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We've gathered together some links that you may find useful. Some are aimed at those planning group trips while others are aimed at those researching Australia's unique plants and wildlife.
 

Study Tours

  • This tour combines marine biology, botany, zoology and ecology into a full 10 day tour programme of tropical ecosystems. It is designed to take in as wide range of ecosystems as possible, going from the deeper water reefs, along the coastal beaches and mangroves, into the lowland rainforest, up into the mountain forests, and finally into the savanna woodlands and wetlands of the outback.

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Plants

Eucalypts
The ‘Gum Trees’ or ‘Eucalypts’ are of course the most famous group of plants in Australia. The number of Eucalypts seems to vary quite a bit, depending on the author. It could be anywhere from 400 species, to possibly over 800 species.
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Birds

Quails
There are over 160 species of true quail in the world, with 3 species in Australia.
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Mammals

Bandicoots
Bandicoots are a distinctive order of only about 19 marsupials in Australia and New Guinea. Bandicoots are roughly rabbit-sized and shaped. They have shorter, but strong, forelimbs for digging and longer back legs used in their bounding, rabbit-like gait.
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