Wildlife in Queensland
Wildlife in Queensland
Tours, Attractions, Accommodation and Other Services
- B&B and Farmstay Assoc. of Far North Qld.(ACC)
- Cedar Creek Estate Glow Worm Caves and Winery, SE QLD.(ATT)
- Kirrama Wildlife Tours, Far North QLD.(T)
- Araucaria Ecotours, Southeast QLD. (T;C)
- Cruise Maroochy Eco, Southeast QLD.(T)
- Destiny Boonah Eco Cottage, Southeast QLD.(ACC)
- Gondwana Guides, Southeast QLD.(T;C)
- Mt Barney Lodge, Southeast QLD.(ACC)
- Australian Natural History Safari, North QLD.(T)
- Capricorn Caves, North QLD.(ATT)
- Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures, North QLD.(ATT)
- Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge, North QLD.(ACC)
The Great Barrier Reef is the largest in the world, a huge 2000km long structure of coral branches, limestone-coated polyps, sea urchins, anemones, shellfish and tropical reef fish. Snorkelling or diving on the Great Barrier Reef ranks as one of the world’s great wildlife experiences.
In these warmer waters of Queensland you can also find dugongs, sea turtles, dolphins and the largest whale-watching centre in Australia at Hervey Bay.
The rainforests of Queensland, including the Daintree in the far north, are teeming with an amazing array of rainforest animals such as pademelons, tree-kangaroos, glowworms, bats, frogs, cassowaries, bandicoots, geckoes, possums, tawny frogmouths, boobook owls, gliders and butterflies.
In fact, the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area is home to 30% of Australia’s marsupial species, 60% of its bats, 30% of its frogs, 23% of its reptiles and 18% of its birds.
Mon Repos Turtle Rookery near Bundaberg is the largest hatching ground in eastern Australia for green, loggerhead and Australian flatback turtles. The best time of day to see the turtles nesting is after dark during the months of November to February.
Near Brisbane, the state’s capital city, there are numerous parks including the world’s largest largest area of rainforest outside of the tropics – Lamington National Park. Lamington operates in conjuction with the adjoining Border Ranges National Park, a contiguous park over the New South Wales border.
Near Brisbane you can see large colonies of koalas, possums, gliders, kangaroos, wallabies, pademelons, dugong, Humpback whales and dolphins. Moreton Island is a wildlife haven where hundreds of species of seabirds and shorebirds congregate and friendly wild dolphins are fed at the popular Tangalooma Resort.