East Australian bird families. Cassowary and Lyrebirds.

Eastern Australia with the Great Dividing Range gives the best birding with the highest diversity of the continent, as one can access both the coastal lowlands and the highlands, as well as a short sidetrip to the plains of the west.

We are setting off for five very intense days in three areas. Two days from Cairns, two days from Brisbane and one day from Sydney,.

During these five days, there shall be owling sessions on two of the days with 12 hours birding.

On the other hand, if you consider to join us for 12 or 14 days in Australia, you should know that the 2 day pre-trip is very relaxed, the main Tasmania/Melbourne trip also quite slow-paced and ending with the last two days with intense birding to try to find Plainswanderer

Here are the goals set up for this tour.

• See as many endemic and close to endemic bird families as possible.
• See and photograph iconic birds such as Southern Cassowary, Riflebird (Bird of Paradise), Bowerbirds, Apostlebird, Crested Honeyeaters, Fairy-wrens, various colorful Cacatuas, Parrots and Rosellas, Lyrebird, Gray-crowned Babbler, Australian Owlet-Nightjar, Logrunner, White-throated Treecreeper, Rufous Scrubbird, Yellow-breasted Boatbill, White-winged Chough and many more.
• Two nights of night birding
• Selfie at Sydney Opera House.

All this in only 5 days. Lots of bang for the buck.

Although the birding is easy, it is quite an intense tour with long days. It could lay your base for a fast introduction to Australian Birds and later you can explore on your own, or you may want to add the Tasmania program to maximize your time in Australia.

The 2-day pre-tour focuses on the Great Barrier Reef for snorkeling and some introductory typical Australian Bird-families representatives with Magpie Goose, Megapodes, many Honeyeaters, and Cockatoos, as well as many shorebirds.
Check out the itinerary here.