our comfortable vessel, the Ocean Spirit, for a relaxing two hour cruise out to Michaelmas Cay, a true coral cay and bird sanctuary located 40km north-east of Cairns, part of the 2000 km long Great Barrie...
Our destination today is the Daintree River, where we take a pleasant cruise through farmland and rainforest on the look-out for Great-billed Heron, Little Kingfisher, White-rumped Swiftlet, Cicadabird, Spectacled Monarch, Pied Imperial-Pigeon, Black-necked Stork and ...
Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers’ Lodge, on the northern edge of the Tableland, caters exclusively to birders. Within the grounds are Wompoo Fruit-Dove, Emerald Dove, Noisy Pitta, Red-necked Crake, Buff-banded Rail, Lesser Sooty Owl, Black-faced Monarch and an array of ho...
The Atherton Tableland is a region of beautiful scenery with lakes and waterfalls, green pastures, savanna, open woodlands and scattered wetlands nestled in national parks and state forests, as well as Queensland’s highest mountains rising to over 1600m. Birding can b...
We head back to Cairns, stopping occasionally to look for specialties such as Rufous Owl and White-browed Robin. Time permitting, we will check the Esplanade and other locations for any species we might have missed on the first day and any new arrivals. Overnight Cairns.
We catch an early morning flight to Brisbane and drive to the Green Mountains in Lamington National Park. This park covers most of the spectacular Lamington Plateau, a geologically fascinating plateau with deep gorges and caves that drops into the caldera of an extinc...
We have another full day of birding in the area surrounding O’Reilly’s in Lamington National Park. Overnight O’Reilly’s.
We spend the day transferring to Brisbane airport for an evening flight to Sydney. On arrival we transfer to Wollongong for the night. Overnight Wollongong area.
Today we have an all-day optional pelagic trip out of Wollongong to the edge of the continental shelf. Beyond the shelf, the ocean floor drops abruptly to depths of more than 4000 m. We could encounter a plethora of seabirds – shearwaters including Flesh-footed, Flutt...
We visit coastal heathlands of Barren Grounds Nature Reserve for a chance at the critically endangered Eastern Bristlebird, as well as Powerful Owl, Superb Lyrebird, Fan-tailed Cuckoo, Southern Emu-wren, Brush Wattlebird, Rockwarbler, Pilotbird and Ground Parrot. We then head inland to the Blue Mountains. Overnight in the Blue Mountains.
Wetlands in this area support White-faced Heron, Straw-necked Ibis, Pink-eared & Blue-billed Ducks, Australasian Shoveler, Gray Teal, Hardhead, Hoary-headed & Australasian Grebes, Masked Lapwing, Sacred Kingfisher and Australian Reed Warbler. Dry sandstone hil...
Today we spend time looking for species missed up to now, perhaps Black Duck, Chestnut Teal, Swamphen, Wandering and Plumed Whistling-Ducks, or Fuscous, White-plumed and White-naped Honeyeaters. Overnight Sydney.
Transfer to the airport for flights home.
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Availability Date: Saturday, October 8, 2016 to Saturday, October 22, 2016
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