Cape Tribulation Tropical Research Station,
PMB 5, Cape Tribulation,
QLD 4873
Australia.
Attention Dr. Hugh Spencer, Director.
email: hugh(at)austrop(dot)org(dot)au
Phone: (within Australia) 07 4098-0063
From outside Australia, dial (country code) 61 (area code) 7 (local number) 4098-0063.
PLEASE REMEMBER THERE IS A TIME DIFFERENCE - PLEASE DON'T WAKE US AT 4am! Check the time difference first. Thanks!
Many visitors to Cape Tribulation will leave shaking
their heads in amazement after having met one of the more fascinating inhabitants of the rainforest
- a flying fox. As rainforest ambassadors, they are unrivalled - friendly, intelligent and
definitely with personality plus.
The Bat House is so named because there is always a flying fox in attendance. These
primates are mostly orphans, which for one reason or another have been in captivity too long to be
allowed to enter the wild, which must usually occur no later than 6 months after birth.
As part of our Cooperative Management Agreement with the Wet Tropics Management Authority, the Bat House has become an accredited Wet Tropics Visitor Centre.
