Cape Hillsborough

Mangroves from the Hidden Valley track
We visited three of the four short walks that can be taken from near to the Cape Hillsborough Resort and also visited some of the nearby beaches. My favorite places in this beautiful national park were the Diversity Walk not only for its plant diversity but also for the interesting birds we saw here, Andrews Point walk for its incredible views and Smalleys Beach which is a quiet muddy beach with waders. Here are some of our birding highlights of the Cape Hillsborough area.
Diversity walk: Little Bronze Cuckoo, Forest Kingfisher, Black-faced Monarch, White-eared Monarch and Emerald Dove.
Yuibera Plant Trail: Wompoo Fruit Dove, Rose-crowned Fruit Dove and Fairy Gerygone.
Resort beach: Grey Goshawk (white morph), Agile Wallaby.
Smalley's Beach: Striated Heron, Eastern Reef Egret and Grey-tailed Tattler.
Finlaysons Point (Seaforth): Beach-stone curlew.
For more information about Cape Hillsborough visit the QLD EPA website http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/projects/park/index.cgi?parkid=44
View of Wedge Island from Andrews Point Track