Summary: Terrific trip with bird and wildlife spotting on a huge man-made lake; guaranteed Yellow Chats Date of visit: Aug 4, 2022 The completion of the Ord River Dam in the 1970’s created Lake Argyle, one of the largest freshwater lakes in Australia, lying about 60km to the south-west of Kununurra in WA. It isContinue reading “Lake Argyle Cruise, Aug 2023”
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Iron Range and Cairns, Nov 2023
One of the last great frontiers for Australian birding is tropical Cape York in far north Queensland, and the jewel in that crown belongs to Iron Range National Park, a low-level rainforest where the birds and plants are more influenced by nearby Papua New Guinea than by Australia. Our birding group had booked for AugustContinue reading “Iron Range and Cairns, Nov 2023”
Around Perth, Oct 2023
We traveled to Perth (via two weeks in South Australia) in order to watch three Matildas Olympic qualifying football matches held in the city across the course of a week. Which naturally led to the question of what to do in between game days… which naturally led to the answer of: go birding at asContinue reading “Around Perth, Oct 2023”
Adelaide to Port Augusta Trip, Oct 2023
A 12-day road trip made from October 14 to 25, 2023, starting and ending at Adelaide in South Australia, and driven by the (admittedly incredibly weak) excuse that we wanted to break up our flight from Brisbane to Perth. Call it a nearly two week layover, if you will… The Amazing And Truly Excellent BirdContinue reading “Adelaide to Port Augusta Trip, Oct 2023”
Mt Isa Long Weekend, Sep 2023
It may not be everyone’s cup of tea to jet away to the outback town of Mt Isa for a long weekend. It’s generally hot and there isn’t a whole lot to do as a tourist in the area – it is largely a mining town, after all. But there are some pretty cool birdsContinue reading “Mt Isa Long Weekend, Sep 2023”
Red Centre Trip, Jun 2023
We took a winter trip to the “Red Centre” – Alice Springs and surrounds, and down to Uluru and Kata Tjuta – from June 9 to 22, 2023, to see what birds we could find. If this area conjures up images of the desert in your mind, you’re not far off – it’s arid allContinue reading “Red Centre Trip, Jun 2023”
NSW Coast and Hunter Valley Trip, Easter 2023
It was supposed to be a trip that was pretty light on birding, and more filled with good food and wine, and of course copious amounts of Easter treats. But somehow we saw a ton of birds along the way (“the way” being Brisbane down the coast to Newcastle and then inland to the HunterContinue reading “NSW Coast and Hunter Valley Trip, Easter 2023”
South-West WA Trip Jan 2023
Due to its geographical isolation, south-west WA has a lot of lovely endemic birds (including some from recent taxonomic splits), so we couldn’t wait to head there for an extended birding holiday. The idea was to trace a clockwise circuit starting and ending at Perth, heading far out east to Esperance and working our wayContinue reading “South-West WA Trip Jan 2023”
Cairns-Daintree-Julatten Christmas trip, 2022
You know you’re a pair of tragic-level birders when one gets the other a Christmas present consisting of a 5 day trip to far north Queensland in summer to see birds… oh well, life is tough, isn’t it? We simply do what we must. Straight off the plane and into birding is how we doContinue reading “Cairns-Daintree-Julatten Christmas trip, 2022”
Canberra Trip, Nov 2022
Canberra! Some say it’s the nation’s capital. A city of students and public servants, with a reputation for being kind of boring, and bloody cold to boot. But what if – hypothetically – you undertook a super-impulsive last-minute long weekend birding trip there? Would it be… worthwhile? Where would you go and what birds wouldContinue reading “Canberra Trip, Nov 2022”
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