Where to See Kookaburra in Great Otway National Park

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Kookaburra sightings in Great Otway

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Where Kookaburra has been reported, from 58 sightings. Not a live tracker: animals move, and an empty area doesn’t mean there are none.

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Timing

When to look

12 AM1% of the busiest hour1 AM1% of the busiest hour2 AM1% of the busiest hour3 AM2% of the busiest hour4 AM8% of the busiest hour5 AM89% of the busiest hour6 AMBusiest hour7 AM89% of the busiest hour8 AM79% of the busiest hour9 AM74% of the busiest hour10 AM63% of the busiest hour11 AM58% of the busiest hourNoon53% of the busiest hour1 PM47% of the busiest hour2 PM53% of the busiest hour3 PM63% of the busiest hour4 PM79% of the busiest hour5 PM95% of the busiest hour6 PMBusiest hour7 PM42% of the busiest hour8 PM11% of the busiest hour9 PM3% of the busiest hour10 PM2% of the busiest hour11 PM1% of the busiest hour

Kookaburra is most seen 5–8 AM and 5–7 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Kookaburra sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	1%
1 AM	1%
2 AM	1%
3 AM	2%
4 AM	8%
5 AM	89%
6 AM	100%
7 AM	89%
8 AM	79%
9 AM	74%
10 AM	63%
11 AM	58%
Noon	53%
1 PM	47%
2 PM	53%
3 PM	63%
4 PM	79%
5 PM	95%
6 PM	100%
7 PM	42%
8 PM	11%
9 PM	3%
10 PM	2%
11 PM	1%

Audio tour

Hear about Kookaburra on the drive.

Parkwolf’s Tour Guide plays stories like this one as you drive Great Otway, triggered by GPS and read through your car’s speakers.

Great Otway Tour Guide

A Family Behind the Laughter

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“When laughing kookaburras call together, you may be hearing a family defending its patch. That rolling chorus tells neighbouring groups the territory is occupied, and it's especially common around dawn and dusk.”

Plays as you drive in Parkwolf’s Great Otway Tour Guide.

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Where to look

Great Otway spots that mention Kookaburra

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Places and trails whose Parkwolf guides talk about Kookaburra. A good start, never a guarantee.

Places

CampgroundAire River East CampgroundAn unpowered estuary camp for paddling, koalas and quiet bush nights.

Trails

ModerateSheoak Falls–Castle Rock Circuit9 km · 3.5 hrA creekside loop links a swallow cave, waterfall and ocean lookout.

EasyDistillery Creek Nature Trail1.5 km · 45 minA short ironbark loop with trunks still blackened by the 1983 fires.

ModerateMoggs Creek – Coalmine Creek Walk8.5 km · 3 hrA one-way forest walk from Moggs Creek to the Great Ocean Road.

Wolf sightings in Yellowstone on Parkwolf’s Find Wildlife map, brightest around Lamar Valley — Wolf sightings in Yellowstone, in the app

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Wildlife

More wildlife in Great Otway

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204 sightingsKoalaPhascolarctos cinereusMost seen 6 AM & 5–8 PMSighting map

35 sightingsGrey KangarooMacropus giganteusMost seen 6 AM & 5–7 PMSighting map

109 sightingsEchidnaTachyglossus aculeatusMost seen 7 AM & 5–7 PMSighting map

97 sightingsSwamp WallabyWallabia bicolorMost seen 6 AM & 6–8 PMSighting map

20 sightingsBrushtail PossumTrichosurus vulpeculaMost seen 7–9 PMSighting map

21 sightingsRing-tailed PossumPseudocheirus peregrinusMost seen 6 AM & 6–9 PMSighting map

10 sightingsSugar GliderPetaurus notatusMost seen 7–9 PMSighting map

19 sightingsWedge-tailed EagleAquila audaxMost seen 9 AM–4 PMSighting map

Where to see Kookaburra in Great Otway