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AUSTRALIA

Pelagics Pre-trip & Tasmania Extension


Southern Cassowary at Cassowary House, Queensland, by guide Phil Gregory
Our Australia birding tour is split in two parts for those with limited time. Part I will cover the environs of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, southwest Australia, and Alice Springs. Part II will begin in Darwin and continue to Queensland (Cairns, Atherton Tableland, Outback Queensland, and O'Reilly's Guest House). Both parts combine for a complete birding tour of Australia.

Australia, the "Island Continent," has been isolated since the hemispheres began and is home to one of the most exciting and unusual assemblages of native wildlife on Earth. Of the 97 native families of Australian birds, six occur only there. Some 340 of the 760 species known from Australia are endemic! There are huge Emus and the awesome Southern Cassowary, tiny fairywrens--among the world's most vividly colored birds--handsome currawongs and odd mud-nest builders, bizarre frogmouths and Australian Owlet-Nightjars, lyrebirds, and strange kingfishers--including the giant Laughing Kookaburra. And there are megapodes, parrots, pittas, fruit-doves, honeyeaters, logrunners, and whipbirds, not to mention the birds-of-paradise and bowerbirds! Among the mammals native to Australia are some of the most peculiar on Earth. A few of the special mammals we may see are Platypus, Koala, several species of kangaroos and wallabies, echidna, and arboreal possums.

Our birding tour will take us to wild places in each of Australia's important geographic regions. Indeed, Australia features wonderful birding and wildlife experiences throughout, and austral springtime brings out the best in this continent rich in natural wonders.

The Pelagics Pre-trip and Tasmania Extension offer exciting and entirely different adventures to complement the main parts of our tour.

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2010 Departures
Sep 24 - Oct 14 (Part I: $6875)
Oct 12-27 (Part II: $4875)

2011 Departures
Sep 23 - Oct 13 (Part I)
Oct 11-26 (Part II)

2012 Departures
Sep 21 - Oct 11 (Part I)
Oct 9-24 (Part II)


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Guides for our tours
Chris Benesh
Megan Crewe
John Coons
Jesse Fagan
Jay VanderGaast

What to Expect
Good accommodations, easy to moderate terrain, cool to hot climate.

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