Watch: behind the scenes at the Bruny Island Bird Festival
Bruny Island
The three day Festival is jointly presented by the Bruny Island Environment Network, BirdLife Tasmania and Inala Nature Tours, drawing on the wealth of knowledge and experience of experts in these groups to provide an engaging and educative immersion in the natural delights of Bruny.
Held every two years, the Festival has become a much anticipated event by the community and visitors alike. Each Festival brings new features and familiar favourites.
In 2024, the Festival continued to build on the four key elements of Community, Conservation, Science and Creativity to further involve the people of Bruny and Tasmania in the many tours, walks, workshops, lecturers, markets and cultural celebrations that are the Festival.
Birds bring joy and interest to our lives; colour and music to our days. Humans all over the world have always had a fascination for birds.
They are part of our cultures, our stories, our language and our technological innovations. Even as we have exploited them, we have simultaneously exalted them and throughout history we have watched and wondered. Understanding birds helps us better to understand the world we live in.
*the Bruny Island Bird Festival will return in 2026
The three day Festival is jointly presented by the Bruny Island Environment Network, BirdLife Tasmania and Inala Nature Tours, drawing on the wealth of knowledge and experience of experts in these groups to provide an engaging and educative immersion in the natural delights of Bruny.
Held every two years, the Festival has become a much anticipated event by the community and visitors alike. Each Festival brings new features and familiar favourites.
In 2024, the Festival continued to build on the four key elements of Community, Conservation, Science and Creativity to further involve the people of Bruny and Tasmania in the many tours, walks, workshops, lecturers, markets and cultural celebrations that are the Festival.
Birds bring joy and interest to our lives; colour and music to our days. Humans all over the world have always had a fascination for birds.
They are part of our cultures, our stories, our language and our technological innovations. Even as we have exploited them, we have simultaneously exalted them and throughout history we have watched and wondered. Understanding birds helps us better to understand the world we live in.
*the Bruny Island Bird Festival will return in 2026
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