From Cooktown in the north to Townsville in the south and inland to include the great dividing range and Atherton Tableland. It’s in the tropics and no one would deny it’s wet. Within that region there is an area of approximately 8,940 km² of World Heritage protected forest. It’s home for 50 species of endangered fauna, 22 of which are found nowhere else. And of course there are many other species that are thriving.
We traveled over 1000km in 17 days camping in 7 different places. The bird list ran to 147 species. including Red-backed Buttonquail and Cassowary, Cryptic Honeyeater and Victoria’s Riflebird. We crossed the trail of James Cook, we saw strangler figs, Australia’s greatest waterfall and we enjoyed poached eggs on toast in the Cooktown Botanical Gardens. We avoided touching any stinging trees and getting fried in a wildfire. The dog picked up a tick but we found it before any harm was done.
Each symbol on the map represents a place where a bird list was submitted to eBird.
And then we packed up in the rain and drove 500km south to Finch Hatton.
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