Tropical Queensland is, by most serious assessments, the finest birdwatching destination in Australia. This is not a claim I make carelessly. The Wet Tropics rainforest has the highest bird species density of any region in the country, including seventeen endemic…
The whale changed direction. That’s the thing I remember most clearly from my first Hervey Bay whale watching trip — not the size of the animal, not the spray from the blow, but the moment a 40-tonne humpback decided to…
There is a version of reef engagement that requires no fins, no mask, no certification, and no boat. It requires only a low tide, appropriate footwear, and the willingness to look carefully at a metre of water. Reef walking —…
Queensland has a wildlife watching problem, and the problem is embarrassment of riches. The marine environment offers turtles, dugongs, whale sharks, manta rays, dolphins, and humpback whales depending on the season. The rainforest has cassowaries, tree-kangaroos, and the most species-dense…