Essential Downunder Travel caters to bird lovers who prefer to travel at their own pace and include sightseeing and other activities – hiking, kayaking, gardens, golf, or whatever your special interests.

Australia, the world’s oldest continent, has some of the most colorful, noisy birds on earth. I’ll always remember the first morning I spent in a bush camp, being awakened by the Laughing Kookaburra at dawn! Or the incredibly lone “caw” of the immense crows in the outback who tried to eat the soap by my wash basin. Or the magpies which swoop down from the desert oaks to swipe your lunch!

Australia has a wide variety of environments, from arid deserts to tropical wetlands -- each with weather patterns that make traveling delightful or difficult. We plan trips that take these factors into account. For example, the tropical birds are more abundant during “the wet,” but if you can’t deal with the weather, it is better to go in “the dry.”

Whether it is a billabong cruise in the Kakadu National Park near Darwin, or an early morning birding tour in Queensland, or even a walk in the Sydney Botanical Gardens – you are sure to see birds you’ll never forget!

Here are some of top places for birding in Australia
Alice Springs- surrounding desert areas
Kakadu & Arhmen Land
Atherton Tablelands
Broome Bird Observatory
Daintree Rainforest
Dandenong Mts.
Flinders Ranges
Great Barrier Reef
Kangaroo Island
Lamington National Park
Royal National Park
Tasmania
Wilson’s Promontory National Park 

Karolyn Wrightson
South Pacific Destination Specialist  ●  Premiere Aussie Specialist  ●  Kiwi Specialist  ●  Queensland Specialist  ●  Victoria/Melbourne Specialist  ●  Outback Specialist  ●  Matai (Fiji) Specialist  ●  Tasmania Specialist  ●  Cook Islands Specialist  ●  New South Wales Specialist  ●  South Australia Specialist  ●  Recommended by National Geographic Traveler in 2004