Sunday, 18 May 2014

Wildlife of Queensland, Australia - A Photographic Diary Summer 2013

In summer 2013 we went to Queensland, Australia, which was awesome.  As well as looking for birds, we spent time looking for mammals, including Humpback Whales, rare and wild Indo-pacific Humpback Dolphins that we were able to feed, Duck-Billed Platypus which is the weirdest animal I have seen, Koala which were really cute and a lot of kangaroo and wallaby species.  We also went snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef which was unbelievably beautiful with coral and multi-coloured fish.  We still had time to see almost all our target birds. 
Indo-Pacific Humpback Whale at Tin Can Bay, Queensland, Australia, July 2013
Photo taken by and copyright Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig
Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig feeding an Indo-pacific Humpback Dolphin in Tin Can Bay, Queensland, Australia, July 2013
Photograph taken by and copyright Chris Craig




Humpbacked Whale, Hervey Bay, Queensland,
Australia, July 2013
Photograph taken by and copyright Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig
Humpbacked Whale, Hervey Bay, Queensland, 
Australia, July 2013 with Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig
Photograph taken and copyright Helena Craig






















Kangaroo, Queensland, Australia, August 2013
Photograph taken by and copyright  Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig

Turtle, Eungella National Park, Queensland, 
Australia, August 2013
Photograph taken by and copyright Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig
Duck-billed Platypus, Eungella National Park, Queensland, Australia, August 2013
Photograph taken by and copyright Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig

Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig at Michaelmas Cay, 
Outer Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, July 2013
Photograph taken by and copyright Helena Craig

     

 Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig at Michaelmas Cay, 
Outer Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, July 2013
Photograph taken by and copyright Helena Craig


 Michaelmas Cay, Outer Great Barrier Reef, 
Queensland, Australia, July 2013 
Video footage taken by and copyright Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig (sorry the second half is blurred!)






Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig at Lamington National Park,
Queensland, Australia, July 2013
Photograph taken by and copyright Helena Craig



Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig with first campervan
at Eungella National Park, Queensland,
Australia, July 2013
Photograph taken by and copyright Helena Craig 














Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig with her dad at Karumba, 
Cape York, Queensland, Australia, August 2013
Photograph taken by and copyright Helena Craig




Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig on Daintree River Boat, 
Queensland, Australia, August 2013
Photograph taken by and copyright Chris Craig




Red Kangaroo, Queensland, Australia, 
August 2013
Photograph taken by and copyright Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig






Koala at Noosa Head, Queensland, Australia, August 2013
Photograph taken by and copyright Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig



Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig with her Swarovski Optik 
CL Companion Binoculars 10 x 30 B





Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig with her dad at Brisbane Airport, 
Queensland, Australia, August 2013
Photograph taken by and copyright Helena Craig

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16 comments:

  1. Unknown21 May 2014 at 15:53

    Wow Mya that sounds amazing and incredible .
    It seems like it was a lot of fun.........................!

    Otto

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    1. birdgirl5 March 2015 at 14:47

      Hi Otto, must have missed a whole load of comments! Our trip to Queensland, Australia was amazing. It was great being able to stay where ever we wanted in our campervan. We had a long list of mammals we wanted to see and were really lucky to see Koala and Duck-billed Platypus in particular.

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  2. Anonymous26 May 2014 at 12:46

    As someone who is into wildlife tourism in India, it becomes imperative for us to see the world view on wildlife. Your blog does just that. Thanks!
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    1. birdgirl5 March 2015 at 14:52

      Hi Shamsher, thanks for your comment. Hopefully we will make it to see tigers in India and will definitely look you you. I think that understanding conservation projects around the world and which have been successful and why is the key to conserving birds and animals particularly in areas where conservation is new. I do a talk called "Born to bird" which is a lot to do with successful conservation projects that I have seen around the world.

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  3. Buret MRj16 June 2014 at 22:02

    beautiful..

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  6. birdgirl5 March 2015 at 14:59

    Hi, thanks for reading my blog and hope you have come back to it again. When we first planned out trip, we did plan to go to a water park and amusement park, but we decided it would be too cold for a water park! Unless you are poor, where you go away is partly dependant on how you spend your money, we don't live in a big house, have nice cars or spend lots of money on going out...we spend our money on birding trips.

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