Lace up your boots, grab your camera or binoculars and head outside for some wildlife spotting in Somerset.
Somerset is a wildlife watcher’s paradise with regular glimpses of koalas snoozing in the trees and kangaroos grazing in grasslands. Make sure to keep an eye out for elusive echidnas meandering along our trails or the shy platypus in Somerset’s quiet waterholes.
Bird watcher’s will rejoice in the abundance of bird species found around the lakes, bushland and parks throughout Somerset. Keep an eye out for Black Cockatoos, King Parrots, Pied Cormorants, Bush-stone Curlews, Whistling Kites and Azure Kingfishers during your stay.
SOME PLACES TO SPOT WILDLIFE
- Peach Trees Day Use Area, Jimna State Forest
- Brisbane River, Linville
- Yowie Park, Kilcoy
- Kirkleagh Day Use Area, Lake Somerset
- The Spit, Lake Somerset
- O’Shea’s Crossing, Lake Wivenhoe
- Koala Habitat Enhancement Corridor, Toogoolawah
- Lions Park, Esk
- Pipeliner Park, Esk
- Hamon Cove, Lake Wivenhoe
- Cormorant Bay, Lake Wivenhoe
- Spillway Lookout and Atkinson’s Crossing, Lake Wivenhoe
- Jensen’s Swamp Environmental Reserve, Lowood
- Brisbane Valley Rail Trail
TIPS FOR WILDLIFE WATCHING IN SOMERSET
- Stay quiet to see more animals and birds
- Most animals and birds are active early in the morning or late in the afternoon
- Do not feed wildlife, we want to keep them wild
- Pick up a copy of the Somerset visitor guide for more information
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VISIT SOMERSET
Pop into one of our visitor information centres to find out more about wildlife watching in Somerset.
Esk Visitor Information Centre
82 Ipswich Street, Esk
07 5424 2923
Fernvale Visitor Information Centre
1483 Brisbane Valley Highway, Fernvale
07 5427 0200
Kilcoy Visitor Information Centre
41 Hope Street, Kilcoy
07 5422 0440
Toogoolawah Visitor Information Centre
29 Factory Road, Toogoolawah
07 5423 1036
