Check in with Nature's Calendar

November - March  | You can witness Turtles laying and hatching on the beaches

July - October  | Catch sight of migratory Humpback Whales

May - August  | Swim with Manta Rays around Lady Elliot

" A nice new one-  a very short walk of about 200m to the top of the crater of an extinct volcano in Coalstoun Lakes National Park, just 20 km south of Biggenden off the Isis Highway; anothr good walk often used for Kokoda Track training is the marked track through rainforest to a 600 metre peak in Woowoonga National Park, just 10km from town; and Mount Walsh National Park - the big rocky mountain that forms the backdrop to Biggenden, 10km out of town, is also a great spot for bush walking and offers picnic tables and BBQs.  There is a short 300m walk and if you go further it gets quite steep, taking about an hour to the top of the mountian.  you do need to have some experience for scrambling up rocks and cliffs but the view is worth it!"

Moira Thompson - Local Bush Walking Guide

A visit to the Southern Great Barrier Reef during the warmer months, November through to April, will see you witness the start of something great - the Southern Great Barrier Reef Turtle breeding season!  

Experience this wonderous event at either Mon Repos, Lady Musgrave Island or Lady Elliot Island. 

When and where to see the turtles
November to January: Mother turtles come ashore to nest at Mon Repos
January to late March: Tiny hatchlings take their first flips towards the shore at Mon Repos
All year round: Swim with the sea turtles that call Lady Elliot Island and Lady Musgrave Island home!