Durikai State Forest is better known for fossicking but those who look deeper can find some wonderful birds here.  Last year, someone even spotted a rare Regent Honey-eater although I was not so lucky this year!  It is located about 3 hours drive from Brisbane, 7 km from Karara and around 40 km from Warwick and you can access it from the Cunningham Highway.  On the right side of this map, the red line is a gravel road leading into the forest.  We were there around 2pm so there weren’t many birds around but the highlight was a lovely Mistletoe Bird.  The yellow splotch is across the road and a bit hard to find.

To find the Durikai Watering Hole, you look on the left if coming from Warwick (around 44 km)  for this sign.  The turn-off to the watering hole is pretty well concealed but you can see a white Jeep coming out from it.

If you are coming from Coolmunda or Karara, look on the right for these signs about 7 km past Karara.

This watering hole is a magical spot where you can set up a camp chair, chill out and watch beautiful little Yellow-tufted Honey-eaters, White-naped Honey-eaters, Noisy Friarbirds and Little Lorikeets frolic through the trees and come down to drink water.  I also got a glimpse of Turquoise Parrots shooting through but unfortunately they didn’t stop to pose for photos.  I was really lucky to get decent shots of the Little Lorikeets which had been eluding me in tree branches for ages!

Meanwhile back at Karara apparently these Little Corellas missed their train!