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CANOEING |
We have Canoes and Kayaks for hire $15.00 per hour $44 per day |
FISHING |
Fishing - guests only We have fishing rods and lures for hire $11per hour or $33 per day |
BUSH WALKING |
Our walking trail commences from the dam wall near the pontoon. A 2.5km easy walking trail is ideal for people interested in bird watching (see below for bird species) |
PHOTOGRAPHY |
Lake Bennett is a photographer's dream with just so much available. The exceptional bird life, local fauna and picturesque landscapes. Reed beds hide a variety of unspoilt aquatic life from wading birds to fish. This resort is where you unwind from a year of hard work, you put your feet up and just listen and watch nature pass by you. |
BIRD WATCHING |
Lake Bennett Wilderness Resort boasts over 50 species of bird life with many of them using our wetland areas as a safe haven to raise their young. |
BIRD WATCHING |
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The following list was collated by Jossie Farrington & Roger Littlewood. |
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| Darter Little Pied Cormorant Great Egret Rufous Night Heron Australian White Ibis Black Necked Stork Radjah Shelduck* Green Pygmy Goose* Black Kite Whistling Kite Brown Goshawk White Bellied Sea Eagle Australian Hobby Brown Hobby Brown Falcon Peafowl (Peacock) Comb Crested Jacana Masked Lapwing Peaceful Dove Bar Shouldered Dove Red Tailed Black Cockatoo* Varied Triller |
Little Corella Sulphur Crested Cockatoo Red Collared Lorikeet Varied Lorikeet* Red Winged Parrot Northern Rosella* Pheasant Coucal Barking Owl** Tawny Frogmouth*** Leaden Flycatcher Rainbow Bee Eater Grey Butcherbird Torresian Crow Shining Flycatcher Restless Flycatcher Northern Fantail Willie Wagtail Grey Crowned Babbler Golden Headed Cisticola Black Faced Cuckoo Shrike White Bellied Cuckoo Shrike |
Azure Kingfisher Blue Winged Kookaburra Sacred Kingfisher White Browned Robin Varied Sittella* Little Friarbird Blue Faced Honeyeater White Gaped Honeyeater White Throated Honeyeater Brown Honeyeater Mistletoe bird Crimson Finch Double Barred Finch Chestnut Breasted Manikin Olive Backed Oriole Figbird Great Bowerbird Australian Magpie - Lark White Breasted Wood Swallow Little Wood Swallow Pied Butcherbird Red Backed Fairy Wren |
| *Powered Site Caravan Area | ** Sunken Forest Area | ***Restaurant (outside) |
