Birdwatching Tropical Australia
Birdwatching Tropical Australia
Birdwatching Tropical Australia
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Birdwatching Tropical Australia provides full day birding and bird photography tours exploring the coastal areas around Port Douglas, rainforest areas around Julatten and Mt Lewis and the dry savannah to the west of the mountain range. Small group size - 1 to 4 persons. Transport is in a comfortable air-conditioned 4WD. Morning tea/coffee is included. Binoculars for beginners are available. Fully accommodated multi day birding and bird photography tours of northern Queensland are available. We do private charters and can tailor a tour to suit your needs and pocket.
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danielsdays
10 contributions
May 2022
We did a half-day birdwatching tour with Doug Herrington around the Port Douglas area. This was our first time in tropical north queensland and, as amateur bird lovers, we just wanted to see as many birds as possible.
Doug did not disappoint - he clearly lives and breathes birds in the area everyday and took us to a huge number of great bird watching sites - some classic and some off the beaten track. Doug himself was great to spend the morning with and we only wish we had had more time. Highly recommend if you want to see (and/or photograph) the birds in the area (one highlight being the pictured scarlet honeyeater).
Doug did not disappoint - he clearly lives and breathes birds in the area everyday and took us to a huge number of great bird watching sites - some classic and some off the beaten track. Doug himself was great to spend the morning with and we only wish we had had more time. Highly recommend if you want to see (and/or photograph) the birds in the area (one highlight being the pictured scarlet honeyeater).
Written 8 May 2022
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Hi Daniel
How did I miss your review! Thank you so much.
Kind regards
Doug
Written 19 April 2023
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smyth_travels
Western Australia23 contributions
June 2021
amazing day spent with Doug. Saw nearly 80 different birds for the day. Dough's knowledge of the birds and the places to find different birds made for a great day. His patience while we took photos really helped as well. His ability to know which birds were in which area and then to be able to call the birds helped to make it a memorable day. Would highly recommend spending a day with Doug if you want to see lots of different birds.
Written 18 June 2021
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Excursion620099
10 contributions
Aug 2021
I went on a private 1 day bird watching tour in the Port Douglas/Mt Lewis/Julatten area with Doug Herrington. I saw a great diversity of birds, many for the first time. Most were close enough for good photography.
Doug was an excellent knowledgeable guide who knew exactly where to go to find an array of endemic birds. We saw, and got excellent photos, of golden bowerbird, scarlet honeyeater, yellow robin, yellow honeyeater, northern fantail, and even the eclectic parrots that are now breeding in Port Douglas. Many others too.
Doug was affable and light hearted, making the day easy and fun.
Doug was an excellent knowledgeable guide who knew exactly where to go to find an array of endemic birds. We saw, and got excellent photos, of golden bowerbird, scarlet honeyeater, yellow robin, yellow honeyeater, northern fantail, and even the eclectic parrots that are now breeding in Port Douglas. Many others too.
Doug was affable and light hearted, making the day easy and fun.
Written 10 September 2021
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Camper798130
4 contributions
Mar 2024 • Couples
We spent a really great day with Doug. As soon as Doug arrived we gave him a list of species we had not seen and indicated we were not particularly interested in numbers. He then weeded out several species that were not around at that time of the year or were not accessible. Then off we went, around Julatten and Mareeba. Doug soon showed his depth of local knowledge and expertise and found many of the species on the list as well as other difficult ones we were pleased to see again. The vehicle was comfortable, the morning tea was welcome and of course Doug knew a really great place for lunch in Mareeba.
Overall it was a really great day and we can thoroughly recommend Doug to anyone who wants a bird watching tour; either a general tour or a tour to find a specific bird.
Overall it was a really great day and we can thoroughly recommend Doug to anyone who wants a bird watching tour; either a general tour or a tour to find a specific bird.
Written 6 March 2024
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Carol E
4 contributions
July 2024 • Friends
Thank you so much for an amazing trip to the iron range, exceptional organisation, and Doug has so much knowledge, not only birds but the environment as well. I would highly recommend doing this tour as Doug does his absolute best in finding as many species as possible. We were very well looked after and all meals were brilliant. I would love to do a tour in the wet season now.
Written 8 August 2024
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markD6441XC
Kenmore42 contributions
Oct 2020 • Solo
I only had the time for a halfday with Doug, and we saw 88 species!! This is my third guiding with Doug, and he always puts guest first, no rush to move on, goes for requested species. Absolutely wonderful to visit his special bird hotpsots. Spotless crake in pic
Written 14 October 2020
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Thankyou Mark for your great review. Always a pleasure birding with you. Spotless Crake was thanks to the mid day rain - ha -ha.
Written 15 October 2020
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Dennis G
Melbourne, Australia31 contributions
Dec 2020
I read an article where someone had seen 90 birds, so I expected Doug to beat that.... and he did. We saw 93 birds. Of these about 80 are birds I have never seen before in the wild including Tawny Frogmouths (4), Papuan Frogmouth, Bustards, various herons, various kingfishers, various parrots etc. When I return, I will definitely take another of his trips. One of the best days in Queensland. Highly recommended for animal lovers. You will need binoculars or a zoom lense.
Written 29 December 2020
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Nick T
Melbourne, Australia155 contributions
Apr 2021 • Solo
I did a full day of birding with Doug chasing 10 bird species in the rainforest on Mt Lewis. The cost of $350 for the full day was good value. Doug’s knowledge of the area and the calls/behaviour of the birds ensured I found the species I was after including two that were particularly difficult due to the time of year. Once the main targets were out of the way Doug added in some great birding around Julatten and on the way back in to Port Douglas. Doug had a great attitude throughout- nothing was too much trouble.
Written 8 April 2021
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Zulu747
Brisbane, Australia84 contributions
Nov 2018 • Couples
We did the full day tour and had a wonderful time. He was friendly, good company and customized the day based on what we wanted to see and do.
Doug was extremely knowledgeable of the local area and took us straight to where he knew the different birds would be. There is simply no way we would have seen so much without him.
We saw over 100 different bird species including all the endemics and some very special finds such as a Golden Bower bird, and a nesting Eclectus Parrot.
There was only the 2 of us on the tour. We had never done a professional bird tour before and are not photographers but still felt very welcome and had a good time.
We highly recommend this tour!
Doug was extremely knowledgeable of the local area and took us straight to where he knew the different birds would be. There is simply no way we would have seen so much without him.
We saw over 100 different bird species including all the endemics and some very special finds such as a Golden Bower bird, and a nesting Eclectus Parrot.
There was only the 2 of us on the tour. We had never done a professional bird tour before and are not photographers but still felt very welcome and had a good time.
We highly recommend this tour!
Written 24 November 2018
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Hi Zulu747
Thanks for your great review. The client usually know what they want and that's what I endeavour to give them! It was a pleasure showing you some of our fantastic birds and I do hope you return to see some more!
Best regards Doug
Written 26 November 2018
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catherinedH3404PP
Jan Juc, Australia7 contributions
Sept 2024 • Family
Doug proved to be an excellent and knowledgable guide and his easy going nature added to the enjoyment of a very memorable day where my son and I saw over sixty different birds, many that we had never seen before. Highly recommended.
Written 5 October 2024
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