Summary: Agreeable place well set-up for birding, with lots of Pelicans Date of visit: Sep 14, 2020 The Berrinba wetlands are man-made, created in an area of sand and mining operations after World War II, which remained largely untouched since the 1990s until Logan City Council started rehabilitation. Now the place features a large lakeContinue reading “Berrinba Wetlands, Sep 2020”
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Cunningham’s Gap, Aug-Sep 2020
Summary: Excellent bushwalking and great rainforest birding, with good chances of seeing Lyrebird Dates of visit: Aug 1 (Mt Cordeaux), Sep 13 (Mt Mitchell) I’d walked the main track at Mt Cordeaux, one of the two peaks on either side of Cunningham’s Gap, back in 2016 and had very positive memories of it. The forestContinue reading “Cunningham’s Gap, Aug-Sep 2020”
Sgt Dan Stiller Memorial Reserve, Sep 2020
Summary: Lesser-known hotspot with a good birding spot at the southern end but otherwise unremarkable. Date of visit: Sep 8, 2020 The Sergeant Dan Stiller Memorial Reserve was named after Sgt Dan Stiller who was killed by a jackknifing truck in 2010 on the Bruce Highway while on duty. I had driven past this ReserveContinue reading “Sgt Dan Stiller Memorial Reserve, Sep 2020”
Maiala Tracks, Sep-Dec 2020
Summary: Awesome patch of bird-rich rainforest quite near Brisbane. Dates of visit: Sep 6, Nov 19, Dec 22. Track map: https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/daguilar/attractions/maiala Getting to the Maiala area, part of D’Aguilar National Park west of Brisbane, is half the adventure. It’s not that it’s difficult – any car can do it and the roads are good andContinue reading “Maiala Tracks, Sep-Dec 2020”
Greenwood Lakes, Sep 2020
Summary: Pleasant area to visit with a better range of birds than you might expect. Date of visit: Sep 2, 2020 Greenwood Lakes is a little wildlife haven in Forestdale in the upper regions of Oxley Creek. Apart from reading that it used to be a sand-mining area in yesteryear, I couldn’t find much otherContinue reading “Greenwood Lakes, Sep 2020”
Oxley Creek Common, Aug/Sep 2020
Summary: Premier birding site in Brisbane with reliably great bird encounters and wonderful photography opportunities. Dates of visit: Aug 29 and Sep 3, 2020 Hmmm, how to follow up an awesome birding trip to Townsville? Why not a visit to Oxley Creek Common, arguably the best birding site in Brisbane? And yet somehow I hadn’tContinue reading “Oxley Creek Common, Aug/Sep 2020”
Anderson Park, Townsville Aug 2020
Summary: Pleasant park in Townsville with many ducks and a few other birds too. Date of visit: Aug 27, 2020 Anderson Park is a 20 hectare park right in Townsville city, which has a bit of a botanic gardens feel to it. A paved road does a big loop inside the park grounds with severalContinue reading “Anderson Park, Townsville Aug 2020”
Townsville Town Common, Aug 2020
Summary: Queensland’s number 1 birding hotspot does not disappoint! A huge area to explore with magnificent birds of all types. Dates of visit: Aug 25-28, 2020 Townsville Town Common Conservation Park is listed as the number 1 hotspot in Queensland, with 282 species. I visited across 4 days and covered a lot of the vastContinue reading “Townsville Town Common, Aug 2020”
Palmetum Gardens, Townsville, Aug 2020
Summary: Pleasant palm-based botanic gardens in Townsville, with a little lagoon and some good birds and photography opportunities. Date of visit: Aug 24, 2020 Palmetum was the first birding hotspot I hit up in the afternoon after I arrived in Townsville. I had actually started a little birding from the plane flying into the airport,Continue reading “Palmetum Gardens, Townsville, Aug 2020”
Coombabah Conservation Area, Aug 2020
Summary: Huge, premier birding hotspot on the Gold Coast with plenty for the birder happy to do a lot of walking. Date of visit: Aug 23, 2020 Coombabah Conservation Area is an area of 1200 hectares on the northern side of the Gold Coast, that includes wetland, eucalypt forest, mangrove habitat and salt marsh. ItContinue reading “Coombabah Conservation Area, Aug 2020”
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