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Australia/New Zealand Tour Operators offering limited destinations

Escorted Bird Tour Operators based in Australia/New Zealand and mainly offering tours there. The areas they cover are indicated. Contact the operator for more details.

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AABirding & Travel, Box 7999, Cairns 4870, Australia tel/fax 07 40318803, mob 0438318804 web page: aabirding.com email birdo@aabirding.com (destinations: Australasia, Papua New Guinea)

Aurora Charters - cruise the coastline of Stewart island on Aurora Charters' 18m cataran for a variety of seabirds and visit to Ulva Island. Contact Colin and Margaret Hopkins, Aurora Charters, Po Box 86, Hlafmoon Bay, Stewart Island 9846, NZ. website www.auroracharters.co.nz e-mail info@auroracharters.co.nz

Australia Wide, Jonny Schoenjahn, PO Box 5493, Broome, Western Australia WA 6726; phone +61-8-9192-7707; fax: +61-8-9192-7708; www.users.bigpond.com/jonnybird (destinations: Australia)

Birding South West, birdwatching tours designed and conducted, primarily in the South West region of Western Australia but also in other parts of Australia by request. These range from half-day tempters right through to fully accommodated 16 day expeditions as well as personalised tours looking for particular species or to specific locations. Contact Peter Taylor email: birdingsw@westnet.com.au ph +61 (0)8 9722 4788 mobile. 0428 345 245. 3/13 Young St, Manjimup WA 6258 http://birding-southwest.mysouthwest.com.au

Birding Worldwide, phone +61 39899 9303; fax +61 39890 8911 www.birdingworldwide.com.au e-mail enquiries@birdingworldwide.com.au (destinations: Australia, Asia and Pacific)

Cassowary Tours offers small group birding tours around Cairns and the Atherton Tablelands, Cape York/ Iron Range, The Gulf and Mt Isa, and the East Coast of Australia. www.cassowarytours.com.au
info@cassowarytours.com.au

Fiordland Ecology Holidays - visit the remote Sounds of Fiordland and the coast of Stewart Island on board a 20m ketch. Contact Ruth nad Lance Shaw, Fiordland Ecology Holidays, PO Box 40, Manapouri, Southland. website: www.fiordland.gen.nz e-mail info@fiordland.gen.nz

Manu Tours, offer small group guiding throughout New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Island. Address: 106 Ocean Beach Road, Tairua 3508, New Zealand; phone and fax 647 864 7475; www.nzbirding.co.nz e-mail: manutours@nzbirding.co.nz;

Nature Quest New Zealand - specialists in custom designed, private guided birding, botanical & nature tours throughout New Zealand and educational study programmes for individuals, groups, societies, colleges & universities. Email: nature@naturequest.co.nz. Web: http://www.naturequest.co.nz Phone: +64 3 489 8444 Fax: +64 3 489 8444 Address: P.O. Box 6314 Dunedin New Zealand

New Zealand Land and Pelagic Bird Tours, pelagic and land trips to Chatham and Pitt Islands. Contact Ross Silcock, P.O. Box 57, Tabor, IA 51653 e-mail silcock@rosssilcock.com web www.rosssilcock.com/

Ocean Wings, Dolphin and Albatross Encounter, 58 West End, Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand; phone 0064-3319-6777; fax: 0064-3319-6534; www.oceanwings.co.nz e-mail: info@oceanwings.co.nz (destination: pelagic birds of east coast of South Island, New Zealand)

Philip Maher, Box 385, South Yarra, 3141 Victoria, Australia; phone and fax 613 98204223; e-mail: mahert@patash.com.au (and nz) (destinations: New South Wales, Malaysia)

Peregrine Bird Tours, 2 Drysdale Place, Mooroolbark, Victoria 3138, Australia; phone 613 9726 8471; fax: 613 9727 1545; e-mail: ozbirds@alphalink.com.au (destinations: Australia and New Guinea)

Pterodroma Pelagics - specialises in NZ pelagics with regular trips for the Hauraki Gulf, NZ's far north and Stewart Island, plus a programme of extended pelagics for the South Pacific Region. Leading the study into the rare New Zaland Storm Petrel. Address: Pterodroma Pelagics, PO Box 686, Warkworth, New Zealand. website: www.nzseabirds.com e-mail info@nzseabirds.com

Ruggedy Range - specialising i nnatural history and bird watching trips on Stewart Island and Ulva Island - highly recommended by Lonely Planet. Enjoy daytime sightings of Kiwi on Stewart Island, encounters with Saddleback, Yellowhead, Kaka and other endemics on Ulva Island or pelagic birding. Address: 170 Horsehsoe Bay Road, Po Box 188, Stewart Island, New Zealand. website: www.ruggedyrange.com. e-mail mail@ruggedyrange.com.

Sicklebill Safaris, run by Sue and Phil Gregory from Cassowary House, PO Box 387, Kuranda, Queensland 4881. Private/ small group tours of Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and the Pacific region. Our Website or Click to email us

Wrybill Birding Tours, specialising in custom-made tours for couples or small groups, scheduled tours and pre-planning trip advice for the independent birder to New Zealand. Address, PO Box 8291, Havelock North 4157, New Zealand; Phone/fax + 64-6-323-1441 www.wrybill-tours.com email info@wrybill-tours.com