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Biology of Tropical Australia

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

Syzygium: australian 'apples' and lilly-pillies

There are about 500 species in the genus Syzygium, with almost 60 species in Australia. The flowers are often showy, and dominated by many colourful shaving brush like stamens. They develop fleshy fruits that are also often colourful.
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Birds

Rails

Rail

Rails and the other members of this family are small to medium sized birds. Most species resemble chickens in shape and size, but are not related. They are often found around water and have large feet and long toes for distributing and evening out their weight so as they can delicately walking around aquatic vegetation. While some species, such as the Swamphens and Coots are easily habituated, most other species and shy and only occasionally glimpsed.

Mammals

Platypus

The Platypus is probably most famous for the fact that it was initially thought to be a hoax. It was thought to be a fake because it combined the fur of a mammal, but the bill and webbed feet of a duck. The size of the animal varies, but is always a lot smaller than people first think.