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Written by Phil & Sue Gregory
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In this section you can view the guided and fully accommodated tours that we have scheduled and which have places available. Click on any tour title to download a full colour page of further information about the tour and if you are still interested contact us direct for more.
If you wish to commission a tour and would like other people to join you to keep costs down we are happy to advertise it here once the details have been finalised.
TOURS 2010
All tours for the remainder of this year are privately commissioned and have no spaces available.
September
Boulia and Mt Isa - Budgies and inland birds
The Tropical North- Cairns Region x 2 tours
Georgetown - A Taste of the Outback
The Top End
October
Alice Springs
Tropical North- Cairns Region
Tropical North - Cairns Region and Lotusbird Lodge.
November
Tropical North - Cairns Region - birds and mammals
Tropical North - Cairns Region - dragonflies
East Coast Queensland - from Brisbane to Bamaga
December
Tropical North - Cairns Region x 2
Iron Range - Summer specialities
TOURS 2011
January
Tasmania-
A tour with photographers in mind concentrating on Tasmania's endemic birds and wildlife.
Southern Seamount Pelagic-
A trip down into the southern oceans around the Cascade Seamount- an area where large numbers of seabirds, many of them rarely seen in Australian waters, gather.
February
Japan- 5th - 19th February. Price TBA
Dancing cranes, Steller's Sea Eagle, Blakiston's Fish Owl and Snow Monkeys sitting in hot springs are amongst the species that can be expected on this short tour which offers the best of winter birding in Japan. Great photographic opportunities exist.
March
Seabird special
A short tour which combines a pelagic trip with some land based birding.
April
Sulawesi
An introductory tour aimed at photographers visiting some of the best birding sites in Northern Sulawesi.
West Papua-- The other New Guinea.
Visiting the best sites in West Papua and concentrating on those birds not seen more easily in Papua New Guinea.
May
A Taste of New Guinea ...1 - Birds of Paradise and Much More.--
A short introductory tour visiting the Port Moresby area including Varirata National Park and also Kumul Lodge near Mt Hagen. Can be combined with A Taste of New Guinea ...2
A Taste of New Guinea ....2 - Kingfishers and Parrots Plus
A short tour starting in Port Moresby before flying over to Western Province to Kiunga andthe Fly River and then the mid-montane forests of Tabubil. Can be combined with a Taste of New Guinea ....1
July
New Britain - 23rd - 28th July - Price AU$3900.00pp ex Hoskins
A rare chance to visit the poorly known Bismarck Archipelago and search for the seldom seen and newly rediscovered Beck’s Petrel. With Heinroth’s Shearwater as another possible bird this is a must for seabird enthusiasts.
August
Bougainville-
An exploration of areas of this fascinating island that have not been visited by birders since the 1980s.
Birds and Culture. -
Visiting some of Papua New Guinea's top birding spots and stopping off to experience some of the countries great cultural heritage including the spectacular Mt Hagen show.
August/September
The Eastern Seaboard 2010 price AU$7380.00 per person(twin share.)
Australia top to bottom down the Eastern Seaboard visiting the areas around Cairns, Brisbane, Sydney and Tasmania.
September/October
Seabirds, Cetaceans and Sea-Snakes of the North West
If you are only going to take one pelagic then this is the one. A fantastic journey out of Darwin with the chance of 15 species of cetacean, 6 species of sea snake, 3 species of turtle and at least 35 species of sea bird.
and more including
New Caledonia
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