Wildlife of the Cloud Forests

Explore pristine forests and exotic wildlife in this unique expedition.

Leave the sounds of the bustling city behind as you step into the lush and tranquil tropics of Australia's northern rainforests. The sounds of a bird chorus at dawn and trickling waters of nearby creeks and streams, will be your new home for one or two weeks, as you immerse yourself in this once in a lifetime adventure.

Working alongside leading scientist, Stephen Williams, you will be helping with vital research that will ultimately shape our understanding of what changes are occurring to our climate and landscape and what this means for our unique species in the area. As part of a research team, you will be actively involved in the following tasks:

• Bird watching
• Lizard and frog surveys
• Nocturnal wildlife spotting
• Bat surveys

There is the choice of joining this expedition for either the first week or continuing and joining for the entire two weeks. The first week will be spent in the beautiful South Johnstone Forestry Camp while the second week you move to Shiptons Flat camp where you will also have the unique opportunity to work alongside the indigenous Bana Yarralji Rangers

Join as Part of a Research Team
Tariff: 1690.00 to 3500.00
Inside the World Heritage listed Wet Tropics of Northern Queensland lies an exotic array of wildlife and plants. As the last remaining part of forest that once dominated half of Australia, you will find animals that cannot be found anywhere else in the world including cassowaries, a variety of parrots, pythons, possums, tree kangaroos and primitive looking reptiles. Shape our understanding of what changes are occurring to our climate and landscape and what this means for our unique species in the area. As part of a research team, you will be actively involved in the following tasks: • Bird watching •Lizard and frog surveys •Nocturnal wildlife spotting •Insect collecting and, •Bat surveys There is the choice of joining this expedition for either the first week or continuing and joining for the entire two weeks. The first week will be spent in the beautiful South Johnstone Forestry Camp while the second week you move to Shiptons Flat camp while stopping in Cairns for a couple days in between. While at Shiptons Flat you will also have the unique opportunity to work alongside the indigenous Bana Yarralji Rangers in order to blend traditional ecological with scientific ecological knowledge.