Summary: Vast area to explore with a few bird-rich habitats mainly along the creeks Dates of visit: Nov 22 2020, Dec 20 2020, June 1 2021 I cover Lake Manchester and Shelley Road Park together here because they are basically across from the road from each other and birders might well cover both areas –Continue reading “Lake Manchester and Shelley Road Park, 2020-2021”
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Thylogale Track, Dec 2020-Feb 2021
Summary: Lovely 8km track with decent rainforest birds and occasional scenic views Dates of visit: Dec 19, 2020 and Feb 28, 2021 Like Maiala Track at Mt Glorious, the Thylogale Track, which runs between Jolly’s Lookout and the Boombana picnic ground, offers very good rainforest birding. It has the advantage of being much less traffickedContinue reading “Thylogale Track, Dec 2020-Feb 2021”
Mookin-Bah Reserve, Dec 2020-May 2021
Summary: Strange mix of trails and features, but pretty decent birds Dates of visit: Dec 10, 2020 and 17 May, 2021 Mookin-bah Reserve in the suburb of Ransome, east of Brisbane, has apparently been reclaimed from old housing estates and despite all the plantings and reinvigoration it still retains a bit of a strange flavour.Continue reading “Mookin-Bah Reserve, Dec 2020-May 2021”
Seven Hills Bushland Reserve, Nov 2020
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”
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”
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