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| Magpie geese, brolgas and
jacanas are nesting and laying eggs. Pacific black and whistling ducks
may start to nest. Turtle hatchlings will start to emerge from their
nests. |
| Australia Day holiday |
26 January |
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| Azure and forest kingfishers
young learn to fly, dollar birds start returning to New Guinea. |
World
Wetlands Day 2010 – "Wetlands, Biodiversity and Climate Change"
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2
February |
Chinese New Year
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13
February |
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Flying foxes start mating - young will be born about October; koels
depart for winter homes in New Guinea and the Pacific; migratory wading
birds return to the Arctic and Sub-Arctic. |
| Good Friday holiday |
2 April |
| Easter Monday holiday |
5 April |
| World Heritage Day |
18 April |
| Earth
Day |
22 April |
| Anzac
Day |
25 April |
.
Black kites may breed throughout the
year, but often from March to May in North Queensland; rainbow
bee-eaters may breed a second time. |
| Labour Day - Queensland holiday |
3 May |
| Chillagoe Big Weekend - Rodeo & Races |
7-9 May |
| Mareeba - Chillagoe Wheelbarrow Race |
14-16 May |
| International Biodiversity Day 2010 - Theme: Biodiversity, Development and Poverty Alleviation |
22 May |
| World Turtle Day |
23 May |
| Dimbulah Lions Festival |
28-29 May |
.
Cassowaries courting and mating;
wedge-tailed eagles, which mate for life, still have courtships each year.
Breeding may occur from April to August. Humpback whales appear in the
Barrier Reef waters after northern migration up the east coast from
Antarctica. |
World
Environment Day |
5 June |
| World Oceans Day |
8 June |
| Queens'
Birthday Holiday |
14
June |
.
Freshwater crocodiles start to hatch; many lorikeet young, especially
rainbow and scaly-breasted, learning to fly; young boobook owls learning
to fly. Turtles start to come ashore to lay eggs. |
| National Recycling Week |
8-14 November |
| St. Anthony's Fair - Dimbulah |
13 November |
| Tinaroo Barra Bash (& Tilapia removal) - Tinaroo Dam |
19-21 November |
.
Saltwater crocodiles are building nests and laying their eggs; bentwing
bats are giving birth - this occurs across Australia at about the same
time even though in northern Australian bats may mate months earlier
than those in the south; cicadas are emerging; turtles are coming ashore
to lay eggs. |
| Coastcare Week |
6-12 December |
| International Volunteer Day |
TBA |
| World Fisheries Day |
TBA |
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