I booked on a full-day guided birding tour to observe and photograph local birds, with a focus on the Tasmanian endemics. I was solo, so tacked onto a small group (4 participants) guided by Andrew and we visited 4 sites around N & S Bruny, starting at Inala itself. Inala has glorious gardens and amazing birdlife, and our guide Andrew was deeply knowledgeable about the birds, trees, mammals, insects, overall ecology and local history. He enjoyed sharing his knowledge, and while I was primarily interested in birding, it makes so much more sense when you have knowledgeable input into the overall context of what you are seeing. His knowledge of habitats, local residents, bird calls etc meant that we were steered into seeing most if not all of the local endemics plus a wide range of other birds, mammals and invertebrates. I was able to photograph most of these, and generally had a fabulous time birding in company with others with similar objectives, and a deeply knowledgeable and caring guide. It is not a cheap day out, but worth every cent - I thoroughly enjoyed it and recommend it highly.

We first stayed at Inala 14 years ago. This was our second stay in Inala Cottage and it was for 3 nights. It was brilliant. Everything has grown up so well, the bush is recovering over the former hay fields, the cottage garden is more of a paradise for birds, the Jurassic garden was interesting and the bird hide/lookout tower was great for the 40 Spotted Pardalotes. We saw all the endemics except the Swift and Orange-bellied Parrots, within the first day on our rambles around the property. The wallabies were great but our favourites were the several Antichinus feeding around the back garden during the day.
The staff were very helpful especially when we reported an injured Wallaby in the middle of the night and they went out to help if possible.
This also provided a great base to explore other areas of Bruny Island.
This provided a great start to our Tasmanian trip.
Andrew

We enjoyed a wonderful 3 hour morning walking tour of the Inala property with Cat, who is a very passionate and knowledgeable guide and an excellent communicator. She found many fantastic bird species for us and also described the overall ecology of the area and the ongoing conservation processes occurring at Inala in a very interesting way. Highly recommended.