Animal by animal guide to spotting Australia's wildlife in Queensland

* indicates birds and animals can be seen here in their natural habitat (sightings are not guaranteed)

• Koalas - Lone Pine Sanctuary, Brisbane; Australia Zoo, Beerwah; Rainforest Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary, Port Douglas; Cairns Tropical Zoo; *Magnetic Island; *St Bees Island
• Estuarine (Saltwater) Crocodiles - Australia Zoo, Beerwah; *Hartleys Creek Crocodile Farm, Cairns; Daintree Rainforest; Cairns Tropical Zoo;
• Butterflies - *Australian Butterfly Sanctuary, Kuranda; Flecker Botanic Gardens, Cairns; *Atherton Tablelands rainforests
• Parrots (sulphur-crested cockatoos, crimson rosellas, yellow-tailed black cockatoos and rainbow lorikeets) - Bird Sanctuary, Cairns; Currumbin Bird Sanctuary, Currumbin; Birdworld, Kuranda; Rainforest Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary, Cairns; *Atherton Tablelands rainforests
• Dingoes - *Fraser Island
• Southern Cassowary - *Mission Beach; Rainforest Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary, Port Douglas
• Kangaroos (eastern grey) - Cairns Tropical Zoo; Australia Zoo, Beerwah; *Cape Hillsborough beach (early morning);
• Red Kangaroo - *western Queensland (most localities)
Rainforest platypus - *Petersen Creek viewing area, Yungaburra; *Girraween National Park; *Eungella National Park; *Carnarvon National Park; *Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodge platypus viewing area; *Malanda Falls Environmental Park; *Daintree Rainforests
Potoroo - *Atherton Tablelands rainforests; *Daintree Rainforests
Bettong - *Atherton Tablelands rainforests; *Daintree Rainforests
Red-legged Pademelon - *Atherton Tablelands rainforests; *Daintree Rainforests
Musky Rat-Kangaroo - *Atherton Tablelands rainforests; *Daintree Rainforests
Giant White-tailed Uromys - *Atherton Tablelands rainforests; *Daintree Rainforests; *Cape York Peninsula

Marine wildlife

• Humpback Whales - *Hervey Bay; *Fraser Island; *North Gorge Walk, North Stradbroke Island; *Whitsunday Islands;
• Bottle Nosed Dolphins (hand feeding) - *Tin Can Bay
• Marine Turtles - *Whitsunday Islands; *Gt Barrier Reef; *Townsville
• Dugongs - *Moreton Bay; *Whitsunday Islands