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Pickup from Brisbane
Transit Centre or your inner city or southside accommodation
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no-frills self-catering camping weekend, which we started when
the 3-day Australian Wildlife Overview tour prices had to be
raised above the
budget of some backpackers. You won't visit the variety of places we do on our 3-day Australian Wildlife Overview tour, nor will you have the Cougal Park option or have meals provided (doing any of these would of necessity put the price up again). |
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We do however provide
all
camping equipment - tent (which you will help to erect), sleeping bag,
sleeping sheet, pillow, torch (flashlight), thermos, ice-box and
cooking equipment, and we can stop at fruit and vegetable shops,
supermarkets, and on certain days at country markets along the way for
you to buy food. If you want a hot meal at night but don't feel
like cooking, we can take you to the local country pub, the Rathdowney
Hotel, which serves a variety of hearty country meals (vegetarian
options are limited).
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You will look
for wild kangaroos, walk in
eucalypt forest and rainforest, come spotlighting for nocturnal animals
after dark, and have a guided tour through the Scenic Rim Wildlife Ecology Centre and
butterfly trail (no captive butterflies - the emphasis is on the plants
needed by the caterpillars, but wild butterflies often pay a visit),
and also receive a free copy of the very informative wildlife
booklet. You can also spend some free time on your own just relaxing,
looking for platypus in the creek or wallabies on the hillsides at dusk
or dawn, birdwatching, swimming, paddling a canoe, exploring our nature
trails or relaxing in a hammock. The tour leaves Brisbane 9.00am and returns around 6.00pm Sunday (unless you would like to include the flight of the fruitbats, which will mean a later arrival time, especially in summer, at your accommodation or transport). |
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