Silky Oaks Lodge & Healing Waters Spa
Bio Calendar
Voyages properties are located in some of Australia's most remote and breath taking locations; and boast some of the most amazing and unique natural wonders all year round.
Voyages have created unique biological calendars for each individual property so that you will be sure to not miss out on your most treasured natural wonder. Hover your mouse over each month below to discover what is in season!
- Powderpuff Lilly-Pillies ripen
- Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher eggs hatch
- Baby Platypus leave their burrow for the first time
- First of the Hercules Moths appear
- Cicadas start calling
- Fruit Bats feed on ripe Damson fruit
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- Rainbow Lorikeets feed on flowering Umbrella trees
- Candle Nuts ripen and fall
- Saw-shelled Turtles begin to hatch
- Reptile activity is at a climax
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- First Black Bean seed pods fall from the trees
- Mating season of the Striped Possum begins
- Many insect species reach maturity
- Frequency of showers decreases
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- Micro-bat numbers flying over the river increase
- Bandicoots can be heard more easily as leaf litter on the forest floor begins to dry
- Last of the Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfishers and Imperial Pigeons leave for New Guinea
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- Butterflies are attracted to flowering Golden Bouquet trees
- Reptile activity begins to decrease
- Treefrog sightings become less frequent
- Saw-shelled Turtles spend more time sunning themselves on rocks
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- Best time of the year for viewing crocodiles
- Boyds Forest Dragons move further up the trees
- Bandicoots can easily be heard searching through the dry leaf litter at night
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- Best time of the year for viewing crocodiles
- Red-legged Pademelons frequent the lodge to feed on irrigated vegetation
- Major Skinks are frequently seen basking in the sun
- First of the Imperial Pigeons arrive from New Guinea
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- Best time of the year for viewing crocodiles
- Double Eyed Fig Parrots begin to breed
- Platypus breeding season starts
- Wompoo Fruit-doves also begin to breed
- Mating season of the Striped Possum ends
- Major Skinks are frequently seen basking in the sun
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- Last of the Davidson Plums ripen and fall
- First Quandongs ripen and fall
- Spectacled Flying-fox breeding season begins
- Number of birds of prey increases due to sugar cane harvest
- Many orchid species are in bloom
- Imperial Pigeons begin to breed
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- Last of the Cassowary Plums fall
- Treefrog sightings become more frequent
- Micro-bat numbers flying over the river decrease
- The fruits and seeds of many rainforest trees can be found on the forest floor
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- Striped Possums feed on flowering Black Bean trees
- First Golden Orb Spiders appear
- Powderpuff Lilly-Pillies begin to flower
- Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfishers migrate from New Guinea
- Rainforest vegetation shows signs of stress due to lack of rainfall
- Silky Oaks flower
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- Northern Dwarf Frogs begin calling loudly at night
- Saw-shelled Turtles are laying eggs
- Mating season for the crocodile begins
- End of the Spectacled Flying-fox breeding season
- First rains revitalise the rainforest
- Fire flies become visible at night
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