Diggers Rest Station borders the tidal King River. There are numerous fresh waterholes nearby.  The homestead is located amongst golden spinifex ridges that give way to grassy open flats.  You can bird watch from the verandah of a bush hut, or wander down and bird watch along the salt arm of the King River, just a stone’s throw from the homestead.

Our habitats include rock escarpment, riverine, billagong and flood plain, and tidal mangrove. Species sighted include the Spinifex Pigeon, the White Quilled Rock Pigeon, the Red-Backed Fairy Wren and many of the finches – Masked, Long-Tailed, Star, Crimson, Zebra, Double Bar and Gouldian. Check out our Digger’s Rest bird list below for more details.

The time of year just after the Wet Season, generally April to May, provides excellent opportunities for bird watching, taking in many of the wetland birds of the region.  The months of September and October, leading into the ‘Build Up’ for the Wet Season, bring on a flurry of activity amongst many species, creating a bird watcher’s paradise.

Whether you are camping, staying in a bunkhouse room, or a bush hut on the ridge, you will awaken to the calls of the butcher bird, the corellas, and the trumpeting brolgas.  In the early evening, while sitting around the homestead campfire, you will be entertained by the kookaburras calling and the whistling ducks flying overhead.