60-Jahre-nach-Grzimek-durch-Australien

Admired the sunrise over the sea again this morning. Then packed the last of my things and set off at 7:30. Drive through the Daintree, boardwalk, walk by the Discovery Centre,...

We spent the whole day in Daintree, successfully searching for a better cassowary sighting. At 6:35 sunrise at the beach, then back to the walks from...

Today, we ventured into the oldest tropical rainforest in the world, the Daintree. Since Gondwana, for 180 million years, there has been continuous tropical rainforest here, much...

Today was entirely dedicated to the Great Barrier Reef, which stretches 2300 km along the east coast of Australia but is located 15 to 160 km from the shore. Near Cairns...

Following Patrick's tip, we first headed to the Marabee Golf Course in the morning, where a large group of Eastern Grey Kangaroos resides. In fact, we were able to observe the...

In the morning we hiked all the trails around Malanda Falls, about 3kg, but without seeing any tree kangaroos. After a 40-minute drive, we arrived at Granite Gorge at 9:00, just...

Day 24, May 18: The Tree Kangaroos of Malanda! Morning exercise at 5:30, finally possible again, then leaving at 6:20 in the dawn, back to the highway, and then about 100km...

In the morning, we admired the platypuses by the river once again, and at 8:00 we set off through the misty rainforest, down into the sunny valley. Here, we could still admire...

Today was supposed to be the best day of the trip in terms of wildlife sightings: Three species of kangaroos, flying foxes, sugar gliders, the colorful ‘fruit dove’, and many...

In the morning, we took a short 4km hike along the creek. After all, we saw some nectar birds, the hummingbirds of Australia. Had breakfast in “peace” with the intrusive...

The attraction of Cape Hillsborough National Park is the wallabies and kangaroos that come to the beach in the morning to eat flowers and shoots of the mangroves...

In the morning, we descended into the Porcupine Gorge again at sunrise. There, we saw some euros, which are medium-sized kangaroos, at the top. Down in the gorge, we went...

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To admire the sunrise at the Billabong, we slept in until after 6:00. Morning exercise was finally possible again. At 7:00, first the sky, then the water in the...

Woke up at 6:00. It was too cold for the mosquitoes now (even though we had crossed the Tropics of Capricorn again yesterday on our way to Alice Springs), so I could do morning...

Got up at ten to six, and at dawn at the parking lot for the Kings Canyon Rim Walk, one of the most famous hikes in the red heart of Australia. Only 6km long, with...

because alongside the dingoes that were introduced by Aborigines around 4000 years ago, domestic dogs introduced by white settlers have interbred with them for the last 200 years....

Woke up at 5:20, did some morning exercise, left at 6:10 to admire the sunrise at Uluru. The viewing platform was by far not as good as the parking lot for the...

Woke up before 6:00 AM for some morning exercise, then at 6:30 set off on the famous 7.5km long Ormiston Pound Walk, said to be the most beautiful short hike in the West...

At 6:150 in the morning, under the full moon and at dawn (the sunrise was at 6:53), we set off on a short 3.5 km hike around the Devil's Marbles. The landscape was...

In the morning, we did some morning exercises and then set off at sunrise at 6:45. We wanted to leave early to have the chance to see wildlife on or along the road. But...

We set off at 6:45 in the morning for sunrise, embarking on an 11km hike with views of the gorge and through the bush. We quickly reached the first lookout...

Originally, the third day in Kakadu was planned for today, but since there wasn't much to see and do there, we made a change. Since one of the main attractions of the Northern...

Woke up at 5:30, but no time for morning exercise, but for coffee. By 6:20 we were at the gas station, for the transfer to the boats on the Yellow Waters, the local...

In the morning, the agile wallabies were beautifully spread out across the campsite meadow at sunrise; there were certainly more than 50 of them. I was already awake before...

Florence Falls is said to be home to a rare species of rock-wallaby that's relatively easy to spot once the crowds have gone. Well, we saw them last night...

Woke up on my own at 6:30. Early morning workout in the hotel room using the app. Packed everything, and down to reception at 8:15. While waiting for the Uber, we saw a...

The flight with Singapore Airlines from Frankfurt was pleasant. Departure at 12:15, after 12.5 hours in Singapore, with a 1.5-hour layover there, and then on to Darwin, a flight...