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Around Oz Part 27 - Bunbury to Beautiful Margaret River: Red-eared Firetail,...
White-breasted RobinAfter our stay in Dryandra Woodland (see following post) we headed to the coastal city of Bunbury for an overnight stay at the Bunbury Glade Caravan Park. About 20km west of Collie...
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Around Oz Part 28 - Cape Leeuwin to Walpole-Nornalup and Giant Trees: Western...
Rock ParrotFollowing our visit to Margaret River (see following post) we continued southwards along the scenic Caves Road to Cape Leeuwin, the south-western most point of the Australian mainland, where...
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Around Oz Part 29 – Albany and Cheynes Beach: Noisy Scrubbird, Western...
Western BristlebirdAfter our visit to the Warpole-Nornalup area (see following post) we continued east to the WA south coast port city of Albany, where we had a couple of nights in the very nice Emu...
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Around Oz Part 30 - Pygmy Possum & a Show Western Whipbird: Late Gifts from...
I posted my report from Cheynes Beach on the south coast of WA (see here) last night, not expecting any unexpected surprises in the short time I had this morning before we had to leave. How wrong I...
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Around Oz Part 31 - Esperance: Hooded Plover, Cape Barren Goose, Black-faced...
Hooded PloverFollowing our visit to Cheyne Beach (see following two posts) we had three nights in the picturesque coastal town of Esperance, staying at the oddly named Bathers Paradise Caravan...
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Around Oz Part 32 – Cape Arid: Eye-balling Whales and Wildflowers Ablaze, but...
Western (Rufous) FieldwrenFollowing our stay in the WA south coast town of Esperance (see last post) we headed east 120 km to Cape Arid National Park, a vast wilderness of heathlands, shrubby woodlands...
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Around Oz Part 33 - Across the Nullabor and the Quail-thrush at Last
Following our visit to Cape Arid (see previous post) he drove back to Esperance then north to the ordinary gold-mining town of Norseman for an overnight stay at the even more ordinary Gateway Caravan...
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Lady Elliot Island Article - Qantas Magazine
Green Turtle, Lady Elliot IslandHere is my travel feature published in the current edition of Qantas The Australian Way. For more images see this post and associated posts.THE SUN SETS OVER the Great...
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Around Oz Part 34 - Eyre Peninsula in South Australia: Streaky Bay, Port...
Southern Scrub-RobinAfter exiting South Australia (see previous post) we travelled through Ceduna down the western coast of Eyre Peninsula to Streaky Bay. We had a pleasant three days here recovering...
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Around Oz Part 35 - Southern Flinders Ranges, Adelaide
Mt Remarkable National Park, Southern Flinders RangesFollowing our visit to Whyalla (see previous post) we moved on through Port Augusta to Mt Remarkable National Park in the southern Flinders Ranges...
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Around Oz Part 36 - Victoria's Mallee: Hattah-Kulkyne National Park
MalleefowlFollowing our visit to Adelaide (see previous post) we moved eastwards across the South Australian border to Hattah-Kulkyne National Park in north-west Victoria. I had been to Hattah several...
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Around Oz Part 37 - Mildura & Broken Hill: Redthroat, Chirruping Wedgebill,...
RedthroatFollowing our visit to Hattah-Kulkyne National Park (see previous post) we moved on to Mildura for two days at the Palms Caravan Park on the edge of town. Mildura is a hotspot for all things...
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Around Oz Part 38 - Wilcannia to Brewarrina, the Western Plains of NSW
Blue BonnetFollowing our visit to Broken Hill (see previous post) we headed east through Wilcannia to Emmdale, a roadhouse with an area for camping behind it, for a two-night stay. We had planned to...
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Around Oz Part 39 - Kings Plains National Park NSW: Heath-wrens and twin flat...
Chesnut-rumped Heath-wrenWe departed the western plains of NSW (see previous post), heading east to the pretty town of Bingara, where we overnighted in a caravan park and dined at the RSL Club. Then it...
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Around Oz Part 40 - Bald Rock National Park & Heading Home: Spotted...
Spotted Quail-thrush maleAfter visiting Kings Plains National Park (see previous post) we decided on a two-night stay in Bald Rock National Park on the NSW-Queensland border as our final stopover...
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Camping Trip Around Australia 2014 - Tips, Highlights, Ups and Downs
Camping at Kings Plains National Park, NSWHaving successfully motored around Australia on our four-month camping trip, a few notes are offered on how to plan such a sojourn; to summarise ups and downs...
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Macleay Island and Brisbane Bits
Bush Stone-Curlew, Macleay IslandI had a few days visiting my friend Glen Ingram on Macleay Island in southern Moreton Bay and checking out some birding hotspots around Brisbane.Juvenile Black-winged...
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Yellow Honeyeater on Bribie Island
Yellow Honeyeater Bribie IslandA Yellow Honeyeater has turned up hundreds of kilometres out of its range on Bribie Island, off the south-east coast of Queensland. This is the first record of this...
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Brisbane's Square-tailed Kite Nest
Square-tailed Kite - Mt Coot-thaIt's not every day that the nest of one of Australia's rarer raptors is found within a few kilometres of the CBD of one of its big capital cities, so Brisbane is blessed...
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Yandina Creek Wetland and its Wonderful Waterbirds at Risk of Destruction
Black-necked StorkLewin's Rail, Spotless Crake, Black-necked Stork, Red-necked Avocet and Mallard were among a fine array of waterbirds seen yesterday in an extensive area of wetland and grassland at...
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