Eastern Australia Reviews

4.8 Rating 17 Reviews

Nov 5 - 21, 2025 | Our Eastern Australia birding tour samples a good portion of Australia’s scenery, avifauna and other wildlife. From the northeast, where we have a chance for cassowary, bowerbirds and platypus, to the southeast’s lyrebirds, fairy wrens, wallabies, albatrosses and penguins. A superb and exciting tour with mostly easy birding in comfortable surroundings – truly unforgettable!

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“What a fabulous introduction to birding in Australia! Superb guides visiting many different habitats; breath-taking scenery, with a focus on supporting smaller towns and local businesses for food and lodging. 'Roos, wallabies, pademelons, echidnas, and BIRDS, BIRDS, BIRDS! This Got a real sense of the history, culture, people and wildlife of Australia. Highly recommend it.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Eagle-Eye Tours Eastern Australia Birding tour was one of the best tours I've ever taken in my life (up there with Botswana and Brazil). Eastern Australia birding was something I always wanted to do but could never work out the logistics - until I found Eagle-Eye's option. I know this sounds like a commercial but they were that good. They made my dreams literally come true. -L”

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Posted 5 years ago

“The description of this trip does not tell you how overwhelmed your senses will be with the variety of habitats, birds, animals and reptiles. This country makes rope bridges so that possums can cross the road safely! I thought there were a couple of kinds of kangaroos but was amazed to see the many marsupials that inhabit such a variety of landscapes--their sizes, shapes and names! And what about a bird that has great camouflage and impressive eyebrows. I recommend this trip for those with an appetite for new experiences.”

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Posted 5 years ago

Marty Zelenietz

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“We covered a lot of ground, from Cairns down to Kiama, from the coast to the Great Barrier Reef to the Capertee Valley in the Blue Mountains. Diversity in landscape meant great diversity in the birds. We saw most of the avifauna we sought, missing the Southern Cassowary in a couple of places by just a few minutes. Sigh... But we recorded both species of Lyrebirds and numerous other endemics. Great guides. The accommodations ranged from terrific (O'Reilly's) to basic. Most of the other birders on the trip were excellent traveling companions- a couple needed to brush up on their birding etiquette. All in all, a worthwhile retirement gift from and to myself.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“The Eastern Australia tour provide the participants with a highly varied itinerary, from a boatride on a river, a trip to an offshore key, another pelagic for albatrosses, petrels and the like, a visit to a secluded valley and stays in superb resorts. Leaders Barry Davies and Rob Elvish were great company, knowledgeable not only about birds, but also other fauna and flora, plus local history and more. Our list of observed birds was staggering. Highly recommended.”

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Posted 5 years ago

Virgil Crabtree

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“Really liked Daintree, Lamington NP and Capertee. Saw so many great birds and other animals, especially the Platypus.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“I really enjoyed this trip. I loved all the birds, the different habitats; the leaders were terrific. My only complaints were one place we stayed and the number of participants but we wouldn't have had the great second leader if we had had fewer participants-dealing with two vans was clumsy at times. I would highly highly recommend this trip.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“This was an excellent tour that we thoroughly enjoyed. The only negative aspect to the tour was that some (2) of the participants were less concerned about making this a group experience than about their own expectations, needs and wants. This made it challenging and frustrating for both leaders and other participants.”

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Posted 5 years ago