Begin forwarded message: From: Bill Stent <billstent@gmail.com>Date: 4 January 2019 at 5:47:51 pm AEDTTo: Paul Doyle <paulodoyle@optusnet.com.au>Cc: birding-aus NEW <birding-aus@birding-aus.org>Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Vanguard telescope Paul We do sell them here, the HD82A, with a 20-60 eyepiece. We don’t have one in stock, you’ll have to wait until Wednesday or so. Come in and you can … Read more
A big thank you to the people who took the time to give me some tips on where to find birds etc during my two weeks in Anglesea, your advice was certainly appreciated. Special thanks to Greg Buzza who came down from Melbourne to show us around the Western Treatment Plant, and how good … Read more
I have completed an oil painting entitled 'Stephanie's Astrapia at Ambua'. It is an oil painting on board (900×600). It is framed and for sale for $6000. Anyone interested in this painting can email me privately and I will attach a photograph of the painting to a reply email. Geoff Ryan
Congratulations to wildlife journalist, Rachel Fetherston, for her very good article titled "Striking Out", published in the January/February 2019 issue of Australian Geographic. Rachel’s article discusses why birds collide with windows, the extent of the problem worldwide, Australian species most at risk, and how we can help reduce the problem. I had the privilege of … Read more
Hi all, I recently had a look at a friend’s Vanguard Endeavour 8×42 binos, a brand I was not familiar with, and was very impressed with the clarity of the image, relative to the price. He had picked them up when he lived in the US, and apparently, the Vanguards are mostly marketed to the … Read more