Summary: Small area in suburbia with mostly unremarkable dry forest birds Date of visit: Nov 28, 2020 Seven Hills Bushland Reserve is 52 hectares of forest trails, sandwiched into suburbia on Brisbane’s southside about 9km drive east of the CBD. There are a range of different paths and access points to start from. I pickedContinue reading “Seven Hills Bushland Reserve, Nov 2020”
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Atkinson Dam, 2020-2021
Summary: Superb location for water birds, raptors, grassbirds and many others. Dates of visit: Nov 26, 2020, and Jan 3, May 27, June 27 2021 I have a real soft spot for Atkinson Dam, a reservoir in flat rural country about an hour’s drive west of Brisbane and not too near anything much at all.Continue reading “Atkinson Dam, 2020-2021”
Enoggera Reservoir, Nov-Dec 2021
Summary: Very good bird sightings possible on a shorter walking track, and even better if you can slog the dirt roads out to the western section. Dates of visit: Nov 23 and Dec 2, 2021 I hadn’t visited Enoggera Reservoir since starting birding, not because it’s a bad spot, but for a more childish reasonContinue reading “Enoggera Reservoir, Nov-Dec 2021”
Cairns + Atherton + Daintree trip, 2021
I’d been pretty keen to get to the Wet Tropics to sample its renowned birdlife for a while. Lots of Queensland’s best birding hotspots are here, and you can visit all of them pretty easily in a relatively short trip (say, for sake of example, a mere 10 days). So off I went in AprilContinue reading “Cairns + Atherton + Daintree trip, 2021”
Sandy Camp Road Wetlands, 2020-2021
Summary: Excellent birding site where water birds and bush birds are both in wonderful abundance. Dates of visit: Nov 21 2020 and Jan 15, Mar 4, Jun 28 2021 Having visited Sandy Camp Wetlands several times now, I think of it in the same vein as Oxley Creek Common – that is, an excellent placeContinue reading “Sandy Camp Road Wetlands, 2020-2021”
Mamukala Wetlands, Sep 2021
[A stop on the Darwin and Kakadu Trip, Aug-Sep 2021 trip] Mamukala Wetlands is a birdlife haven 34km west of the township of Jabiru in Kakadu National Park. It features one of the best bird hides you’ll find anywhere, a perfect place to plonk and watch and photograph wetland birds. If you tire of that, there isContinue reading “Mamukala Wetlands, Sep 2021”
Ubirr Area, Sep 2021
[A stop on the Darwin and Kakadu Trip, Aug-Sep 2021 trip] The area around Ubirr is about as far east as you can go in Kakadu National Park without crossing over into Arnhem Land (which requires a permit). There are a few different things to do here including gazing in wonder at the ancient rock art, watchingContinue reading “Ubirr Area, Sep 2021”
Burrungkuy (Nourlangie), Sep 2021
[A stop on the Darwin and Kakadu Trip, Aug-Sep 2021 trip] Nourlangie is one of the more well-known locations in Kakadu National Park, known for rock art, great views, birds and bushwalking. There is no accommodation at the site, but there are two campgrounds a short drive away, and the settlements of Cooinda and Jabiru lie 23kmContinue reading “Burrungkuy (Nourlangie), Sep 2021”
Maguk Track, Sep 2021
[A stop on the Darwin and Kakadu Trip, Aug-Sep 2021 trip] Maguk is one of the pretty tracks in Kakadu National Park that leads to a waterfall… and a plunge pool! The trail follows a creek about 1km down a heavily forested gorge and we found it to be pretty reasonable in terms of birds. The carContinue reading “Maguk Track, Sep 2021”
Yellow Water and Cooinda, Aug 2021
[A stop on the Darwin and Kakadu Trip, Aug-Sep 2021 trip] Cooinda is a small settlement in the southern part of Kakadu National Park, notable for its excellent accommodation options and access to Yellow Water, one of the impressive wetlands of Kakadu and part of the South Alligator River floodplain. A boat cruise runs here that provedContinue reading “Yellow Water and Cooinda, Aug 2021”
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