Yes all the streets in Longreach are named after birds but they weren't so easy to find...until we found the Iningai Park Nature Reserve which, frankly,  could do with some investment...

Yep - budgies, red-tailed cockatoos, cockatiels and, well, flies! What great birding on the way to and out at Winton. ​Thanks to all the great rain (and not great for many people) the outback is brimming with birds. Here are some of the the fancy flocks we saw...

While staying in Julatten, we went birding with guide Del Richards. Our expectations were high - Del's got a great reputation - but even Del was blown away on this trip. We were hoping to see a mature male riflebird display - and we did, but then the young lads got involved. One young male riflebird found his wings, and displayed for well over two minutes. We couldn't believe our luck. But wait, there's more...

We were very lucky to see not one but three juvenile southern cassowaries on our day trip to Cape Tribulation.

If you've made the trip to far North Queensland, you absolutely have to go to Daintree...heck, go there for the Daintree alone! And go on the River with the Daintree Boatman - you'll be glad you did!

The weather was not really optimal for our purposes during our days in the Tablelands, and we know there is so much to see - but we managed a few glimpses between showers...

We went on our first birding tour - and to Cape York. Here is what we saw and experienced, and what we think of the idea of a bird tour...