This tour takes us down to Victoria’s Surf Coast (between Torquay and Lorne) for a day’s birding near the start of the world famous Great Ocean road. We will explore a variety of different habitat types in an action packed day including ocean beaches and headlands, coastal heathlands and coastal woodlands of Ironbark and Stringybark. 

Along the coast we will look for the endangered Hooded Plover and various seabirds may be visible from shore such as Gannets, Terns, Shearwaters, Jaegers and Albatross depending on the season and the winds

The woodland and heathland areas hugging the coastline here hold a diversity of vegetation types and are home to a wide range of bush birds including some localised specialties. The Rufous Bristlebird is endemic to the Western Victorian coastline plus adjacent South Australia.

The supporting cast of other possible species includes Gang-gang Cockatoo, Blue-winged Parrot, Bassian Thrush, Tawny-crowned Honeyeater, Southern Emu-wren, Chestnut-rumped Heathwren, Lewin’s Rail, Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo, Australian King-parrot, Olive Whistler, Dusky Woodswallow, Striated Fieldwren, Scarlet Robin, Satin Flycatcher (summer), Beautiful Firetail, Singing Honeyeater, Grey Currawong, Crescent Honeyeater, Black-faced Cormorant, Grey Goshawk, Forest Raven, Crested Shrike-tit, Satin Bowerbird, White-throated Needletail (summer) and lots lots more. Lots of great birds and some rarer species to try for in beautiful surroundings

 Our drive from Melbourne down to the Surf Coast takes us right past the WTP near Werribee where we will be able to make some targeted stops at the best current sections of this vast area adding to the diversity of species for this tour. Expect a long bird list on this species rich tour with greatest diversity present in spring and summer, but many sought after endemics present year around

Aus$680-00 total for a single person/couple Aus$780-00 total for a shared tour (2-4 people) - includes drinks and snacks, lunch not included - larger groups are possible