Night Walk in Cairns Botanic Gardens - Let's Go Buggin

Posted By : Chen_L
It is a unique experience, our group took the 8 spaces on Wednesday night, and went on a night walk in Cairns botanic garden with Bridgette and Ros. It is well organised, and with both experts taking us through, we could see so many creatures in the dark, many different insects, multiple frogs. My parents enjoyed it, I really like it, and even the teenage girls had some good time too exploring and taking photos with micro dice digital camera. Highly recommended if you want a relaxing after dinner walk in the garden you normally would not go in dark.
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Posted On : 2024-07-05 04:15:55

Posted By : Shiyu
With the humidity rising and rain threatening we arrived with some trepidation of biting insects on our limbs due to inappropriate holiday attire. Unfounded fears! The humidity was maximum and my glasses fogged and sweat dripped off my forehead into my eyes but I stayed focused (pun intended) on my hope to make good images on Bridgette’s hire camera. Thankfully there were enough successful clear macro shots to outweigh the blurry ones! My personal highlight was the sleeping little blue kingfisher low down and clearly visible (aww my heart) closely followed by 3 tawny frogmouth birds in separate locations. Bridgette had Ros as an offsider and the two experts and a small group made for a rewarding night. 2 hours well spent and no mosquito bites!
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Posted On : 2024-06-28 07:38:21

Posted By : GoPlaces726767
Great experience, something I thought I wouldn't do, walking at night in the national park. But thoroughly enjoyed it. The orange jewel bugs all grouped together looked great. Also loved seeing the striped possum, bandicoot and red legged pademelons. A few highlights were the Papua Frogmouth and the net casting spiders and the way the spiders eyes glow when a light is on them. Highly recommended.
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Posted On : 2024-06-07 02:50:15

Posted By : lewinas2024
I really loved this tour, far more than I expected to! Having never done any form of photography before, let alone macro photography, it was all new to me. Bridgette was great at giving me guidance to use the camera I rented, which was clearly of great quality because all the photos I took were so incredible! The photos literally captured the reflection of light in an inspects eye. We also saw a flying fox and a few other rainforest animals. It's so much fun hunting wildlife in the dark, and Bridgette is so knowledgeable about all of them. I highly recommend this tour, and it's so cool to walk away with loads of incredible photos to show my friends and family who couldn't believe I'd taken the photos myself!
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Posted On : 2024-05-26 04:19:33

Posted By : H7626GPemmam
Until you see them photographed up close, you have no idea how beautiful insects are! I did a night tour and a morning tour with Bridgette and both were fabulous, and we saw other creatures too (frogs, mammals, birds). I definitely recommend the first camera option for a beginner or a child, I hired the second camera option and although it took amazing photos it was a bit of a stretch for me as a complete novice. I highly recommend this experience! I think for me it may be the birth of a new hobby!
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Posted On : 2024-04-28 02:26:21

Posted By : Emma_M
Until you see them photographed up close, you have no idea how beautiful insects are! I did a night tour and a morning tour with Bridgette and both were fabulous. I definitely recommend the first camera option for a beginner or a child, I hired the second camera option and although it took amazing photos it was a bit of a stretch for me as a complete novice. I highly recommend this experience! I think for me it may be the birth of a new hobby!
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Posted On : 2024-04-28 02:22:37

Posted By : kerryrD9174MJ
I met up with Brigitte, Ros and 7 other keen visitors to walk around the Botanical Gardens at night. The weather had been wet the night before which was perfect for spotting lots of different insects, bugs, spiders, frogs, dragonflies, snails and mushrooms. We started off at the boardwalk at a leisurely pace immediately spotting a couple of sleeping rainforest snails, followed by all sorts of insects, moths, bugs, crickets, sleeping dragonflies, spiders. (I had especially wanted to see a net casting spider and Brigette didn't disappoint - I saw two during the evening, along with huntsmen, northern jewelled, wolf, and Australian tarantula and then came the frogs - amazing and lots of them. We also spotted the Papuan Frogmouth and a Pademelon -
there was a lot of wildlife packed into a two hour tour. I highly recommend this for anyone visiting Cairns. Its close to the city, easy to access and very well run. Brigette is a great host. Thank you Brigette for an amazing evening.
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Posted On : 2024-04-19 02:26:22

Posted By : K5572UBjohannm
Bridgette’s tour was amazing. Her knowledge of the different bugs is spectacular from their names, locations, habits etc…
She gave me lots of technical tips and we saw a myriad different bugs. I am seriously considering joining the yearly membership and look forward to our next meeting.
I highly recommend the Lets Go Bugging Tour !
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Posted On : 2024-04-10 05:56:15

Posted By : Sophie_J
I had an absolutely incredible time on this bug and nature walk in the morning. I was able to see many different types of spiders, moths, butterflies, beetles, etc. Bridgette is very knowledgeable and has a meticulous eye for pointing out the various insects and arachnids. I would recommend this tour to anyone!
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Posted On : 2024-04-06 00:48:33

Posted By : 211natsumis
It was absolutely a wonderful experience. I saw many unique bugs that I had never seen in my country, Japan & they were breathtakingly beautiful. Besides, having detailed explanations by a knowledgeable tour guide made me more understand & curious. Although I joined this tour with my boyfriend, it was much more fun to take around with other joiners from different countries.
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Posted On : 2024-03-28 05:41:35