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North-West QLD 2025 – Winton Day 1
North-West QLD 2025 – Winton Day 1 My first few day stop on my trip was at Winton, I arrived pretty late in to Winton on the first night so grabbed a room at the hotel. A bit expensive but I needed a quick solution and allowed me to grab a parmi for dinner. Winton…
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Port of Brisbane – 3 January 2019
The sighting of three birds I hadn’t seen at the Port of Brisbane the Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Asian Dowitcher and Long-toed Stint along with the Kelp Gull at Wellington Point prompted me to have a look on the way back from a trip to the Sunshine Coast. The Port of Brisbane was the first port of…
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Binna Burra – 18 December 2018
It had been a long time since I had visited Binna Burra so I headed up early one morning. With a forecast for potential rain and an ever increasing fog as I got closer it was not looking that promising. On arrival the skies cleared a little bit and I was able to see a…
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Tinchi Tamba – 19 October 2018
I had to go to the Sunshine Coast for a weekend training trip so decided to take the Friday for a photography day. My plan was to check out Tinchi Tamba on the North side of Brisbane early in the morning and then make my way to Bribie Island for the night. Unfortunately a change…
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Arundel Wetlands – 15 June 2018
An interesting morning at Arundel Wetlands with 50 birds photographed and one new lifer. On the waterholes the usual species were seen. With no wind about the water was very calm. The Australasian Grebe is a very common little water bird at the Arundel Wetlands. I like how this shot shows how…
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Arundel Wetlands – 5 May 2018
I had received word that Pink-eared Duck had been seen at the Arundel Wetlands so took it as a good opportunity for a quick morning visit to my local patch. As I arrived there were the usual birds around with the highlights being a Spangled Drongo and a Olive-backed Oriole. One of the easy…
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Northern Territory Trip 4 – (Heading Home) – 11-12 April 2018
After an enjoyable few days at King Ash Bay it was time to commence the journey home. We were running on a pretty tight deadline trying to get home in 3 days so there was not a lot of stops. With plenty of time I could have taken a month to get home 🙂 We…
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Northern Territory Trip 3 – (King Ash Bay) – 8-10 April 2018
The second main location for our trip was King Ash Bay. With hot showers, toilets, a bistro and a shop it was like moving up to luxury standards. It was great camping a bit more remotely but there is something to be said for a hot shower, especially when you don’t have to worry about…
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Northern Territory Trip 2 – (Manangoora) – 3 April 2018
After a nice little drive we arrived at our first major destination, a cattle station called Manangoora which provides basic camping spots on the river. Camping spots were pretty basic, just a bit of ground that the grass had been slashed. You need to bring your own everything including fresh water, the toilet was a hole…
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Northern Territory Trip 1 – (Hervey Bay to Manangoora) – 30 March 2018
I had wanted to do a fishing trip up to the Northern Territory for a long time and finally I got the opportunity. With most people shutting their businesses due to the Commonwealth Games being on the Gold Coast I did the same shutting the dojo and taking 2 weeks to do a boys trip…