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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…
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North-West QLD 2025 – Getting There
A long awaited trip to North-west Queensland finally came to be. My destination was the Gregory River to participate in the 50th anniversary Gregory River Canoe Race with a couple of weeks break to explore the region. Day 1 –…
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Coomera River Weir – 10 May 2020
A couple of hours at the Coomera River Weir proved rewarding with some nice closeup action. The young Striated Heron in particular was not fazed by our presence coming up very close.
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…