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BIRDING LINKS

We recommend the following birdwatching guides in Australia

In NSW

• Follow That Bird: Based in Sydney, various tours led by competent guides throughout South Eastern Australia.
• Birding tours - Australia is based in Newcastle, New South Wales, an easy 1.5hrs north of Sydney International Airport. An excellent introduction to new species

In Tasmania

• Inala - Bruny Island. Dr Tonia Cochran has all Tasmania's 12 endemic species on her property ! Check it out

In South Australia

• SAbirding.com - Peter and Natasha Waanders established Southern Birding Services in 2005. We offer bird guiding as well as all-inclusive bird tours. We operate within most areas of South Australia, including Gluepot Reserve, good birding sites around Adelaide, the Flinders Ranges and Outback. Guiding services can be tailored to client's needs - there are many flexible options to suit a range of budgets!

In Queensland

•  Brisbane Birding Services: Roy Sonnenburg will design tours according to your time availability for individuals and groups. With wife Helen runs a B&B conveniently close to airport
   
• Abberton Birders Lodge - Set in mature gardens and natural bushland on over 11 riverside acres in the heart of Queensland's bird-rich Lockyer Valley, Abberton offers high quality accommodation along with exceptional birding.
  
• Alan's Wildlife Tours    Owner/operator  Alan Gillanders based in Yungabuurra locates local wildlife on day and night tours.
   
• Kirrama Wildlife Tours  Klaus and Brenda Uhlenhut have a fine reputation in leading bird tours throughout regional Australia. Highly Recommended.
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• Wait-A-While Environmental Wildlife Tours - specialises in small scheduled (typically 6 or 10 guests max.) & private charter nature focused day & extended tours. Led by professional Naturalist guides tours give unsurpassed spotting, identification & interpretation of wildlife (flora & fauna) in its’ natural environment. Tours visit remote & restricted access places on the Atherton Tablelands, Daintree & Cape Tribulation rainforest areas & nearby reaches of outback Cape York of Tropical North Queensland. 
  
  
• Cassowary House - Located in Kuranda (North Queensland), Phil and Sue Gregory cater for visiting birders interested in Cassowaries and Victoria's Rifle Birds. They are also Papua New Guinean specialists.
   
• Cassowary Tours with Ben Bluitt (Based in Cairns, not Kuranda) guiding to all areas Down Under and South East Asia
  

In Northern Territory

• Denise Goodfellow - Specialising in the birds in and around Darwin, Denise has access to many difficult to locate Northern Territory species.

• Donana Bird Tours - Guided birdwatching tours around the Donana region of Southern Spain, Europe's best and most important wetland site. All tours are personally led by John Butler, a professional local guide of 35 years of birding experience.
• Natures Wonderland Safaris - Kenya - Experience some of Kenya's 1090 species of birds!
• The Dovetail Directory - The world's most comprehensive catalogue of national and international birding and nature tours. Dozens of operators, hundreds of itineraries; truly a one-stop, must see resource for every birder
• Fat Birder. Well known as the largest birding website on the Net. Bo Crombet-Beolens appreciated our birdlife as well as our Lamington cakes in 2003. He was much impressed with the cakes!
• Birdwatching Guyrapyta. Birdwatching in Uraguay encountering a huge range of species

If you are looking for somewhere to stay, we would suggest that you consider the following:

• Mareeba Wetlands and Jabiru Safari Lodge.
  Well appointed destination for savannah woodland and wetland birding.
  You will appreciate a genuine "Aussie," Dave Crawford for his guiding and expertise locating avian species on this wetland reserve. Specialised accommodation available.
• Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge, Julatten : Internationally known destination for birders in FNQ. Our guided Tours # 4 westwards to the Mitchell River area (drier Savannah woodland and wetlands) and # 5 to Mt.Lewis (elevated rain forest) are available from the Lodge.
• Thala Beach Lodge, strategically located nearby to Port Douglas, the resort has beaches lapped by the Coral Sea.Privately owned, each has fine facilities and contrasting tropical environments which will ensure birders a relaxed introduction to Northern Queensland.
• Mossman Gorge Bed & Breakfast - hospitality, friendly hosts and very central.
• Sweet Water Lodge. Modern luxury self-contained accommodation in the shadow of the Great Dividing Range. Locally unique environmental mix of woodland with rainforest nearby.
• Licuala Lodge Bed and Breakfast, Mission Beach. Fine accommodation on the Cassowary Coast. Rewarding lowland rain forest birding area with easy access to Dunk Island.
• Lotusbird Lodge - run by Gary and Sue in the dry season. Lotus Lodge is a well known destination in Cape York adjacent to Lakefield National Park.
• Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodge - Surrounded by Lake Eacham National Park on the Atherton Tableland, many endemic bird and wildlife species are easily locatable.
• Seachange Bed and Breakfast: At Newell Beach near Mossman. Step out on a
  great beach and very central to the Daintree Region and Port Douglas Great Barrier Reef Cruises.
• Palm Villas. Well appointed Queenslander style units close to central Port Douglas. You can walk to cruises, dining and beach without effort. You can even book Fine Feather Tours from here
• Grandview Country Accommodation. On the cooler southern Atherton
  Tablelands near Tarzali. Stay in style, central to Crater Lakes and
  National Parks, great bird country.
  
• Regal on Macrossan - luxury apartments in Port Douglas centrally located for access to every amenity on offer.
• Daintree Views: Luxury residence adjacent to the Daintree located in twenty acres of World Heritage Tropical Rainforest
• Red Mill House - Trish and Andrew Forsayth - The one and a half acre tropical rainforest garden in Daintree Village
  
• Daintree Eco Lodge - Luxury in the rainforest, and close to the Daintree River.
• Marae Bed And Breakfast - Marae offers a unique situation to stay in comfort, and well positioned to see birds and butterflies in the foothills south of Mossman.
• Lychee Tree Resort, affordable lodgings situated in a quieter area of Port Douglas, close to beach and dining.