Hi all,
With all the talk about going to the outback this year, including mine, I want to remind people of the Ashmore Reef trip. This year it is 16th to 23rdOctober (I believe) and 2 of my birding friends are booked on it. But it seems there are still a couple of places available.
I did the trip last year and only wish I could do it again (other birds to see this year). The boat is large, comfortable and you can either sleep in an air-conditioned cabin or in one of four bunks on the main deck. I chose the main deck because it was closer to the action. The food was brilliant and the company better.
The other thing that never gets mentioned is the snorkelling. I have been to Malaysia and the Great Barrier Reef and the lagoon at Ashmore leaves them both for dead. Huge, brightly coloured corals, turtles, fish, giant clams etc etc etc. It is superb! Take a mask and snorkle – flippers too if you want but I didn’t and found I didn’t need them. It is all so compact that I just drifted from place to place on the tide and didn’t miss a thing.
Do I have shares in the boat or a commission on sales? No, I just want to make sure the trip goes ahead and my two friends get to experience it all.
Oh, and like the outback at the moment – the sea birds are in flocks of many many thousands.
Cheers
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Here here. Ashmore is one of the best birding trips in Australia.
Here’s a brief article with links to trip reports from two previous trips: http://bird-o.com/2010/03/24/ashmore-reef-2010/
I’d strongly recommend this trip to anyone – it’s well worth the money. You’re also be contributing to important data on a region that’s hardly visited and is increasingly threatened by oil and gas work (the Montara Oil field spill was a classic example of the risks posed).
Regards,
Simon Mustoe.
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