3 Days
4 Peoples
Easy to Moderate
A terrific tour for enthusiastic twitchers...
A birdwatcher’s delight! Join us over three days and two nights. With 100 national and conservation parks, over 270 species of birds living in mallee bushland and spectacular coastal scenery, Eyre Peninsula is emerging as a ‘must-see’ destination for eco and wildlife tours.
Day 1
Welcome to beautiful Eyre Peninsula
You’re met at the Port Lincoln Hotel by your personal Australian Coastal Safaris Bird Guide. We start our ornithology experiences with a journey to Billy Lights Point. This short walk is a bird lovers delight. A small fringe of coastal mallee and sheltered bays is the perfect location for both water birds and bush birds. Pied, Little Pied and Black Cormorants, Grey Teal and Chestnut Teal Ducks, Osprey, White-Bellied Sea-Eagle, Sooty Oyster Catchers, Pied Oyster Catchers, Striated Pardalotes, Western Yellow Robins, Superb Blue Wrens, Blue-Breasted Wrens, White-Browed Babblers, New Holland Honeyeaters, Brown-Headed Honey Eaters and Rock Parrots can all be found on this walk. We venture to the small coastal hamlet of Tulka where waders, Swans and Sea Birds can be seen from the Bird Hide. This is another known location for Southern Emu-Wrens near a well first dug by Captain Matthew Flinders when he explored the area in 1802. Next, we take you to the diversity of the Port Lincoln National Park. From the naturally rugged and wild Sleaford Bay and the Southern Ocean to the tranquility of the Spalding Cove area and other beautiful beaches. Of the 29,000ha National Park, the tour follows Captain Matthew Flinders journey through the Wilderness areas. Rugged cliffs provide an opportunity to view Osprey and White Bellied Sea-Eagles and to keep a look out for Kites and Harriers. We head towards Wanna Cliffs and/or Stamford hill to encounter birds such as the elusive & rare Mallee Fowl (not guaranteed to see), Purple-Gaped Honeyeaters, Striated Pardalotes, Spiney-Cheeked Honeyeaters, Dusky Woodswallows, Australian Pipits, Blue Breasted Wrens, and White-Browed Scrubwren. Lunch is an aussie style picnic, before heading to Mikkira Station, no visit to Lower Eyre Peninsula is complete without visiting one of Australia’s very best habitats where Koalas can be found in the wild. We admire the restored original homestead and go exploring under the beautiful old Eucalypt trees and come face to face with the cuddly icon of Australia as they laze in the Manna gums. Wild but placid kangaroos casually hop around in this beautiful historical setting, where in 1842 Scotsman Adam Borthwick and his family made their home as one of the very first settlers of the region. Emus roam and this is also the home of astounding bush birds including: Port Lincoln (Australian Ringneck) Parrots, Black-Faced Cuckoo-shrikes, Pallid Cuckoos, Golden Whistlers and an occasional Scarlet Robin. Accommodation: Port Lincoln Hotel Lunch provided.
Day 2
Eastern Coast of the Eyre Peninsula
Day 3
Coffin Bay National Park