Where can you see the Platypus?
Some of the best places to see the Platypus in the wild include Carnarvon National Park (Australia), Lamington National Park (Australia) and Daintree National Park (Australia) — among 21 wildlife hotspots across Australia. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Barrington Tops National Park
Australia
+175 birds+47 mammals
Where the New England Plateau rises above the Hunter Valley, temperate rainforest cloaks the highest reaches of Barrington Tops, its dense canopy fed by year-round precipitation…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBlue Mountains National Park
Australia
+220 birds+43 mammals
Dramatic sandstone cliffs rise in tiers across this mountainous plateau west of Sydney, their rust-coloured faces weathered into amphitheatres and gorges where eucalyptus forest clings to…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCarnarvon National Park
Philadelphia, Australia
+179 birds+17 mammals
Across 15,000 square kilometres of inland Queensland, rugged sandstone plateaus rise above eucalypt woodlands and open grasslands, carved by creeks that have worn deep gorges into…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park
Australia
+72 birds+8 mammals
Where glacial valleys plunge between quartzite peaks, Tasmania's Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park unfolds as a temperate wilderness of uncommon grandeur. The park's terrain ranges…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKDaintree National Park
Dedin, Australia
+362 birds+37 mammals
Daintree National Park is one of the world’s oldest and most biologically diverse tropical rainforests, protecting an extraordinary landscape where ancient forests meet the Great Barrier…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKFlinders Chase National Park
Australia
+142 birds+14 mammals
Granite ridges and windswept mallee scrubland define this 1,630-square-kilometre expanse on Kangaroo Island, where ancient rock formations rise abruptly from coastal heathland and woodland mosaics. The…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGirraween National Park
Australia
+193 birds+21 mammals
Granite boulders rise like the bones of the earth across these 278 square kilometres of southeastern Queensland, where the Great Dividing Range descends towards the coastal…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGirringun National Park
Australia
+231 birds+10 mammals
Where granite gorges cleave through subtropical woodland in North Queensland, Girringun National Park unfolds across rugged terrain shaped by millions of years of weathering and erosion.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGrampians National Park
Australia
+214 birds+18 mammals
Where sandstone ridges rise above the Western District of Victoria, Grampians National Park unfolds across rolling terrain sculpted by ancient geology and sustained by a temperate…
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