What to do when your birding buddies nick off to southern states for the weekend without you? (How dare they!) Why, make a last minute solo trip to birding paradise, a.k.a. the Atherton Tablelands in north Queensland! The lure of riflebirds, catbirds, robins and many others – with a chance for the odd lifer –Continue reading “Atherton + Cairns mini-break, Nov 2024”
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Cairns-Daintree-Julatten Christmas trip, 2022
You know you’re a pair of tragic-level birders when one gets the other a Christmas present consisting of a 5 day trip to far north Queensland in summer to see birds… oh well, life is tough, isn’t it? We simply do what we must. Straight off the plane and into birding is how we doContinue reading “Cairns-Daintree-Julatten Christmas trip, 2022”
Lake Eacham, Apr 2021
[A stop on the Cairns + Atherton + Daintree, 2021 trip] Lake Eacham, part of the Crater Lakes National Park, was once a volcanic crater formed around 9,100 years ago, by magma rising to the surface of the earth’s crust and super-heating the water table, causing massive explosions and craters. It is now isolated from other waterwaysContinue reading “Lake Eacham, Apr 2021”
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