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North Queensland tropical birding tour

HE WET TROPICS stretch from Townsville to Cooktown encompassing approximately 9000sq.km of rainforest interspersed with farmland, rivers and tropical savanna, not to mention coastline and coral cays. Such an array of habitats explain the region’s high diversity of flora and fauna. With more than 450 avian species recorded,

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