Back to front birding

The last few mornings at Wonga Beach there have been Channel-billed Cuckoos flying south and Rainbow Bee-eaters flying north.

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Lovely Fairy-wrens

Birdwatching Season

Lovely Fairy-wrens are endemic to Cape York and are difficult to spot. They are usually heard well before they are seen with their high pitched whispy calls. For the last few mornings they have been heard in Reservoir Road, Wonga Beach. The entrance is 300 metres south of Caltex Wonga, blink and you will miss it.

Use our mobile phone app: qwe.com.au to help you get around.

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Daintree Wildlife

With the birdwatching season underway you might like to visit: 

www.daintreewildlife.com.au 

and put Ian "Sauce" Worcester's mobile website on your phone.

(qwe.com.au/SA)

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Daintree Solar Eclipse

Extra Special Event

Daintree Solar Eclipse, see it from the Daintree River Mouth with the Croc Express >

And view the Daintree wildlife on the way back.






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New Daintree wildlife website:

New website for Daintree wildlife.

www.daintreewildlife.com.au 

Intergration - brochure and mobile phone.

 History making. Maybe a world first?

It is not unusual to find a QR code on a tourist brochure, in fact there are a couple in Port Douglas. What is history making here is the QR code, once scanned on a mobile phone goes to a mobile phone website and not a full sized website.
Simple really. 

And then there is the screen button. 

Of course, even on Android.

Crocodiles hatch out in the Daintree

Crocodile hatchlings are being seen in the Daintree River. 

Photo above by tour guide David White.

Daintree Android App

101 things to do in Daintree

This is the first *native Android App for our region.

*A native app does not need mobile reception after initial download, Good Eh?

Go  to qwe.com.au/1/Daintree.apk on your Android phone or tablet.

FREE!

New life.

Late Spring and early Summer and we are surrounded by new life. Just a short walk around Wonga which is at the start of the Daintree Valley will reveal the sounds of Double-eyed Fig-Parrot chicks begging for food, the squabbles of baby Spectacled Flying-foxes and another persistent begging sound from a Yellow-bellied Sunbird chick not far from the flying-fox camp.

Black Bittern in Wonga Beach.

This morning I saw and heard a Black Bittern at the northern end of Marlin Drive Wonga Beach. It is likely that the Black Bittern will stay and call until it takes up with a mate which could be several days.
One of the highlights in our peak birdwatching season is the arrival of Black Bitterns to nest in the fresh water areas. They arrive in late October and will be around until April.

The easiest way to see Black Bitterns is on a dawn river tour from the Daintree Village at this time of year.