Friday, June 20, 2014

WILDLIFE GALORE


Top half of a wildlife list 18 Jun
After the dawn river trips and walks I couldn't help but notice the puzzled looks on the faces of day visitors to Daintree Village on Wednesday.
The village is world renowned for being a centre for wildlife in the wild and indeed it lived up to it's reputation as the list above shows. The activities for seeing the wildlife happened earlier in the day, long before the day visitors arrived and hence the puzzled looks.
One of the best ways to experience these early morning activities is to stay overnight at the village:

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Carnivale 2014 Quiz - Prize for Friday 23 May - Daintree Village Hideaway

DAINTREE VILLAGE HIDEAWAY
For all the Daintree Wildlife aficionados here is an opportunity to get an early start for dawn birdwatching walks and river tours. 
Tomorrow's prize is a night at Daintree Village Hideaway

To win the prize go to qwe.com.au early and answer the question.









image courtesy of Daintree Village Hideaway




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Friday, May 16, 2014

Daintree Birdwatching App


A Noisy Pitta is calling early morning from half way up Reservoir Road. Sometimes a sign of Spring.
Details of Reservoir Road, Wonga (Daintree) and 30 other birdwatching spots can be found on the Daintree birdwatching app:






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Monday, May 12, 2014

Flying-fox Flyout


The photograph was taken in our backyard almost 20 years ago by Steve Parish and it shows this astonishing beautiful native animal off very well.

You can see the Spectacled Flying-foxes fly out of an early evening in Daintree (Wonga Beach) shortly after 6 pm. The best vantage point would be from the corner of Marlin Drive and Janbal Street looking north-west.


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Friday, May 09, 2014

Sure sign of Winter.


The arrival of Lewin's Honeyeaters into the lowland rainforest of Daintree is a sure sign of Winter. This is not a major migration it is simply a change in altitude to warmer climes.







Photo: Aviceda

Monday, April 28, 2014

Daintree Bird Walk starts up again.


Part of this morning's list. The whole list is here:



Seeing and photographing rainforest birds in the early morning.

Book a place: birdwalk.daintree.info 

See you tomorrow?


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Monday, January 27, 2014

The Wet arrives.............

Wet season in Daintree - 27 Jan 2014

27 Jan 2014. If coming to Daintree over the next 3 months keep in mind whilst planning your trip that it is the wet season.

Weather radar on your phone, qwe.com.au

Sunday, November 24, 2013

It's Birdwatching time in Daintree


Go early, go with a guide for safety and go often. It's birdwatching time in Daintree.
Daintree birdwatching guides are reporting frequent sightings of Great-billed Herons, Black Bitterns, Papuan Frogmouths and Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfishers.

The Daintree Bird Walk starts again soon.






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Thursday, October 10, 2013

Daintree River Birdwatching features in new Book


Best 100 birdwatching sites in Australia - Sue Taylor

Daintree River Cruise rates as # 24

Sue Taylor visited Daintree about 12 years ago as she was researching her first bird book - How Many Birds is That.









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Wednesday, October 09, 2013

Daintree Birdwatching App


Port Douglas Daintree Birdwatching App
A NEW birdwatching chapter has been added to the 
Port Douglas Daintree Discovery Guide App.

Find all the details here....










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