Summary: Large suburban park with a few excellent bird habitats Date of visit: Sep 26, 2020 Schuster Park is a sprawling suburban park on the Gold Coast set along the Tallebudgera Creek. It was previously part of a dairy farm owned by Joe Schuster and his family, and is approximately 68 hectares in size. BestContinue reading “Schuster Park, Sep 2020”
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Pimpana River Conservation Area, Sep 2020
Summary: Troublesome to explore, rarely visited, swampy location with some decent birds and maddening mosquitoes Date of visit: Sep 20, 2020 Another well-off-the-beaten-track birding area today, Pimpana River Conservation Park, which lies at the northern end of the city of the Gold Coast. ‘Twas a rainy, gloomy day. A friend and I drove to KerkinContinue reading “Pimpana River Conservation Area, Sep 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”
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”
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