Summary: Pleasant easy walk with really good birds Date of visit: Feb 2, 201 [A stop on the Tasmania, Jan-Feb 2021 trip] Cape Queen Elizabeth Track is an out-and-back 12km day walk on North Bruny Island, just north of The Neck which separates North Bruny from South Bruny. We only did the 2.5km from the main roadContinue reading “Cape Queen Elizabeth Walk, Feb 2021”
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Fluted Cape and Bruny Island Cruises, Feb 2021
Summary: A compact area with varied and worthwhile birding opportunities including cape and forest walking and a worthwhile boat cruise Date of visit: 1 Feb 2021 [A stop on the Tasmania, Jan-Feb 2021 trip] If you find yourself at Adventure Bay, on the eastern side of South Bruny Island, not only are you in a very picturesqueContinue reading “Fluted Cape and Bruny Island Cruises, Feb 2021”
Cape Bruny, Jan 2021
Summary: Some good birding options with scenery on South Bruny Island Date of visit: Jan 31, 2021 [A stop on the Tasmania Trip, Jan-Feb 2021 trip] Cape Bruny is at the far south-west of South Bruny Island in Tasmania and features a couple of sights of interest to birders (and tourists and bushwalkers): Cape Bruny Lighthouse, andContinue reading “Cape Bruny, Jan 2021”
Inala Reserve – Jurassic Garden, Jan 2021
Summary: Renowned private conservation reserve with amazing birdlife Date of visit: Jan 30, 2021 [A stop on the Tasmania Trip, Jan-Feb 2021 trip] I only spent an hour and a half at Inala Reserve on Bruny Island, but it was one of the best short birding sessions I’ve ever had. And little wonder: the site boasts 95Continue reading “Inala Reserve – Jurassic Garden, Jan 2021”
Saintys Creek and Cloudy Bay, Jan 2021
Summary: Good place for endemic honeyeaters and coastal birds on South Bruny Island Dates of visits: Jan 29-31, 2021 [A stop on the Tasmania Trip, Jan-Feb 2021 trip] Saintys Creek and Cloudy Bay lie at the south end of South Bruny Island in Tasmania. It’s rather a long way south, with not much standing in the way betweenContinue reading “Saintys Creek and Cloudy Bay, Jan 2021”
Tasmania Trip, Jan-Feb 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic made travelling fraught with anxiety and we’d booked a Tasmanian trip months in advance only to have the state close its borders when it came time to fly there. Fortunately the scare passed and they opened up to interstate visitors literally the week we were to travel… so off we went! BrunyContinue reading “Tasmania Trip, Jan-Feb 2021”
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