Running Time:

65 min

Release Date:

April 1996

Recording Location:

(all World Heritage Wet Tropics, Far north Queensland):
Track 1-5: near Karri Creek, Atherton Tableland
Track 6-7: Paluma NP
Track 8: Paluma NP & Mossman Gorge NP
Track 9: Bellenden Kerr NP, The Boulders (nr Cardwell), Palmerston NP
Track 10: Broadwater State Forest park (nr Cardwell)
Track 11-13: Lacy Creek, Mission Beach area

A Walk in the Rainforest

Experience a walk in an Australian tropical rainforest.

Fruit doves call from high in the canopy, and exotic birds, such as the extraordinary Catbird, may be heard deep in the forest. A family of Chowchillas create chattering rhythms, and we overhear a rare Golden Bowerbird's display.

Later, tree frogs and insects make a restful symphony in the tropical night, giving way to a dawn chorus in a lush lowland rainforest. The album concludes with a sublime duet from a pair of Black Butcherbirds.

Andrew comments:

"This album took us 3 months of field work, during the build up to the wet season in far north Queensland. I remember a combination of amazement at the place, and sheer humid discomfort.

"When we look back now, we realise we captured some truly extraordinary recordings, both of rare species, and beautiful soundscapes."

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