Hidden in the forests of Australia, are some of the world’s most fascinating animals and behaviours. In this 30-minute documentary, we glimpse into their secret world — from the quiet foraging of the Platypus, to the dramatic dances of the Paradise Riflebird. This documentary lifts the curtain, on the hidden wildlife stories unfolding every single day. Our journey takes place across Queensland's Gondwana rainforest, where: The Paradise Riflebird dances to impress potential mates. A Freshwater Keelback Snake stalks Moorhen chicks. A Platypus explores its creek. The Satin Bowerbird builds a bower and defends it from the Regent Bowerbird. Red eyed tree frogs gather to spawn. and the Lamington Spiny Crayfish roam their territory. All filmed near Brisbane (Mt Glorious, Lamington National Park, Maleny) in Queensland. All the footage for this film has been originally shot, with no AI used. If you enjoyed this documentary, please consider subscribing for more independently produced nature documentaries, your support is very much appreciated :) #NatureDocumentary #Forest #Australia #Australianwildlife #WildlifeDocumentary #Gondwana #Tourism #Documentary #Wildlife #nationalgeographic #planetearth #platypus Chapters 00:00 Introduction 02:47 The Forest 04:47 Paradise Riflebird 08:55 Freshwater Keelback Snake 10:40 Platypus 13:00 Gondwana Rainforest 14:56 Satin Bowerbird 20:50 Red Eyed Tree Frog 24:32 Lamington Spiny Crayfish 28:32 Conclusion & Credits
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This is wonderful!!! I don't understand how you don't have hundreds of thousands of view! in an online world littered with ai trash, your documentaries are a precious breath of fresh air, thank you so much for your time and effort in creating and sharing these documentaries with us!! 🙏🙏🙏 I love the high quality video, the lovely music and your narration, and I hope you completely blow up online and get the recognition your work deserves! Thank you 😊 from your newest fan!
Thanks for checking out my video! :) I'd love to hear which of these forest animals you enjoyed seeing the most - and be sure to comment, which of Australia's animals you'd like to see in my next documentaries.
thank you so so much for doing an entire half hour in an Australian forest and not showing a single spider for even one frame thank you thanks I can sleep peacefully tonight <3
- The colorful crawfish are so pretty. 😮
Tough crowd for the poor Rifle Bird... 🤣
Hi Tom, once again I'm blown away by the production quality of your documentaries. For someone new to creating on-line wildlife documentataries you are performing at a level well beyond your years. My wife and I sat down and watched last night and loved every minute. I really enjoyed the Keelback Snake sequence, we were gripping our chairs when it started heading for those cute little chicks. Well done mate, keep these wonderful documentaries coming. Cheers Phil
Young , intelligent, professional. Great work, mate. Sir David would be proud.
That blue crayfish moving the blade of grass like a forklift made my day. 😂
Bro you are definitely the Attenborough of our generation production quality is absolutely top notch mate. Thanks for doing my beautiful country proud
15:00 still waiting for becky to come back I see smh
I feel so lucky to live amongst the Gondwana rainforest
The soundtrack used in the documentary is awesome!
Its wonderful to see our wildlife being presented.
Incredible... the quality of this documentary is better than most of Arte or BBC's 🤯
Love helping in making this video! Love how it shows the wildlife in the forest around South East Queensland. Feels like there’s so many amazing animals around. The rifle bird and satin bower bird are super interesting and love the lamginton spiny crayfish and how they go on land!
Nice work, my favourite was the crayfish!
Those crayfish are so beautiful and really cute, thanks for making this, was such a fun watch.
Dude this is awesome! I live nearby and spend so much of my spare time in this national park and these very forests, and even I learnt a lot of new information from this doco. Also you got some incredible shots here, keep up the good work man!
Thomas, what a pleasure to watch your documentary, The Hidden Lives of Australia's Forests. You've beautifully captured the magic that I know and love so well. I look forward to seeing where your career in biology and documentaries take you - you're so talented.
Those female Rifle Birds are not worthy of my boy. He put his heart into that dance, he was going all out!! I was hyped watching him get so close! Keep your head up king Rifle Bird. You’re worthy. Keep on dancing.