If you would like to suggest a site to be included here, please email me. Please also let me know if you find any of these links out of date.
"Links" title photo: Rainforest tree, Mt Wilson. Photo CP.
"I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven."
–Emily Dickinson
"All things are connected like the blood which unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself."
–Chief Seattle
"Bird by bird
I've come to know the earth."
–Pablo Neruda
"Silence
The rain ceases,
and a bird's clear song suddenly announces the difference between Heaven and Hell."
–Thomas Merton
"Birds seem to possess something that transcends happiness or sadness –
they simply are.
Birding gives me a little of that."
–Jonathan Rosen, from The Life of the Skies
"Only mortals don't go birdwatching."
–Macomas Taylor
"I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn."
–Henry Thoreau
"Every bird is a Japanese haiku,
and every insect a Zen koan."
–Anonymous
"I meant to do my work today –
But a brown bird sang in the appletree,
And a butterfly flitted across the field,
And all the leaves were calling me."
–Richard Le Gallienne,
The Lonely Dancer
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Birding in Australia: selected links | Resources
Guides & tours | Bird photographers
Clubs & organisations | Environment & conservation
Useful links for visitors | Accommodation
Local community & other non-bird links
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Birding in Australia: selected links
- Birding-Aus
- A lively discussion forum for anyone interested in Australian wild birds, their habitat and conservation. Go to the Archive to access the vast amount of information in previous postings.
- Birdwatching Australia
- A directory of Australian birding information, with listings of clubs, local guides, tours, birders' accommodation and reference material.
- Birdline NSW
- Recent sightings of interest in NSW. Produced and sponsored by Eremaea Birds.
- Regent Honeyeater home page
- The official site of the Regent Honeyeater Recovery Project.
- Bird Hyde
- It's not all about birdwatching. Lynda Hyde's weblog.
- Capertee Valley birdwatching hotspot
- Timothy and Lynda Hyde give you their personal view of the valley and its magic, in photos and words.
- Capertee Valley 10 July 2005
- Capertee Valley 23 July 2005
- Capertee Valley Aug-Oct 2005
- Tun-Pin Ong's blogs about his trips to the Capertee Valley. Lots of photos and information.
- The Vertebrate Fauna of Kanangra-Boyd NP
- A report by the NSW Dept of Environment and Conservation (2004). Includes bird information.
- Tony Palliser's Pelagic home page
- A site for anyone with an interest in pelagic bird watching, photography and whale-watching. Includes information on the regular pelagic boat trips from Wollongong, Sydney and other ports around Australia and New Zealand.
- Birding Western Australia
- Frank O'Connor's site, a must if you're planning to visit the west.
- Fatbirder
- Linking birders worldwide. The premier web resource about birds, birding & birdwatching for birders – hundreds of pages & tens of thousands of links about birding everywhere in the world.
Resources
- Lloyd Nielsen's Birding Australia
- Promoting the birds of Australia to the birders of the world. A complete directory of Australian birding, published in two editions, one designed for international visitors, the other for Australian birders.
- Birdwatching Australia – Fieldguides, Books, Videos and other Products
- A listing of recommended field guides and other useful books.
- Lynda Hyde's A Bird In The Hand
- Multi-media CD Rom, a photographic guide to identifying nestling, fledgling and juvenile birds of the Blue Mountains.
- The Birding Shop
- Carries a wide range of products for birdwatchers.
- Blue Wren Gift Shop
- In the BOCA National Office.
- Andrew Isles Natural History Books
Other Australian birding guides & tour operators
- Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow
- Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow is a birdwatching/natural history guide offering trips in Arnhemland and the Top End (Northern Territory).
- Alan's Wildlife Tours
- Nocturnal tours and bird guiding in the Cairns Highlands, north Queensland, with Alan Gillanders.
- Sicklebill Safaris
- Bird tours to New Guinea, Australia and throughout the Pacific Region. Sue & Phil Gregory also run Cassowary House rainforest birding and nature lodge, far north Queensland.
- Fine Feather Tours
- Tropical North Queensland bird safaris with Del Richards. Based in Mossman, tours visit the Daintree, Port Douglas, Mount Lewis and Mitchell River areas.
- Mangrove Man Tours
- Birdwatching and natural history cruises with Peter Cooper on the Mossman River, Far North Queensland.
- Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge
- Accommodation and camping within a rainforest wildlife sanctuary at Julatten, North Queensland.
- Birding Services Brisbane
- Roy and Helen Sonnenburg specialise in birding tours in the Brisbane area, south-east Queensland, and throughout Australia.
- Gondwana Guides
- Interpreting Australia's landscapes, flora and fauna. Based near Lamington National Park, Barry Davies specialises in showing you the birds of south-east Queensland and the northern NSW region with custom-designed or 1 to 4 day tours.
- Inala Nature Tours
- Birding and nature tours throughout Tasmania, with Dr Tonia Cochran. Birders' accommodation at 'Inala' on Bruny Island.
- Find a birding guide for your next trip
- Guided Birdwatching is the link between the travelling birder and birding guides all around the world.
Bird photographers
- Nevil Lazarus
- David Stowe Photography
- Wildlifing – Michael Todd's images and sounds
- Of Emus and Fairywrens
- Drew Fulton spent a year photographing Australia's endemic birds.
Clubs & organisations
- Blue Mountains Bird Observers
- Cumberland Bird Observers Club
- Birding NSW
- Birds Australia
- Bird Observation & Conservation Australia (BOCA)
- Formerly Bird Observers Club of Australia.
- Echuca and District BOCA
- Australian Bird Study Association
Environment & conservation
- Blue Mountains Conservation Society
- Weeds of Blue Mountains Bushland
- Includes a listing of Bushcare and Landcare groups in the region.
- ASGAP – Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants
- Australian Plants Society
- NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
- NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change
- Hawkesbury Nepean Catchment Management Authority
- BirdLife International – conserving the world's birds
- Save the Albatross
- Common Myna
- This website describes the Common Indian Myna, Acridotheres tristis, explains why it is a problem, and what is being done to control it.
- Australian Platypus Conservancy
- The cicadas of central eastern Australia
- Scribbly Gum
- A site devoted to celebrating seasonal events in the natural world with a new story every month and an interactive forum.
- Bee Green
- "Blue & Green" Sustainability Directory of the Greater Blue Mountains and Central West Region. Providing more choices to our community to act locally and help make our future more sustainable.
- Restore Saemangeum
- Join the global campaign to restore this vital migratory shorebird habitat in South Korea.
Useful links for visitors (Blue Mountains area)
Not just for visitors!
- Bloogle
- Australia's Blue Mountains at your fingertips.
- Current time in Sydney, NSW
- Find out the current local time in the Sydney area, sunrise and sunset times, etc.
- Blue Mountains Tourism
- Tourism New South Wales
- NSW Rural Fire Service – Blue Mountains District
- Check fire restrictions, bushfire danger and fire updates.
- NPWS – Fires, floods and park closures
- NSW National Parks latest updates.
- City Rail
- Look up train timetables.
- Mount Tomah Botanic Garden
- The cool climate annex of the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens, at beautiful Mount Tomah on the Bell's Line of Road. It's a good birding spot too.
- Mount Wilson
- Mount Wilson is a wonderful and special cool climate village in the Blue Mountains. A comprehensive website including information on Mount Wilson history, climate, accommodation, transport, things to do, contacts, and lots more.
- The Conservation Hut
- Cafe/restaurant in the national park at Valley of the Waters, Wentworth Falls.
Weather
- Central Tablelands weather forecast from Elders
- Blue Mountains Council's local weather site
- Blackheath Weather
- Climate averages for Katoomba
- Climate averages for Glen Davis
Accommodation
Blue Mountains
- 3 Sisters Motel
- Motel and self-contained cottage near Echo Point Katoomba.
- Cloudlands
- Elegant and spacious clifftop retreat at Katoomba.
- Lilianfels Blue Mountains
- 5-star resort and spa at Echo Point Katoomba.
- Blue Mountains YHA
- Budget accommodation in the heart of Katoomba.
- Bunjaree Cottages
- Charming, eco-friendly cottages in a perfect Blue Mountains bush setting.
- Jemby-Rinjah Eco Lodge
- A unique Australian ecotourism escape near Blackheath.
- Kanimbla View Clifftop Retreat
- Stunning eco-retreat on a 12-acre wildlife refuge near Blackheath.
Capertee Valley
- Oskas Cottage
- Self-contained studio accommodation at Glen Davis.
- Lansallos Bed & Breakfast
- Accommodation in a spacious, contemporary home.
For more information on Capertee Valley accommodation CLICK HERE.
Local community
- Blue Mountains Food Co-Op
- Blue Mountains City Library
- Blue Mountains Gazette
- Blue Mountains Artists' Network
- Mount Vic Flicks
Friends' sites
Nothing to do with birds (well, mostly...)
- Hats Direct
- The mail order service for The Hattery – Australia's leading hat shop, based in Katoomba.
- Hollis Taylor
- Check out the Pied Butcherbird project.
- The Jon Rose Web
- The most radical violin and creative music website in the Universe.
- Photographers Blue
- Three photographers from the Upper Blue Mountains Camera Club.
- Wild Ephemera
- John Low's journal of local history and related subjects. A recommended read.
- Katoomba Amusements Company
- The rebirth of a legendary theatre troupe.
Last but not least, three Festivals...
...the non-birding highlights of the year.
- Blue Mountains Music Festival
- Folk, roots and blues. Held in Katoomba on the third weekend in March.
- Winter Magic Festival
- Katoomba's celebration of the winter solstice every June.
- Lithgow Ironfest
- Last weekend in April.
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