Stirling Range Retreat

Description:

Stirling Range Retreat is an award-winning, accredited ecotourism destination opposite Bluff Knoll Road - with choices of budget and air-conditioned, fully self-contained chalets plus caravan/camping sites with sunrise, sunset and mountain views. An easy drive - Chester Pass Road is bitumen and follows an ancient river bed through the mountains. During spring, Orchid and Wildflower Tours (with walkabouts) visit well camouflaged orchids and wildflowers and the Bird Tours discover birds in stunning breeding plumage during nesting season. See in three hours what may take you a lifetime to find! Hidden Treasures Orchid and Wildflower Bus Tours (with walkabouts) visit well camouflaged orchids and wildflower hot spots daily from mid-August to late October. Daily Dawn and Dusk Bird Walks also run from mid-August to late October. More than 90 bird species have been observed there including the Owlet-nightjar and rare birds like the Crested Shrike-tit. Discover birds in stunning breeding plumage during nesting season. Binoculars are supplied. Opportunistic sightings of native mammals and monitor lizards also occur. This ecotourism destination is an ideal base to discover some of the 1,500 wildflower and 123 orchid species of Stirling Range National Park.