Australia (Queensland), October 9 - November 10, 2016 Photo Gallery by Rick & José van der Weijde at pbase.com

Australia (Queensland), October 9 - November 10, 2016

From October 9 until November 10, 2016 we visited Queensland, Australia for one month.
Our first trip to this beautiful country. We landed in Brisbane and spend our first week around Brisbane,
Towoomba, Southporth and Lamington National Park. After this first week we travelled north towards Eungella National Park,
visiting sites like Cooloola Cove, Hervey Bay and Rockhampton along the route.
Our third week we stayed in the area around Townsville, Mission Beach and the Atherton Tablelands, ending up in Cairns.
We changed cars (from conventional to 4wd) and after enjoying the Great Barrier Reef for a full day,
we travelled through Daintree National Park towards Cooktown. Our last full week we explored the remote Cape York
Peninsula, visiting sites like Artemis, Iron Range and Lakefield National Parks. The few days we had left we stayed
around Julatten, Mount Lewis and Atherton Tableland again, surely one of the most beautiful parts
of this side of the country. In the end we had travelled over 6300km, saw 304 species of birds, 39 species of mammals
and a countless number of other creatures.

All photos in this gallery are also included in the “Photo Archive” gallery on the main page.

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Vitee		08-Feb-2018 05:13
Excellent Australian wildlife gallery.

Jaap Vink		29-Jul-2017 09:06
Mooie verzameling Rick en José. Roept goede herinneringen op van een bezoek aan een heel andere deel van dat continent!

Alex van der Giessen		21-Mar-2017 08:30
Wat een prachtige serie, zitten echt hele mooie foto's tussen

Paul van Giersbergen		18-Mar-2017 10:01
Een hele mooie serie met veel voor mij nieuwe soorten. Moet ook maar eens die kant opgaan.

Jeff Real		19-Feb-2017 14:02
There is so much fascinating photography here ~V~

joseantonio		19-Feb-2017 13:38
such a great gallery with some amazing captures.V

Hennie & Lies Lammers		22-Jan-2017 15:14
Schitterende serie van een mooie reis!

Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)		14-Dec-2016 20:12
Nicely done,amigos.....V Paolo

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Agile Wallaby Notamacropus agilis jardinii	Agile Wallaby Notamacropus agilis jardinii	Outback fuel station	Coffee break in the hot midday sun	José in search for Rock Wallabies
Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis	Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis	Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis	Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis	Roads getting more and more 4wd needed
Maroon Mangrove Crab Perisesarma messa	Forest creek in Daintree	Black Butcherbird Melloria quoyi rufescens	Just a random forest road in Daintree	Just a tree
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena neoxena	Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena neoxena	Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena neoxena	Australian Scrub Python Simalia kinghorni	Australian Scrub Python Simalia kinghorni
Brown-Backed Honeyeater Ramsayornis modestus	Daintree River	Large-Billed Gerygone Gerygone magnirostris cairnsensis	Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus azureus	Wompoo Fruit Dove Ptilinopus magnificus keri
Pied Monarch Arses kaupi kaupi	Daintree River	Boat tour over the Daintree River	Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis	Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis
Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos melanoleucos	Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae novaehollandiae	Rick @ Work	Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus azureus	Fish & Corals
José snorkling with Scissortail Sergeant Abudefduf sexfasciatus	Steephead Parrotfish Chlorurus microrhinos	Six-Banded Angelfish Pomacanthus sexstriatus	Hump-Nose Bigeye Bream Monotaxis grandoculis	Fish & Corals
Striped Surgeonfish Acanthurus lineatus	Scissortail Sergeant Abudefduf sexfasciatus	Green Chromis Chromis viridis	Fish and Coral Reef	Scissortail Sergeant Abudefduf sexfasciatus
Paddletail Lutjanus gibbus	Fish species	Scissortail Sergeant Abudefduf sexfasciatus	José snorkling	Corals Anthozoa indet.
Corals Anthozoa indet.	Green Chromis Chromis viridis	José snorkling	Scissortail Sergeant Abudefduf sexfasciatus	Just us
Giant Clam Tridacna gigas	Giant Clam Tridacna gigas	Green Chromis Chromis viridis	Hump-Nose Bigeye Bream Monotaxis grandoculis	Michaelmas Cay
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor palmerstoni	Great Frigatebird Fregata minor palmerstoni	Great Frigatebird Fregata minor palmerstoni	Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus serratus	Brown Noddy Anous stolidus pileatus
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis torresii	Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis torresii	Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis torresii	Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis torresii	Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis torresii
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus serratus	Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus serratus	Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis torresii	Great Frigatebird Fregata minor palmerstoni	Brown Booby Sula leucogaster plotus
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster plotus	Brown Noddy Anous stolidus pileatus	Brown Booby Sula leucogaster plotus	Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus serratus	Brown Booby Sula leucogaster plotus
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster plotus	Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis torresii	Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae novaehollandiae	Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae novaehollandiae	Great Frigatebird Fregata minor palmerstoni
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster plotus	Brown Booby Sula leucogaster plotus	Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii cristatus	Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii cristatus	Brown Noddy Anous stolidus pileatus
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus serratus	Brown Booby Sula leucogaster plotus	Brown Booby Sula leucogaster plotus	Brown Booby Sula leucogaster plotus	Brown Booby Sula leucogaster plotus
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster plotus	Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae novaehollandiae	Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus serratus	Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus serratus	Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus serratus
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus serratus	Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus serratus	Brown Booby Sula leucogaster plotus	Just us, on Michaelmas Cay	The glass bottom boat transfer to Michaelmas Cay
View on Cairns	Sunset at Cairns	Car exchange: convention to 4wd	Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis orientalis	Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis orientalis
Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis orientalis	Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis orientalis	Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis orientalis	Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis orientalis	Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata subcristata
Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis orientalis	Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis orientalis	Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata subcristata	Double-Barred Finch Stizoptera bichenovii bichenovii	Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida placida
Squatter Pigeon Geophaps scripta peninsulae	Rocky landscape of Granite Gorge	Tropical Rockmaster Diphlebia euphoeoides	Boulders at Granite Gorge	Turtle Rock
Rick @ Work	Boulders at Granite Gorge	Rick @ Work	Granite Creek	Kreffts River Turtle Emydura macquarii krefftii
Northern Australian Snapping Turtle Elseya dentata	Northern Australian Snapping Turtle Elseya dentata	Confusing Spur-Throated Locust Austracris proxima	Mareeba Rock Wallaby Petrogale mareeba	Mareeba Rock Wallaby Petrogale mareeba
Mareeba Rock Wallaby Petrogale mareeba	Mareeba Rock Wallaby Petrogale mareeba	Mareeba Rock Wallaby Petrogale mareeba	Mareeba Rock Wallaby Petrogale mareeba	Rick @ Work
Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum hirundinaceum	Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum hirundinaceum	Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii mab	Cathedral Fig Tree	Cathedral Fig Tree
Pale-Yellow Robin Tregellasia capito nana	Atherton Tablelands	Bush Stone-Curlew Burhinus grallarius	Bush Stone-Curlew Burhinus grallarius	Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus lumholtzi
Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus lumholtzi	Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus lumholtzi	Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus lumholtzi	Bush Stone-Curlew Burhinus grallarius	Plumed Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
Yellow-Faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops barroni	Plumed Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni	Hasties Swamp	Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus corniculatus	Australian Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis pectoralis
Just us	Upper Barron River	Dinner Falls	Golden Bowerbird Prionodura newtoniana	Golden Bowerbird Prionodura newtoniana
Golden Bowerbird Prionodura newtoniana	Cassowary county	Northern Leaf-Tailed Gecko Saltuarius cornutus	Northern Leaf-Tailed Gecko Saltuarius cornutus	Caterpillar Anthelinae spec.
Northern Leaf-Tailed Gecko Saltuarius cornutus	Northern Leaf-Tailed Gecko Saltuarius cornutus	Northern Leaf-Tailed Gecko Saltuarius cornutus	Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles miles	Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles miles
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles miles	Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles miles	Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys ssp.	Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys ssp.	Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys ssp.
Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys ssp.	Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys ssp.	Bridled Honeyeater Bolemoreus frenatus	Wompoo Fruit Dove Ptilinopus magnificus keri	Wompoo Fruit Dove Ptilinopus magnificus keri
Twin Kauris	Atherton Tablelands	Russell River	Rick not @ Work	East coast beach
Bramston Beach	Bramston Beach	Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata subcristata	Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata subcristata	Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata subcristata
Rick @ Work	Southern Cassowary Casuarius casuarius	Southern Cassowary Casuarius casuarius	Southern Cassowary Casuarius casuarius	Southern Cassowary Casuarius casuarius