We also see plenty of
birds on: other day-tours,
longer tours, educational camps,
excursions and presentations, conference tours, customised tours
If you wish to spend a night or two, both Binna Burra and O'Reilly's have comfortable and scenic lodge accommodation by Lamington National Park and also a campsites (permanent safari tents or BYO tent). If you'd really like to maximise your Australian birding experiences, try combining an 6 or 8 day outback tour with a side-trip to Girraween, a CoochieMudloe Island day tour, and/or a couple of days birding days in the rainforest at Binna Burra or O'Reillys. We would suggest March or October as the best compromise between avoiding the heat of an outback summer, summer migrants being present, many birds actively breeding and vocal, and either many flowers or many fruits attracting many birds. We need a substantial advance notice to arrange these back-to-back tours, so let us know if you'd like to make plans for next spring or autumn. Also see our pages on: wildlife of the Scenic Rim, Australian birds, and species seen on our tours We generally don't take young children on birding tours that include other birding guests, in case the youngsters disturb birds others are trying to watch (some children - and of course some adults - find it very difficult to stand still for long and don't realise how loud their own voices are). However, we do enjoy including children in our tours generally, and if your child has a special interest, or if you would like a small group tour for a family (or a couple of families) or other group including children for a birding tour we are very happy to do this. We can also split the group with two guides when we enter the forest or wetlands. With
small
group sizes (usual
maximum
is ten and we
more often
travel with
two to six
guests), this
is not a
hurried
herding of
tourists on
and off buses,
into souvenir
shops, etc.
You will have
ample
opportunity to
tell us your interests, and let us know any time
you want to
stop for
photos or
anything else
of interest.
Feel free to
ask as many
questions as
you like - if
we don't know
the answers we
will suggest
ways of
finding out.
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