Walks and Wildlife
Vision Walks
Guided eco-tourism experiences including night vision bushwalks, rainforest walks, Byron Sensations Tour and Crystal Castle Tour.
Tel: 02 6685 0059
Mob: 0405 275 743
wendy@visionwalks.com
Brunswick Riverside Walks
Brunswick Heads is a great place to explore on foot. A number of easy walks can be taken around the township and along the foreshores. Pick up a map at the Brunswick Visitor Centre or read more...
Bird watching
The Brunswick Nature Reserve is an important habitat for birds. Threatened pied oystercatchers and little terns use the intertidal area as a feeding ground, and migratory birds, such as eastern curlews and whimbrels migratory birds utilise the reserve in summer.
Other birds which can be sighted while paddling along the river (according to suitable habitat) include:
Silver gull, cormorant, darter, black duck, egret, white-faced heron, mangrove heron, white ibis, whimberel, masked plover, spoonbill, brahminy kite, white breasted sea eagle, osprey, crested hawk, rainbow lorikeet, scaly-breasted lorikeet, eastern rosella, sulphur crested cockatoo, corella, welcome swallow, laughing kookaburra, kingfisher, dollarbird, rainbow bee-eater, willie wagtail, wren, blue-faced honeyeater, noisy friarbird, brown honeyeater, figbird, currawong, magpie, butcherbird, magpie lark, crow, bar-tailed godwit, bush-stone curlew, beach-stone curlew, sooty oystercatcher and pelican.
An active birdwatching group operates in the area. For more information on birds in the Brunswick and surrounding areas contact the Byron Bird Buddies group.
