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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

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)

Bronzewing Birding Services offer guided birdwatching tours through North East Victoria and Southern New South Wales (Australia). www.bronzewingbirdingservices.com/

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
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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 leads more bird tours within Australia than any other company but also offer overseas opportunities to places such as Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Spitsbergen, Greenland and Iceland, Sulawesi and Halmahera, Ethiopia and China. Contact Chris Doughty at 2 Drysdale Place, Mooroolbark, Victoria 3138, Australia; phone 613 9726 8471; fax: 613 9727 1545; website www.peregrinebirdtours.com e-mail: birding@peregrinebirdtours.com

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