El Questro Wilderness Park
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!
- The showy, white flowers of the Boab are in full force. Individual flowers only last for one night.
- King Brown hatchlings are about 25cm long
- Average rain 225mm
- Brolgas commence their elaborate mating dance
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- Wettest month. Access roads are flooded and El Questro gets cut off from the rest of the world
- Frilled lizards hatch
- Brolgas are starting to nest
- Average rain 240mm
- Death Adders give birth to 20 live young
- Breeding season of the Magpie Goose starts
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- The pendulous, red flowers of the Freshwater Mangrove appear periodically
- Olive Python hatchlings are about 40cm long
- Brolgas are hatching
- Average rain 110mm
- Breeding season of the Black Cockatoo commences and lasts for most of the year
- Estuarine Crocodile eggs are hatching
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- El Questro Wilderness Park commences season
- Country dries up and Wet Season comes to an end
- Flowering Banksias are found around Zebedee Springs
- Turkey Bush starts to flower
- Average rain 38mm
- Breeding of Magpie Goose ends
- Breeding season of Jabiru starts
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- The yellow flowers of the Kapok Bush start to appear
- Silver Leaf Grevillea blossoms
- The pink Rosella flower is developing
- The papery Everlastings are flowering in Pindan country
- Average rain 29mm
- The deciduous Boab is starting to drop its leaves
- Acacias starting to flower
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- The striking red flowers of the Kimberley Rose tree are flowering
- The creamy-green flowers of the Blue Grevillea are starting to show
- Bauhinias start to flower
- Rosellas still flowering
- Average rain 4.8mm
- The White Dragon tree starts to flower
- The Caustic Bush, a Grevillea is flowering
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- The Kapok Bush continues to flower
- Rosella flowers develop into a deep red succulent fruit
- The striking orange flowers of the Needle Leaf Grevillea are starting to appear
- Average rain 1.6mm
- The flowers of the Caustic Bush develop into round woody seed pods
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- The creamy yellow flowers of the Prickly Grevillea develop into woody fruits
- Needle Leaf Grevillea is still flowering
- Average rain 1.3mm
- Bauhinia flowers are slowly developing into large, pendulous seed pods
- Freshwater Crocodiles nest in sandbanks close to water and lay up to 20 eggs
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- The last of the Turkey Bush flowers disappear
- The Needle Leaf Grevilleas stop flowering
- Cabbage Gums are starting to flower
- Average rain 14mm
- The end of the "cold" nights. Temperatures are slowly rising
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- The creamy white flowers of the Cabbage Gum are in full swing
- First thunderstorms. Temperature and humidity rises
- End of the Dry Season. El Questro closes its gates for the Wet Season
- Freshwater Crocodile hatchlings emerge
- Average rain 25mm
- The first leaves appear on the Boab
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- The build up. Very hot and humid. Rainfall increases.
- Spectacular lightning shows
- The last Cabbage Gums flower
- Pandanus are flowering
- Average rain 84mm
- The growling and hissing of mating Estuarine Crocodiles can be heard
- Olive Pythons lay clutches of 10-20 eggs
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- Christmas Mistletoe flowers mainly in December, hence its name
- Boabs are starting to flower
- Frilled Lizards lay clutches of 10-20 eggs in soft soil
- Average rain 176mm
- The female Estuarine Crocodile lays up to 70 egss in a mound close to water
- The green leaves of the Boab are fully developed
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