Hi All, once again Southport saw the year out with a bang and it was a particularly pleasant day out on the Blue Paddock, our interstate visitors particularly impressed. Location: Southport, Queensland Date: 15/12/2012 Vessel: 37 ft monohull, MV Grinner Crew: Craig Newton (skipper) Pax:m Paul Walbridge (leader & organiser), Brian Russell, Rob, Morris, Jon … Read more
I replied off line to the original post. I had cataract surgery on both eyes and lens replaced. Perfect vision and can read computer screen and anything printed on good quality paper. Newsprint or anything using paper where the ink has a furry edge to the print is difficult. No trouble with digital SLR. Optometrist … Read more
If you log into Eremaea, you can select species for which you want to receive alerts. Whenever someone enters those species into a *survey*, you get an email. It doesn’t work for Birdline entries though, which is a pity, given that it runs on the same system. I wonder if it would be possible to … Read more
I have recently been lamenting the lack of sightings of Australian Crake in SE Qld, (in fact, I haven’t seen one in our great state since the late-eighties!) today whilst attempting (in vain) to find Plum-headed Finch in the Lockyer Valley, Birding-Aus *Victorian* regular Dave Torr spotted one at Lake Galetley in the UQ grounds … Read more
Hello Peter, Your doctor will ask you what sort of lenses you want put in, either to optimise short or long sight. I didn’t know you could get multifocal ones – I don’t like them in ordinary glasses, they affect my peripheral vision. I have had replacement eye lenses to optimise long sight for about … Read more