As
per previous years, Australian Ornithological Services will run a
one-day charter to the Mitchell Plateau at the end of our 2021 Top End
tour. It involves fixed-wing to the Mitchell Plateau airstrip and then
helicopters to the campground. The plane booked is a Cessna 208B Grand
Caravan (13 seats) and the helicopters are six-seat Long Rangers. This
day is not part of our commercial Top End tour in that we don¹t charge
our Top End participants, or the non-tour participants who elect to join
them, a professional guiding fee for the day. The 2021 cost of the
Mitchell Plateau charters and permit will be $1,088 per person, Black grasswren, Kimberley honeyeater and the
yellow-eyed form of partridge pigeon are the key birds for the day. It
is also a spectacular flight. We can take one more birder (making nine total). Moderate level of fitness required.
Patricia Maher
