Month: May 2016

G’day Subscribers While we were away for two weeks my webmail mailbox at Optus filled up with 550 spam e-mails and so jammed the system up. That is now cleared so if you had sent swift sightings, but could not get through, please try again. Once I get some more I will work on the … Read more

When I lived in Brisbane and bought a Toyota land cruiser in 1981 that was put together in the NT, it had dark tinting. I don’t know about keeping cooler (probably helped). As for the observation of wildlife from the vehicle I think that a fairly unimportant issue. Hard to imagine why that would make … Read more

Greetings, I am purchasing a new vehicle and it has been recommended to me that here in the tropics it is worth having the darkest tinting available to reduce heat in the car. My question is how disturbing if at all is that to the observation of wildlife from the vehicle? Regards, Alan Alan’s Wildlife … Read more

It has been reported to members of our committee that some birders from Sydney have been trying to gain access to Tallawarra Ash Ponds by claiming that they are members of Illawarra Birders. Tallawarra is a restricted site which is owned by Energy Australia and entry is not permitted to the general public. Any person … Read more