Tasmanian Trip Report (Contains OBP References)

I did a driving trip to and round Tasmania over the year end. Thanks to the advice and assistance provided by John and Shirley Tongue I was well informed and did some interesting birding. As the Spirit of Tasmania runs day time crossings between Melbourne and Devonport during the summer school holidays, I was able … Read more

Trip report – Darwin in the wet

Except it wasn’t all that wet. We had just a couple of light showers apart from a bucketing on the Arnhem Highway. Very hot and steamy of course. It seems a lot of birds make themselves scarce at this time of year. We saw 2 Radjah Shelduck up a tree but no other ducks at … Read more