Birding Links - Local Accommodation

Cassowary House

Situated in one of the premier birding sites in Far North Queensland. Set within the rainforest Cassowary House offers comfortable accommodation, excellent food and outstanding birding. Cassowary, Victoria's Riflebird, Red-necked Crake and Spotted Catbird are all regular garden visitors.

Jabiru Safari Lodge

Red Mill House Daintree Village

Long established Daintree bird watching accommodation. Red Mill House in Daintree Village is owned and operated by two enthusiastic birdwatchers with good local birding knowledge. Deluxe, air-conditioned accommodation, renowned for its cooked breakfasts and excellent service. Many bird species frequent the large tropical gardens with its secluded swimming pool. Easy Access to, Daintree River and a short drive to the Daintree National Park. Excellent bird watching opportunities, either escorted or independent, in a well known birding area. Check the Daintree Birdwatching Bulletin Board for up-to date information on local bird sightings in the Daintree area and comprehensive cover of all Daintree Birdwatching activities.

Rose Gums Wilderness Retreat

Jon & Peta Nott, your hosts, would like to share their property with you and will make your stay a very memorable one. Situated 80 minutes drive from Cairns on the Atherton Tableland this award winning retreat has secluded luxury timber tree houses with self-contained kitchen, spa bath and fireplace set in 230 acres of private rainforest. Over 160 bird species including Southern Cassowary, (Lesser) Sooty Owl, Victoria's Riflebird and Blue-faced Parrot-Finch are found on the property. For groups a tree-house meeting room and catering is available.

Birdwatching in North Queensland

Here are more accommodation options for your birdwatching holiday in Queensland and other parts of Australia plus information about Australia's birds.

Birding Links - Local Tour Guides

Allan's Wildlife Tours

Naturalist and guide Allan Gillanders is based on the Atherton Tableland at Yungaburra. Allan specialises in nocturnal tours as well as conducting natural history and bird watching tours for half or a full day. Animals likely to be seen on the nocturnal tour include Lumholtz's Tree-kangaroo, Coppery Brushtail Possum, Green Ringtail Possum along with the possibility of owls, bats, geckoes and frogs.

Cassowary Tours

Ben Blewitt will show you around Cairns and the Atherton Tablelands on a full day birding tour. He will also arrange a guided birding itinerary to suit your needs visiting Cape York/Iron Range, The Gulf and Mt. Isa, Australasia and South-East Asia.

Fine Feather Tours

Run by Del and Pat Richards is conveniently located near Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge. We can organise pickups from the lodge for 1/2 or full day tours. These tours are especially suited to birders and photographers. Your guide Del has extensive experience in the region and will take you 'off the beaten track' where the best opportunities arise to locate wildlife and flora according to seasonal conditions.

Kirrama Wildlife Tours

Offering a wide range of fully accommodated tours for small groups in Australia and Papua New Guinea. All tours concentrate on finding the endemic and special birds of each region and also visit the remote areas of Cape York.

Birding Links - River Trips

Chris Dahlberg's Daintree River Tours

Conducted daily at dawn with an emphasis on birds and other wildlife. Birdwatching by boat offers an extra-ordinary experience because you not only get to see birds associated with water but you get to see them well and everyone in the small group gets to see the same thing. All wildlife species seen with Chris are recorded and put on the internet checklist. These records go back far enough for you to see what is being seen for the time of year that you are coming. Chris now uses as his main motor an Evinrude E-Tec, which has the cleanest emissions of any outboard on the market - a first for this area. Daintree Village, where Chris's river tour begins is a 60-minute drive from Kingfisher Park.

Daintree River Experience

Early morning nature and birdwatching tours with experienced birding guide, on a purpose build boat which has comfortable 360º swivel seats. This is ideal for photography and birdwatching. Other tours throughout the day to the mouth of the Daintree River, photographic or private charters can be arranged. Enjoy a sunset cruise.

Other Birdwatching Links

Birding Services Brisbane

Roy & Helen Sonnenburg specialise in the Brisbane area and south-east Queensland. They regularly lead tours to other places in Australia including north Queensland, south-west Queensland, Northern Territory, and northern New South Wales.

Lotusbird Lodge

Gary & Sue offer guests friendly personal old fashioned hospitality at their lodge situated on Cape York Peninsula. They have 10 individual pole style cabins, with twin-share or double suites, each is comfortably furnished, has its own en-suite and private verandah over looking the billabong. Guests are able to enjoy the tranquility of this unique area, fully occupied they can accommodate 20 guests. The bar and restaurant facilities are for guests only and are not open to the traveling public.

Lloyd Nielsen's Birding Australia

Lloyd's unique book Birding Australia contains key species, sites, land and sea tours, accommodation, local contacts, etc. Also available, field and site guides, DVDs, bird call CDs, cards.

Birdwatching Australia

A directory of Australian bird watching tours, bird clubs, freelance-guides, bird-orientated accommodation and reference information.

Inala Nature Tours

Dr. Tonia Cochran is a licenced travel agent who can help you design and organise personalised fauna, flora and specialist birding tours of Australia and Tasmania. Also offering country style accommodation at her 500 acre Land for Wildlife property on Bruny Island Tasmania. All the Tasmanian endemic birds, plus other specialities including the white morph of the Grey Goshawk, Pink Robin and Olive Whistler occur on the property.