One of our Treetops guests called the currawong 'Nigel' and the name just stuck. Well he looks like Nigel, doesn't he? Anyway he loves Treetops Wye River as much as we do.
March 6, 2011 – We saw; parrots, crimson rosellas, cockatoos, wrens, currawong, bower birds, finches, wattlebirds, kookaburras plus many others. This is a Birders paradise and they all so close. We’ve heard the rare rufus bristlebird hangs out around here too, would be great to see one of those little guys. Keep your eyes out and enjoy! Rob.
The 2010 whale season was fantastic with many many sightings at Wye River, Separation Creek and all along the Great Ocean Road.
August 30, 2010 – Two more whales in the bay at Wye River now heading towards Kennett River, the lead whale is extremely large.
Three whales off Wye River this morning. One is coming around Point Sturt heading towards Separation Creek doing flipper flapping and circle work. People watching them off Wye River beach, fantastic!
July 21, 2009
Whales ahoy! A mother and calf playing 100 m off the beach just 5 min drive away. How wonderful to watch them play and wrong. They sprayed foam and air metres into the sky. Amazing.
Nov 2007 -We saw “Magda” our huge ringtail possum again this weekend. She lives in the big tree near the balcony and came down about midnight to steal some sunflower seeds out of the bird feeders. Hadn’t seen her in a while, but she’s as cheeky as ever.
Even the koalas love our accommodation Treetops Wye River.
Sept 2007 – Just after sunset two koalas came tumbling down our driveway, spitting and snarling and fighting each other. They were big, so we assumed they were males fighting over territory as September to March is breeding season
Koalas exist almost exclusively on eucalypt leaves. They seldom drink water as they obtain their water requirement from eucalyptus leaves. When they breed they have a single baby born after 33 to 35 days. The baby koala called a “joey” remains in the mother’s pouch for about six months and is weaned when one year old.
Koalas live in societies, just like humans. So where you see one you often see others.
Koalas are fussy eaters and only a few trees are appetizing for them so we are very lucky to have them. In the last year we’ve seen koalas on just about every stay at Treetops and our guests saw lots too as you can read in the Guest book.
Aug 2007 – We always get so many beautiful birds but this weekend we were positively spoilt! It was coldish so we just stayed inside and watched the balcony (better than TV!) – king parrots, crimson rosellas, kookaburra, magpies, red browed finch, satin bower bird, gang-gang cockatoos (in the distance), sulphur crested cockatoos, grey-shrike thrush, honey eaters, currawong and yellow-tailed black cockatoos.
Whales! Jim, our Treetops guest relations manager said we had five whales just off the Wye River beach and could see them from our balcony with his binoculars. Wow!!
July 2007– For some reason this weekend the usually shy satin bowerbird was around a lot, hopping between the tree outside the kitchen window and the balcony railing. If you ever come across a collection of blue objects when you’re walking in the rainforest, you’ve probably stumbled onto the home territory of a male satin bowerbird. These guys line their home territory, called bowers, with blue flowers, and anything else they can find to attract a mate.
June 2007 – It was a cold and bracing evening as we walked through the village and just as we got back to Treetops driveway we heard the call of the boobook owl, such a lovely sound in the dark. Boobooks are of course nocturnal hunters and they feed on tiny mammals, birds and invertebrates like worms etc. Home is usually a hollow tree trunk.