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”
Category Archives: Hotspots
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”
Minnippi Parklands, Aug 2020
Summary:Gorgeous parklands near central Brisbane with some reasonable water and bush birds. Date of visit: Aug 21, 2020 There are a couple of ways to access Minnippi Parklands, both of which offer excellent car parking: from the north, along Stanton Rd West, or from the south, in the Preston Road Park area off Meadowlands RoadContinue reading “Minnippi Parklands, Aug 2020”
Eagleby Wetlands, Aug 2020
Summary: One of the premier birding spots in Brisbane: easy access, mix of bush and lake and river side, bird hides, great bird diversity. This author’s best birding experience thus far. Date of visit: Aug 22, 2020 (plus revisit Sep 18, 2020) Eagleby Wetlands will forever hold a place in this keen birder’s heart asContinue reading “Eagleby Wetlands, Aug 2020”
Anstead Bushland Reserve, Aug 2020
Summary:Good spot for bush bird diversity out west of Brisbane Date of visit: Aug 20, 2020 At 80 hectares Anstead Bushland Reserve is quite sizable and boasts of being “the largest Brisbane City Council owned natural area on the Brisbane River”. Access is from a couple of points along Hawkesbury Road, though the access nearestContinue reading “Anstead Bushland Reserve, Aug 2020”
Mudgeeraba Hinterland Regional Park, Aug 2020
Summary: A strange multi-use spot with a small but awesomely bird-rich patch of bush. Dates of visit: Aug 17 and Aug 30, 2020 Mudgeeraba Hinterland Regional Park is an anomalous 62 hectares of land with a bit of a mix of vegetation. There’s some open grassy areas, some swampy paddock-style areas, and an excellent patchContinue reading “Mudgeeraba Hinterland Regional Park, Aug 2020”
Sherwood Arboretum, Aug 2020
Summary:Grand parkland, riverside and small lake area with some okay birds. Date of visit: Aug 16, 2020 Sherwood Arboretum, established in 1925, is a heritage-listed site with 15 hectares of Australian native trees. Sure, it doesn’t have the awesome species list or mystique of nearby Oxley Creek Common, which is surely the premier birding hotspotContinue reading “Sherwood Arboretum, Aug 2020”
Eprapah Creek, Aug 2020
Summary:Good creek and bush birds, small area but nice parklands and bridges, good photography potential. Date of visit: Aug 14 2020 (plus revisit Oct 13) Eprapah Creek lies in Redland, about 40 minutes west of Brisbane CBD. I visited the section of creek near Cameron Court Park, and explored the park and walked across theContinue reading “Eprapah Creek, Aug 2020”
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