Hi all
I am in the preliminary stages of planning a 60th birthday trip for July or August 2013. It needs to combine good birding (although not too rigorous due to a bad back) and family activities that teenage (13 and 16) girls will enjoy. A return to Eastern Australia is one of the finalists. Our plan would be to show the girls Sydney for a couple of days, spend some time with friends in Lisarow, NSW, and then head for about a week to Northern Queensland (and perhaps Uluru as well). I have some questions about the Northern Queensland part.
1. Can anyone suggest places in Northern Queensland that would combine birding and activities teens would enjoy. Ideally, there would be things that we could do with the kids while not birding and that the kids could do while we were birding. Certainly we will work in some beach time and a trip to the reef. Daintree and the river tour seems like one good idea. I expect that we will want to stay at two different places, maybe even three.
2. Is winter a good time to bird Northern Queensland? I realize that the PNG migrants will be absent, but it seems it might be a better time for local breeders, such as the Victoria’s Riflebird. Any thoughts?
Thanks for the help.
Eric Jeffrey Falls Church, VA USA
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