DESCRIPTION
This tour is made for you if you like to explore the rainforest without the crowds. Bellthorpe Stays is a 400 acres property high in the hills of the hinterland hills at Bellthorpe.
The property features numerous walking tracks, waterfalls, and a diverse range of birds and wildlife. Normally, day visitors are not permitted, but Brisbane Nature Tours has secured private access to enjoy the property in the morning.
We will walk the Rainforest Track, which features strangler figs, tall buttress trees, vines, and ferns. The birdlife is abundant at Bellthorpe Stays. We might see or hear the Regent Bowerbird, Wompoo Fruit-Dove, Catbird, Noisy Pitta, Riflebird, Rose-Crowned Fruit Dove, King Parrot, and many other smaller birds like Honey Eaters.
Meeting the wildlife is by chance, but usually, the prospects are good. Wildlife such as frogs, wallabies, koalas, echidnas, and reptiles can be found on the property.
We will stop for a break at the impressive Heritage Waterfalls along the way. Walking back, we will have a look at the site of one of the world’s rarest trapdoor spiders, which are only active at night. Along the palm-lined creek beside the walking tracks, the mystery of the burrows is waiting to be unraveled.
Before returning to the Resource Centre, we will visit the lily ponds. A variety of frog species inhabit the ponds.
After a cup of tea/ coffee at the Resource Centre, we will head up to the Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve, where we can enjoy lunch at the café or bring our own.
After lunch, we will visit the Visitor Information Centre and go for a short rainforest walk in the Reserve.
