Where to See Wildlife in Tasmania

Author: Dave Watts
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1741762081
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 201

Book Description
An easy to use, fully illustrated guide to finding Tasmania's abundant and unique native wildlife. Tasmania is an increasingly popular destination for both local and international holiday-makers. Its main attraction is its large tracts of wilderness, its natural beauty and plenty of highly visible wildlife. Many of Tasmania's animals are found nowhere else on Earth, not even on Australia's mainland. This book features 29 wildlife hotspots where people have a good chance of seeing animals in their natural habitat. The key species for each spot are listed and the area and its facilities described, together with a map and notes about accessibility. Another indispensable part of this fully illustrated book is a gallery of colour photographs and descriptions of the animals likely to be encountered in Tasmania.

Watching Wildlife Australia

Author: Jane Bennett
Publisher: Lonely Planet
ISBN: 9781864500325
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Ecotourism is booming. From the Serengeti to the Great Barrier Reef, travellers the world over want to see wildlife in its natural habitat. With this in mind, Lonely Planet has put together an innovative series focusing on wildlife viewing. Each guide contains detailed maps to top wildlife-watching destinations, expert advice on viewing techniques, and a gallery of colour photographs profiling local animals. Required reading for anyone going on a two-day outing or a two-month safari.

Backpacking in Southwestern British Columbia

Author: Taryn Eyton
Publisher: Greystone Books Ltd
ISBN: 1771646691
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description
A one-stop resource for hiking backpackers in beautiful British Columbia. Planning your next backpacking adventure? This book covers all the essentials including: 40 overnight hiking trails: discover the many different routes that BC has to offer Packing tips: take only the most essential items with you (plus a few comforts) Permitting: find out what permits you’ll need, and where to get them Camp set-up: tips for where to pitch your tent and how to find water Environmental impact: learn how to Leave No Trace behind in the wilderness This book features backpacking routes from the North Shore up to Pemberton and Lytton and from the Sunshine Coast out to the Similkameen Valley. Beautiful photographs showcase what you’ll see along the way: mountain peaks, alpine meadows, waterfalls, old-growth forests, and more. Every backpacking route in the book includes bonus features: Trail maps and route descriptions Elevation, distance and time information Points of cultural and natural history Pre-planning hints about fees, permits, and reservations Suggested side trips and points of particular interest Backpacking in Southwestern British Columbia also shares options for extending an overnight excursion to several nights or a week, and for selecting hikes that match your timeline/fitness level.

Nature Travel Guide: Wildlife of Tasmania

Author: Duncan James
Publisher: Dr Duncan James
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 39

Book Description
Please note that this is a legacy travel guide with older information. It still has value thanks to its unique recommended public-transport vacation itinerary but some things will no longer be correct. An ecotourism site guide to Tasmania, Australia. This book is mainly a birdwatching and mammal-watching site guide to Tasmania with some additional information about other wildlife. Note that this is not an identification guide, instead it is a site guide. With Wildlife of Tasmania you can sprinkle nature highlights into your vacation or follow a complete ecotourism itinerary. • Unbiased, curated, practical advice about where to go for groups, families and solo travellers • Self-guided nature walks that include maps, GPS coordinates, clear directions and local wildlife-watching tips • Coverage of Freycinet, Lake St Clair and Cradle Mountain • Advice for all budgets and travel styles including driving tours, hiking and a vacation itinerary that explores the whole island using public buses • Specific help so you can travel independently and still get close views of grazing wombats, watch colourful birds feeding overhead, enjoy encounters with wallabies, explore the south-east of the island for bird species that are unique to Tasmania, see the spiny echidna foraging with it soft beak in the undergrowth and much more This ebook has effortless navigation with multiple internal links, all maps and photographs in full colour and optimised for electronic readers, colours contrast-tested for readability on black-and-white screens and everything included in the download for full use offline. This book has unique practical advice; empowering you to explore. Buy this book now to follow in the footsteps of the Nature Travel Guide through Tasmania.

The Guide to Tasmanian Wildlife

Author: Angus McNab
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780645292862
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The Guide to Tasmanian Wildlife is the only comprehensive guide to identifying the 11 amphibians, 22 reptiles, 44 mammals, 15 marine mammals, 173 birds, and 61 seabirds that inhabit Tasmania and its territorial waters, including Macquarie Island, and the 32 endemic Tasmanian species that occur nowhere else. Detailed and user-friendly accounts of each species include physical descriptions, distribution maps, details on where and when to see each species, preferred habitat types, similar species and how to tell them apart, plus notes on subspecies, conservation status and ecology.Over 1100 images help identify each species, subspecies, including images of male, female and young where necessary. Details on extinct species and the 177 vagrants and visitors that have been recorded within Tasmania and its territorial waters are included, with photographs depicting a range of these species.Angus McNab, MSc (Zoology) has always been fascinated by reptiles and amphibians, and enthusiastic university friends broadened his interests to mammals and birds. With over fifteen years' experience as a wildlife ecologist, Angus has extensive knowledge of Australian wildlife. His passion for nature and wildlife photography took him to live in Tasmania where he gained an understanding of the wildlife described throughout this guide.

Wildlife of Australia

Author: Iain Campbell
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 140084682X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 287

Book Description
The go-to introductory guide to Australia's diverse wildlife and habitats Ideal for the nature-loving traveler, Wildlife of Australia is a handy photographic pocket guide to the most widely seen birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and habitats of Australia. The guide features more than 400 stunning color photographs, and coverage includes 350 birds, 70 mammals, 30 reptiles, and 16 frogs likely to be encountered in Australia's major tourist destinations. Accessible species accounts are useful for both general travelers and serious naturalists, and the invaluable habitat section describes the Australian bush and its specific wildlife. Animal species with similar features are placed on the same plates in order to aid identification. Wildlife of Australia is an indispensable and thorough resource for any nature enthusiast interested in this remarkable continent. Easy-to-use pocket guide More than 400 high-quality photographs Accessible text aids identification Habitat guide describes the Australian bush and its specific wildlife Coverage includes the 350 birds, 70 mammals, 30 reptiles, and 16 frogs most likely to be seen on a trip around Australia

Ecoviews

Author: Whit Gibbons
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817309195
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 223

Book Description
"The book celebrates the intrinsic worth of all plants and animals in order to motivate people in a unified effort to preserve the Earth's rich array of life forms."--Cover.

Tasmanian Devil

Author: David Owen
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1742692761
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 247

Book Description
Fascinating new insights into the famous Australian marsupial Packed with information that has only been published in scientific journals, if ever at all, this collection of biological facts challenges the misconceptions associated with Australia's most famous marsupial. Far from being a scavenging, ferocious oddity, an image perpetuated by the infamous cartoon character, the Tasmanian Devil is actually a treasured and valuable wildlife species facing extinction. By sharing the surprising, controversial, funny, and tragic history behind the world's largest marsupial carnivore, this new guidebo.

The Complete Guide to Finding the Mammals of Australia

Author: David Andrew
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 1486305407
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368

Book Description
Australia has a rich and unique array of animals, including the largest diversity of marsupials on earth. The recent growth in ecotourism has increased the popularity of mammal-spotting, particularly whale and dolphin-watching, but also spotting of perennial tourist favourites such as koalas and kangaroos. Birdwatchers have for many years known of sites where special or difficult-to-see species may be reliably located. However, despite their comparative abundance and spectacular diversity, many of Australia's unique mammals remain under-appreciated because there has been little available information on where to see them – until now. For the first time ever, The Complete Guide to Finding the Mammals of Australia advises interested amateurs and professionals where to locate many of Australia's mammals. The book describes Australia's best mammal-watching sites state-by-state. It also includes a complete, annotated taxonomic list with hints on finding each species (or why it won't be easy to see); sections on travel and logistics in Australia; and appendices with hints on finding and photographing mammals. This book will be of interest to anyone wanting to observe or photograph Australian mammals in the wild, mammal enthusiasts, biological field workers and volunteers, tourists and ecotourists.

Animals of Tasmania

Author: Sally Bryant
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780977557271
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 80

Book Description