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South-East Oz Pt 1: Stanthorpe to Round Hill Reserve
Shy HeathwrenWe left home on September 6 for a lengthy road trip through NSW and Victoria. First stop was Glen Alpin near Stanthorpe, staying by the Severn River at the Country Style Caravan Park....
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South-East Oz Part 2: NSW Riverina
Superb ParrotWe had a Pink Cockatoo in the camping ground on our last morning at Lake Cargelligo (see following post) and two more at the treatment works, where Swamp Harrier and Spotted Harrier also...
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South-East Oz Part 3: Bendigo & Ballarat
Black-eared CuckooOn our last morning in Deniliquin (see following post) I again checked out the back roads north of the town, seeing Pallid Cuckoo and a nice female Superb Parrot feeding in a...
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South-East Oz Part 4 – Victoria's Great Ocean Road
Rufous BristlebirdFollowing our visit to Ballarat (see next post) we continued south to meet the Southern Ocean and the Great Ocean Road for a 2-night stay in the caravan park in the delightful seaside...
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South-East Oz Part 5 – Torquay to Tarra Bulga
PilotbirdFollowing our visit to Cape Otway (see following post) we continued our journey to the eastern end of the Great Ocean Road at the tourist town of Torquay, where we stayed for two nights in the...
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South-East Oz Part 6 - Lakes Entrance to Jervis Bay
Eastern BristlebirdFollowing our visit to Terra Bulga (see following post) we headed south-east to Lakes Entrance in East Gippsland, a place I last visited in the mid-1980s to tick a vagrant White...
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South-East Oz Part 7 – Wombats of Bendeela
Common Wombat grazingWith its stunning scenery and wildlife attractions, it is surprising that the Bendeela Recreation Area in Kangaroo Valley in the NSW Central Highlands is not a major tourist...
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South-East Oz Part 8 – Regent Honeyeater Ablaze at Capertee + Visit to...
Regent HoneyeaterFollowing our visit to Kangaroo Valley (see following post) we spent a few days sight-seeing in Canberra before continuing north to spend 2 days with our friend Kathy Haydon in...
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Square-tailed Kite Nesting on Sunshine Coast
Square-tailed KiteA pair of Square-tailed Kites have again successfully raised a youngster at their nest in open forest at Tinbeerwah on the Sunshine Coast.The nest is close to a mountain bike path in...
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Sunshine Coast Pelagic November 2017
Short-tailed Shearwater flockWe departed Mooloolaba Marina for the Sunshine Coast Pelagic on Sunday November 5, 2017 at 6.40am with tempered expectations in view of the forecast 10-knot south-easterly....
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Lockyer Valley November 2017
Blue-winged KookaburraAmong nice birds encountered during a foray into the Lockyer and Brisbane valleys were Blue-winged Kookaburra, Freckled Duck, White-winged Chough, Hoary-headed Grebe, loads of...
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Yandina Creek Wetland Officially Opened
Yandina Creek WetlandQueensland Environment Minister Steven Miles and UnityWater Chairman Jim Soorley today officially opened the Yandina Creek Wetland on the Sunshine Coast.Steven Miles & Jim...
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Sunshine Coast Pelagic - November 25, 2017
Cook's PetrelA prolonged period of ideal weather conditions – E-SE winds of 10-20 knots consistently over the past couple of weeks – together with a highly successful pelagic off Southport on November...
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Hervey Bay & Boonooroo – Dec 2017
Pacific SwiftIt was time for what has become an annual camp-out in the Hervey Bay area.Waterways and wetlands were full following heavy rains recently. At Arkarra Lagoons, 3 pairs of Magpie-Goose had...
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Catching up with John Young
I caught up today for a pleasurable few hours in the Sunshine Coast hinterland with bush naturalist extraordinaire John Young.John is something of a legend in the birding community. It is well-known...
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Aleutian Tern for Christmas
Aleutian TernAleutian Tern had long been high on my wishlist. I expected to see them in Anadyr on our Russian Arctic cruise and was not happyto learn that one was hanging around theship in the harbour...
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Cooroy Treatment Plant Update
Cooroy treatment plant this weekThe Cooroy sewage treatment plant was once the Sunshine Coast's top wetland site for birds before it was extensively renovated in 2014-2015. Since then Unitywater has...
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Captive Breeding Programs for Endangered Species Under Scrutiny
Western Ground Parrots - Pic by Perth ZooTHIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN OF 6-7 January, 2018As the sun sets over Cape Arid National Park on the rugged south coast of Western...
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Sunshine Coast Pelagic January 2018
Grey NoddyGrey Noddy, Streaked Shearwater, Gould's Petrel, White-tailed Tropicbird and sharks up close and personal were the highlights of an excellent Sunshine Coast pelagic on Sunday January 7,...
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South Pacific Cruise – The Seabirds
Red-footed BoobyWe've just returned from a week-long South Pacific cruise aboard P&O's Pacific Dawn. Gusty northerlies in Brisbane delayed departure from the Hamilton cruise terminal by 7 hours...
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