The new State Government up here in Qld won the election with a 5 step plan. Step 3 includes “we will open up National Parks so that all Queenslanders can enjoy them”. I wondered what that meant when I first read it – we’ve personally been to nearly all N.P.s for our birdwatching and never … Read more
Hi I’m after any information about birding around the Duchess area of NW Qld. Plus also any info about Duchess itself. I know there is the pub there, and nothing else. Google Earth is useful. I’ve been birding along the Cloncurry – Duchess Road in 1995 and saw grasswrens around 30 km (I think) along … Read more
Further to this discussion, I was in Daintree for a few days last week and a CBC was squawking its head off there one afternoon. Being mid-year, I couldn’t work out if it was very early or very late in either arriving or departing. Daintree, of course, is far closer to their usual wintering grounds … Read more
Hello Birding-Aus people, The question of so called “conservation hunting” has been well addressed by the Invasive Species Council of Australia. A paper by Dr Carol Booth of the Invasive Species Council researches the matter well. See:http://www.invasives.org.au/documents/file/reports/Critique_IsHuntingConservation.pdf We taxpayers through the NSW Government subsidise the Shooters via the NSW Game Council to the tune of … Read more
Hello Birding-Aus people, The prospect of people with guns being allowed to shoot in NSW National Parks continues to be a big worry. The Shooters appear to have convinced the NSW Government that recreational hunting can be useful in feral animal control. This argument is well refuted in an article in The Conversation today by … Read more