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Biology of Tropical Australia
Activity Tour of Tropical Australia
Ecosystem Guide Books

Study Tours

  • Accompanying our biology programmes and tours are the Ecosystem Guide Books. The first in the series, "Rainforest of tropical Australia", has now been released as a second edition. The second in the series "Ocean Surfaces of Australasia" is also available. They are found in all good bookstores in Cairns and in souvenir shops and info centres throughout the rainforest areas of North Queensland. If they haven't got it, ask them to order it in! It's RRP is $35-$40. It is also available online at:

    www.ecosystem-guides.com

     

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Plants

Paperbarks
The Paperbarks are one of the most distinctive Australian plants, usually well known both to residents and many visitors alike. Melaleucas are often mistaken at first glance for Eucalyptus trees.
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Birds

Mound-builders
Scrub Fowl
Scrub Fowl
This is one of the most unusual families of birds. They are physically distinguished by their large feet, which they use to scratch in the forest floor for invertebrates, and gives them their scientific name of 'megapode'.

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Mammals

Rodents
If there is one group of mammals that is even more successful than the bats, it is the rodents, with about 2000 species worldwide and at least 60 species in Australia, which is again almost a quarter of the mammals of the continent.
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