Australian Natural History Safari for unique wildlife encounters Port Douglas - Daintree rainforest.
 Port Douglas Daintree Rainforest wildlife Australia safari tour

Outback

The Australian Outback
 a land of open spaces The Buff-breasted Pardise-kingfisher is an annual migrant from New Guinea. They excavate nesting chambers in termite mounds on the floor of the rainforest.

 

As the day cools we depart the upland rainforest and take a short drive west through a variety of forest types to the beginnings of the Australian outback.

This change in vegetation, from wet rainforest to dry eucalypt forest, in such a short distance emphasizes the rain shadow effect that the Great Dividing Range has over the vast interior of Australia.

Eucalypt forest of the Australian Outback.
Huge earthern Termite mounds punctuate the landscape of the Australian Outback.

 

This vast, dry land, scattered with giant termite mounds and gnarled eucalypt trees has in the past been used by Australia's pastoral industry for beef cattle grazing. 

A large parcel of this fragile land has recently been purchased by Australian Wildlife Conservancy for nature conservation.

 
This area is one of the last remaining strongholds of the now rare Australian Bustard. Here also you can find the display bower of the Great Bowerbird and perhaps a glimpse at a family of Tawny Frogmouths in their daytime roost. Roosting family of Tawny Frogmouths (Podargus strigoides)
Afternoon reflections on the Mitchell River in outback Australia.

This is the catchment of the Mitchell River which is Australia's second largest river system and is without doubt one of its most impressive and ecologically diverse. 

This area contains more species than the famous Kakadu National Park. In fact it supports 40% of Australia's bird species and 30% of our mammal species. 
This magnificent river rises on the east coast of Cape York Peninsula and flows west through the outback to eventually enter the Aufura sea in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Its source is located in upland rainforest, it flows through lowland rainforest, a variety of eucalypt and melaleuca forests and finally joins the ocean through a delta clad with dense mangrove forests.
Your full day Australian wildlife safari concludes here with afternoon tea amidst the vastness of 
the eucalypt forest of the Australian outback.

The home journey is broken with a stop en route at a vantage point overlooking the coastal plains and the Coral Sea lagoons of the Great Barrier Reef. You will return to your hotel between 4:00 and 4:30pm.

I personally conduct all Safaris
David Armbrust
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Your visit to this major Australian river catchment will have provided you with fascinating insights into upland and lowland tropical rainforest, the Australian outback, a variety of eucalypt woodland types, majestic riverine melaleuca forests and most importantly, 
many of the mammals and birds that inhabit these complex and diverse 
eco-systems.

Full day safari:  AUD$260 per person (incl. GST)
  Half day tour:  AUD$160 per person (incl. GST)
Prices effective from 01/04/07 to 31/03/09

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