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 Birdwatching Tours
Here is a list of small-group Birdwatching Tours in various regions of Australia available for individuals to join. There are more tours available, so please contact us with your main areas of interest. And remember - we can arrange all other accommodations and travel needs within Australia. For bookings and enquiries, email: enquiries@awttravelaustralia.com.au
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All tours are available as private group tours at any time of the year – please enquire with your group enquiry to: enquiries@awttravelaustralia.com.au |
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  Learn to Birdwatch!
5 Days/4Nights (Self Drive) from Cairns
Learn to Birdwatch! 5 Days/4Nights (Self Drive) from Cairns Do you have an interest in birds and would like to learn more about them and about the rewarding art of birdwatching?
This is an opportunity to have personalised guidance in finding and identifying birds, and learning about the local birds in the Daintree area of Tropical North Queensland. We will cover bird characteristics and how to observe and describe them, bird behaviour and habitats, and the use of optics. There will many opportunities for observation in the field in a variety of habitats, and for improving your skills.
These skills will stand you in good stead long after your visit to Daintree.
 This program is conducted by a local naturalist and experienced guide and birder, in conjunction with Red Mill House – delightful bed & breakfast accommodation in the village of Daintree.
For 2009 Red Mill House offers the following 4 Night Package as an introduction to those interested in birdwatching:
The five day/4 night package includes:
- 5 Day Self-Drive Compact Rental Car from Cairns, and return to Cairns (car used for transporting guide throughout)
- 4 nights accommodation at Red Mill House, including breakfast daily, and one dinner
- Introductory talk about local birds and birdwatching
- An evening presentation, over dinner, covering various topics as outlined
- 1 full day of guided birdwatching exploring mid-level rainforest and the drier country west of the Great Dividing Range
- 1 lunch with home-made goodies
- 1 early morning river cruise on the Daintree River
- Two hours of guided birdwatching in the various habitats of the Daintree Valley
- 1 guided walk through the private revegetated and restored land and magnificent wetlands with bird hide of Wild Wings and Swampy Things. Time to bird the wetlands
- National Park Permits
 Learn to Birdwatch Package:
Cost: AUD $1,164.00 per person, twin share
Single person travelling: AUD $2,278.00
Combine this tour with any touring arrangements you would like in Australia. Discover Kakadu National Park, Ayers Rock and Central Australia, Kangaroo Island, Tasmania – we will design an itinerary for you.
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Cape York / Iron Range Birding Tour
7 days drive/fly fully accommodated
 Iron Range is one of the most famous birding sites in Australia. During this 7-day birding tour, we should see all the New Guinea/Cape York specials including the Golden-shouldered Parrot and the stately Palm Cockatoo. From Cairns, we travel to Mt Carbine, Laura, a full day of birding in Lakefield National Park, then north to Archer River and Iron Range. All meals and flights are included on this birding tour. All tours have a maximum of 6 guests.
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Eclectus Parrot
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Cairns, Wet Tropics and Outback
8 days, fully accommodated
 This 8-day tour starts in Cairns, tours through the Atherton Tablelands, Georgetown, the Daintree, and then a full day trip to Michaelmas Cay and the Great Barrier Reef. The Wet Tropics is the richest avifaunal region in Australia, with 13 endemics and over 400 species recorded. Accommodation is in birding or wildlife lodges where possible, or in hotels, on a twin-share basis. All meals, accommodation and boat trips are included. All tours have a maximum of 6 guests.
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Forest Kingfisher
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Capertee Valley and Blue Mountains Bird Tour
5 days, fully accommodated
 A great opportunity to visit some of the best birding sites in the Sydney region.
This tour takes in a large variety of habitats, from rainforest to heathland, from eucalyptus forest and woodland to wetlands and rocky escarpments. By concentrating on the World Heritage areas west of the city we have the best opportunity to see the many Sydney specials such as the Rockwarbler, Pilotbird and Superb Lyrebird as well as the colourful parrots, cockatoos and honeyeaters the area is famous for. The legendary Capertee Valley will be a highlight of your visit with a number of threatened species featured here. This tour also offers spectacular scenery and the chance to see a selection of other fauna and flora. Can be run at any time of year.
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Highlands and Coastal South East Bird Tour
9 days, fully accommodated
 Join this fully-accommodated nine-day tour to one of the best areas for birdwatching in Victoria, first traveling to Jindabyne in the New South Wales high country to look for Grey Currawong, Flame and Scarlet Robins, Olive Whistler and Diamond Firetail. Gang Gang Cockatoos and Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoos are often seen in Jindabyne. Then travel across the Victorian border to Mallacoota and the Croajingolong National Park with habitats ranging from rainforest to coastal heathlands and beaches. You will look for Ground Parrot, Southern Emu-wren, Striated Fieldwren, Tawny-crowned Honeyeater and beautiful firetail in the heathlands. In the rainforest Lyrebirds are fairly common, and summer migrants include Rufous Fantail, Black-faced Monarch and Leaden Flycatcher. White-breasted Sea-eagles nest in the area, with King Parrots, Bowerbirds and Azure Kingfishers live near the lodge.
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Birding in Western Victoria
8 days, fully accommodated
 Join us for a relaxing fully-accommodated 11-day tour birdwatching along the Great Ocean Road, in the Grampians and at Little Desert National Park in Western Victoria. From Sydney we travel along the Hume Highway to Albury. The following morning we will have time for birdwatching in Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park, an important reserve for the endangered Regent Honeyeaters and Turquoise Parrots. We move on to Geelong where we will have two nights with a full day for birdwatching around the Bellarine Peninsula visiting various habitats including wetlands and coastal heathlands. Along the Great Ocean Road, many of the stops for the spectacular scenic attractions are also great spots for birdwatching but we will also visit some key sites for birds in the Otway Ranges. A great opportunity for finding the birds of the open oceans, coastal cliffs and beaches and the mountain forests. The Grampians National Park is renowned for its wildflowers but the area is also good for birdwatching. Over 200 species have been recorded in the dry sclerophyll forests where koalas are often seen. Another highlight of the trip will be our two nights at Little Desert Lodge near Nhill. Set in 117 hectares of natural bushland next to Little Desert National Park, it is a great area for Birdwatching and we will have a full day to look for the specialties of the mallee including Malleefowl. Then travel east through Swan Hill and the Riverina back towards Sydney, stopping for birdwatching along the way looking for species such as Regent Parrots and Yellow Rosellas near the Murray River and Superb Parrots through the Riverina.
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Malleefowl
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Birds of Victoria
3 days, On Demand – Minimum 1 Person
This personalised birding tour provides you with the opportunity to visit a number of habitats for a great range of bird species. The first day takes you into the wet forests regions for some species at the very west of their range including Wonga Pigeon and Black-faced Monarch (strictly summer). Then through farmland and open woodland to Bunyip State Park with its changing topography and woodland types with species including Superb Fairy-wren, Eastern Rosella, Scarlet Robin, Southern Emu-wren, Superb Lyrebird, Beautiful Firetail, Gang-gang Cockatoo, and Golden Whistler. You will overnight in Healesville in the beautiful Dandenong Ranges. On to drier forest of Central Victoria for dry land birds including Horsfield’s Bronze Cuckoo, White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike, Diamond Firetail, Common Bronzewing and a visit to the Greater Bendigo National Park should produce Red-capped and Hooded Robin, Purple-gaped Honeyeater, Restless Flycatcher, Gilbert’s Whistler and white-browed Babbler. Rare birds for this area might include Australian Ringneck, Pied Butcherbird, Budgerigar, Black Honeyeater and Black-eared Cuckoo. You will overnight in the historic city of Bendigo. The final day takes in the Water Treatment Plant at Werribee where the complex network of lagoons, settling tanks, evaporation ponds, natural waterways and shoreline produce an abundance of waterfowl, waders and terns. You will be adding many to your list – including Pink-eared Duck, Australasian Shoveler, Cape Barren Goose, Hoary-headed Grebe, Red-necked Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, Whistling & Black Kite, White-bellied Sea-eagle, Little & Wedge-tailed Eagle, and possibly some rarities such as Hudsonian Godwit, Little Stint and Eastern Yellow Wagtail.
Each night there will be opportunities for some spotlighting, looking for Sooty Owl, Southern Boobook, Powerful Owl, Spotted Nightjar, Tawny Frogmouth and Australian Owlet-nightjar.
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Highlights of South Australian Birds
6 days, fully accommodated
 South Australia offers some 450 species of birds. Habitats range from the dry red interior to the lush and green Mt Lofty Ranges; wetlands and mangroves around Adelaide and estuaries in the Coorong, floodplains along the Murray River, vast expanses of the famous semi-arid mallee, and outback deserts with spectacular mountain ranges.
Some unique bird species including a small number of endemics can be found here. Over recent years an increasing number of Australian and international visitors have discovered the birding secrets SA has to offer. This birding tour takes in a variety of habitats thereby maximizing the species list – expect around 200 species, including some highly sought-after species.
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South West Western Australian Endemic Bird Tour
8 days, fully accommodated
 This 8 day (7 night) fully accommodated tour begins and ends in Perth and takes in a range of habitats including urban wetlands, open wandoo woodland, sandy heathlands, the Stirling Ranges and tall karri forest. We hope to see over 130 species of birds including all 13 endemics (including five cockatoos and parrots, the infamous Noisy Scrub-bird and the stunningly beautiful Red-eared Firetail). In addition there are many endemic sub-species and races to be found such as the Western Whipbird, the Western Ground Parrot and the Crested Shrike-tit.
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Western Rosella
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Birding Adventure to the Kimberleys
17 days, camping accommodation
 A Birding Adventure to the Kimberley area of Western Australia , travelling by 4WD and camping along the way! We visit the Broome Bird Observatory, Windjana Gorge, Mornington Station, King Edward River, Mitchell Falls, Kununurra before travelling back to Broome via the Bungle Bungles and Geikie Gorge.
At Broome we should see migratory shorebirds, White-breasted and Mangrove Golden Whistlers, Shining Flycatcher and Mangrove Robin Explore the gorges and savannah woodland of the Kimberleys and visit Mornington Station owned and managed by Australian Wildlife Conservancy. A haven for wildlife, the endangered Gouldian Finch is regularly seen on the Mornington. Among many other species are Crimson Finch and Purple-crowned Fairy-wren, the elusive Red Goshawk and Grey Falcon, Black Grasswren, White-quilled Rock-pigeon, Sandstone Shrike-thrush, Yellow-rumped Mannikin and perhaps Yellow Chat.
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