During our recent Oz adventure, we spent one night at O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat in the Lamington National Park. We had been once before as part of a birding tour, but only stopped for a hour that time. The birds of the rainforest are just amazing and I wanted to spend a little more time photographing the birds.
The plan was to spend two full days at O’Reilly’s before heading back to Brisbane, but the weather had different plans for us. With a storm promised and very low clouds, we headed back down the mountain right after breakfast. Thankfully we did manage to see lots of birds before the rain started and I came away with full memory cards and a big smile on my face.
The only bird I really wanted to see and didn’t, was the Regent bower bird. We were told it was the wrong time of year to see them as they were still nesting. I hope you enjoy this selection of my rainforest birds, all photographed using my Lumix G9II and my Leica 100-400 lens. The camera worked so well in both dark and wet (think lots of rain) situations.
