Collins Ave
Edge Hill QLD 4870
Australia
We meet Bridgette form Aussie Macro Photo’s at 6.15 for a 6.30 pm start, meeting place main entry to Flecker Botanic Gardens. We get a great group discount, instead of $60pp, we pay $25 pp.
Macro lens is optional, but a flash or torch should be brought by each participant, your phone would not provide enough light for this event. More info can be found on website: Aussie Macro Photo’s.
We need special council permission for this tour, so rsvp’s are necessary, please rsvp with Ria via e -mail before the 10th of May, and pay the club the $ 25 fee. Bank- Cairns Penny Bank, bsb- 704966, account 100002973.
This from the website:
Let’s Go Buggin is now conducting weekly night walks through the rainforest boardwalk of the Cairns Botanic Gardens.
“Night Walks are a fantastic opportunity to see some animals we rarely see!” Says tour creator Bridgette Gower. “From frogs to cicadas, spiders and crickets, this tour is a welcome addition for visitors to Cairns as well as something new for locals to experience.”
A chorus of frog croaks, cricket chirps and cicada buzzes welcomes you as the rainforest comes to life at night.
The tour will introduce you to the much-loved White-lipped tree frog, Northern stony creek frogs and many other species of amphibians. For those who like spiders, there are many that can be seen on the tour such as Net-casting spiders, Garden orb-weavers and Huntsmans. For people not a fan of the spiders, they will be relieved to know that they are usually happily weaving their webs or sitting on tree-trunks out of range. Most of these animals only come out at night and therefore are generally unseen by most people.
Other animals that can be seen on a Let’s Go Buggin Night Walk include Micro-bats, Papuan frogmouth birds, Striped possums, Speckled flying foxes, Crickets, Longicorn beetles, Stick Insects, Moths, Pythons, Bandicoots and even Pademelons and Echidnas.
The tours offer a great opportunity for photographers who would love to just ‘go to’ that spot to capture amazing photographs of some nocturnal critters.
