Summary: A delightful patch of creekside rainforest with good birds Dates of visits: Dec 28 2020 and Aug 17 2021 Most birders associate rainforest near the Gold Coast with the hinterland, being Lamington National Park, Springbrook and the like, which require long and winding roads to travel to. But there is also a worthwhile littleContinue reading “Belliss Rd, Nerang, Dec 2020-Aug 2021”
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Mt Gravatt Summit Trail, Jul 2020-Aug 2021
Summary: Scenic views and a couple of tasty spots for birds Dates of visits: July 29 2020, Dec 21 2020, May 31 2021, Aug 14 2021 Mt Gravatt is not a particularly high “mountain”, but it does command sweeping panoramic views over some of the southern suburbs of Brisbane. There is a decent network ofContinue reading “Mt Gravatt Summit Trail, Jul 2020-Aug 2021”
Lake Manchester and Shelley Road Park, 2020-2021
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”
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”
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