TASMANIA
Post-trip extension to Eastern Australia tour
October 19 - 23, 2012
$1485 AUD
Surcharge will apply to groups smaller than 6
Single Supplement TBA
Yellow Wattlebird
Day 1, October 19: Hobart and Mt. Wellington
We will depart Sydney in the morning (schedule TBA), arriving in Hobart before noon. After checking in at Woolmer's Inn, we will visit Mt. Wellington and other birding spots near Hobart.
Overnight Woomer's Inn (BLD)
Day 2, October 20: Mt. Field National Park, transfer to Bruny Island
Today we will travel to Mt. Field National Park, which offers spectacular scenery and pristine forests, looking for birds and other wildlife along the way. After returning to Hobart, we will take a ferry to Bruny Island for a 3-night stay at the Adventure Inn. All twelve of Tasmania's endemic species are found on Bruny: Tasmanian Native-hen, Green Rosella, Dusky Robin, Tasmanian Thornbill, Forty-spotted Pardalote, Tasmanian Scrubwren, Scrub-Tit, Yellow Wattlebird, Black Currawong, Strong-billed Honeyeater, Black-headed Honeyeater, and Yellow-throated Honeyeater.
Overnight Adventure Inn (BLD)
Days 3 and 4, October 21 and 22: Bruny Island
We'll spend two full days birding on the island targeting the endemics and the non-endemics that are more abundant on Tasmania than on the mainland, including Hooded Plover, Brush Bronzewing, Swift Parrot, Flame and Pink Robins, Crescent Honeyeater, and the Forest Raven, Tasmania's only Corvid. The endangered Orange-bellied Parrot is found on Bruny Island, quite a challenge to find, but we will try. Along the coast we should see Fairy Penguins, Black-faced Cormorants Short-tailed Shearwaters, and other seabirds. At night we will spotlight for marsupials including Bennett's Wallaby, Tasmanian Pademelon, Long-nosed Potoroo, and Eastern Quoll.
Overnight Adventure Inn (BLD)
Day 5, October 23: Bruny Island - Hobart
We will transfer back to Hobart, stopping at Peter Murrell Reserve to search for any species we may have missed. Today is the final day of the tour with our flights back to Sydney where we will connect to our flights home.
(Breakfast)
Includes: Lodging in comfortable hotel/lodges, all meals as indicated, all transportation within Tasmania and Bruny Island, transfers, entrance fees, expert birding guide.
Does not Include: Roundtrip airfare Sydney/Hobart, alcoholic drinks, travel insurance, gratuities, and expenses of a personal nature (laundry, phone calls, extra drinks and snacks, etc.).
PAYMENT INFORMATION:
Deposit of $300 with registration (link for registration form is at the bottom of this page).
Balance due on or before June 1, 2012.
Checks should be made payable to Cheepers! Birding on a Budget and mailed with the registration form to:
Cheepers! Birding on a Budget
Post Office Box 385
Spring Valley, OH 45370
Cancellation policy:
Cancellation should be made in writing (email or snail mail)
More than 6 months prior to departure – full refund of deposit
Between 4 and 6 months prior to departure – 50% refund of deposit
Less than 4 months prior to departure – No refund of deposit
If cancellation occurs after full payment is made, a refund will be given only if the vacant spot is filled.
Trip insurance is recommended.
You can compare prices offered by various trip insurance companies at this website:
http://www.quotewright.com/?sub_id=6056
Cheepers! Birding on a Budget LLC reserves the right to make changes in the itinerary if the need should arise due to unforeseeable circumstances such as weather, landslides, and other natural phenomena, as well as suggestions by local guides in order to take advantage of an unusual birding opportunity.
Contact us
email: cheepers@sbcglobal.net
Home phone: 937-862-4505
Cell phone: 937-974-0803
Snail mail: PO Box 385
Spring Valley, OH 45370
We will depart Sydney in the morning (schedule TBA), arriving in Hobart before noon. After checking in at Woolmer's Inn, we will visit Mt. Wellington and other birding spots near Hobart.
Overnight Woomer's Inn (BLD)
Day 2, October 20: Mt. Field National Park, transfer to Bruny Island
Today we will travel to Mt. Field National Park, which offers spectacular scenery and pristine forests, looking for birds and other wildlife along the way. After returning to Hobart, we will take a ferry to Bruny Island for a 3-night stay at the Adventure Inn. All twelve of Tasmania's endemic species are found on Bruny: Tasmanian Native-hen, Green Rosella, Dusky Robin, Tasmanian Thornbill, Forty-spotted Pardalote, Tasmanian Scrubwren, Scrub-Tit, Yellow Wattlebird, Black Currawong, Strong-billed Honeyeater, Black-headed Honeyeater, and Yellow-throated Honeyeater.
Overnight Adventure Inn (BLD)
Days 3 and 4, October 21 and 22: Bruny Island
We'll spend two full days birding on the island targeting the endemics and the non-endemics that are more abundant on Tasmania than on the mainland, including Hooded Plover, Brush Bronzewing, Swift Parrot, Flame and Pink Robins, Crescent Honeyeater, and the Forest Raven, Tasmania's only Corvid. The endangered Orange-bellied Parrot is found on Bruny Island, quite a challenge to find, but we will try. Along the coast we should see Fairy Penguins, Black-faced Cormorants Short-tailed Shearwaters, and other seabirds. At night we will spotlight for marsupials including Bennett's Wallaby, Tasmanian Pademelon, Long-nosed Potoroo, and Eastern Quoll.
Overnight Adventure Inn (BLD)
Day 5, October 23: Bruny Island - Hobart
We will transfer back to Hobart, stopping at Peter Murrell Reserve to search for any species we may have missed. Today is the final day of the tour with our flights back to Sydney where we will connect to our flights home.
(Breakfast)
Includes: Lodging in comfortable hotel/lodges, all meals as indicated, all transportation within Tasmania and Bruny Island, transfers, entrance fees, expert birding guide.
Does not Include: Roundtrip airfare Sydney/Hobart, alcoholic drinks, travel insurance, gratuities, and expenses of a personal nature (laundry, phone calls, extra drinks and snacks, etc.).
PAYMENT INFORMATION:
Deposit of $300 with registration (link for registration form is at the bottom of this page).
Balance due on or before June 1, 2012.
Checks should be made payable to Cheepers! Birding on a Budget and mailed with the registration form to:
Cheepers! Birding on a Budget
Post Office Box 385
Spring Valley, OH 45370
Cancellation policy:
Cancellation should be made in writing (email or snail mail)
More than 6 months prior to departure – full refund of deposit
Between 4 and 6 months prior to departure – 50% refund of deposit
Less than 4 months prior to departure – No refund of deposit
If cancellation occurs after full payment is made, a refund will be given only if the vacant spot is filled.
Trip insurance is recommended.
You can compare prices offered by various trip insurance companies at this website:
http://www.quotewright.com/?sub_id=6056
Cheepers! Birding on a Budget LLC reserves the right to make changes in the itinerary if the need should arise due to unforeseeable circumstances such as weather, landslides, and other natural phenomena, as well as suggestions by local guides in order to take advantage of an unusual birding opportunity.
Contact us
email: cheepers@sbcglobal.net
Home phone: 937-862-4505
Cell phone: 937-974-0803
Snail mail: PO Box 385
Spring Valley, OH 45370
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