Summary: Classic suburban birding with three lakes to choose from Dates of visits: 8 Mar 2022, 24 Aug 2024, 14 Oct 2024 Springfield Lakes is a suburb in Ipswich, south-east Queensland, which is notable to the bird-lover for its three large lakes – Spring Lake, Regatta Lake and Discovery Lake. I don’t rate these quiteContinue reading “Springfield Lakes”
Category Archives: Hotspots
Finland Rd, 2021-2023
Summary: Terrific high-diversity birding hotspot well located on the Sunshine Coast Dates of visits: May 16 2021, Nov 4 2022, Aug 20 2023, Dec 3 2023 Finland Road in the suburb of Paradise Waters is a pretty weird spot to be the Sunshine Coast’s #1 eBird hot spot. It brings to mind Cairns Esplanade, anotherContinue reading “Finland Rd, 2021-2023”
Varsity Lakes, 2022-2023
Summary: Enjoyable location with better bird habitats than you might expect in Gold Coast suburbia Dates of visits: 20 Aug 2022, 13 Aug 2023, 25 Dec 2023 Varsity Lakes is a locality on the Gold Coast which, like many suburbs on the Goldy, is dominated by waterways (canals and lakes). In this case the largestContinue reading “Varsity Lakes, 2022-2023”
Lytton Wader Roost and Wynnum Boardwalk
Summary: Unique and interesting birding site providing a few different habitats in close proximity Dates of visits: Eight or more visits between 2021 and 2024. You’d have to think a nature site that encompasses grassland, bushland, tidal wetland, a bird hide and Brisbane’s best mangrove boardwalk would be pretty good, right? This is such aContinue reading “Lytton Wader Roost and Wynnum Boardwalk”
Hardings Paddock, 2020-2024
Summary: Great site for a good variety of bush birds, especially in winter Dates of visits: Several from 2020 to 2024 Hardings Paddock is an excellent birding site in the Ipswich city area. It is a little hard to make generalisations about this location, as it tends to vary quite a bit from season toContinue reading “Hardings Paddock, 2020-2024”
Iron Range, Nov 2023
Summary: Remote tropical lowland rainforest with unique and special birding Dates of visit: Nov 13 to 17, 2023 Kutini-Payamu or Iron Range National Park is a large national park in Cape York, right at the top of Queensland. Biologically this region is heavily influenced by nearby Papua New Guinea, providing a smorgasbord of birds thatContinue reading “Iron Range, Nov 2023”
Lake Moondarra, 2021 and 2023
Summary: Huge lake in the outback that acts like a giant magnet for birds Dates of visits: July 21 2021, Sep 30 2023, Oct 2 2023 Lake Moondarra is a huge artificial lake 16km north of the outback township of Mount Isa in western Queensland. It is stocked with fish every year making it popularContinue reading “Lake Moondarra, 2021 and 2023”
Kununurra, Aug 2022
Summary: Great base for exploring the area and finding finches and other birds Dates of visit: Aug 3 to 6 , 2022 Kununurra is a large town in the north-east corner of Western Australia, and has a reputation for being the finch capital of Australia. It drew us there for that very reason (because weContinue reading “Kununurra, Aug 2022”
Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge and Katherine, Jul 2022
[A stop on the Litchfield + Katherine + Kununurra, Jul-Aug 2022 Trip] Dates of visit: 31 Jul to 2 Aug, 2022 Katherine is an outback town in the Northern Territory some 320km south-east of Darwin. It has a number of birding hotspots that are worth a visit if you happen to be in the area,Continue reading “Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge and Katherine, Jul 2022”
Edith Falls, Jul 2022
[A stop on the Litchfield + Katherine + Kununurra, Jul-Aug 2022 Trip] Date of visit: 31 Jul 2022 Leliyn (Edith Falls) is a delightful waterfall and waterhole in Nitmiluk National Park, 290km south of Darwin and 60km north of Katherine. It (and some spots on the road in) have long been fabled areas to findContinue reading “Edith Falls, Jul 2022”
Bird Spots 