While working out in the Great Victoria Desert a few years back, my Aboriginal coworker suddenly yelled ‘Turkey!’, stopped the ute in a hail of dust and stones and reached into the back for his gun. The Turkey turned out to be an Australian Bustard and after a fair few misses Richard brought it down. … Read more
The vagrant Franklin’s Gull has been at Lake Barambah in south-east Queensland now for two weeks. I saw it this morning and on each of the four days I was in the area, which has a nice selection of other birds and mammals on offer. Pictures and more info here: http://tinyurl.com/kdb6mw4 Greg Roberts _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus … Read more
Is anyone seeing mixed flocks of White-throated Needletails and woodswallows? This morning I saw 30+ WTNT over my place at Nethercote, Far South Coast, NSW, circling and generally heading south with something else intermingled. They were VERY high and only when I got the binocs on them could I see there were 40+ others apart … Read more
Hi Peter, There is no fee to walk past the homestead to the beach where one could walk around Point Cook to the north and on up to the mouth of the creek. I think there is a fee if you want to see inside the homestead. The gate to the Point Cook area and … Read more