The Arid Lands is a great spot for birds, native plants, ( including a small nursery ) plus cafe/coffee shop and giftshop. We always drop in en route to the North, nowadays usually for coffee.
Some years ago we found, among others, REDTHROAT there after dipping elsewhere, ELEGANT PARROT, and at the Northern end of the park where it meets the upper end of Flinders Gulf, burrowing WHITE-BACKED SWALLOWS.
Took most of a morning, covered most of the park.
Mochael
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> From: Bill Stent < billstent@gmail.com>
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> Hi people, Bill here
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> I’m going to Lake Acraman (er, in South Australia) soon, and I’ll be driving
> through Port Augusta on about the 12th of April, and maybe staying the night
> there.
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> I’ve heard that there’s a good park there for birds: the Australian Arid
> Lands Botanic Gardens.
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> Can anyone tell me anything about this place, including its specialities?
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> as a starting point try this
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> Martin Butterfield
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>> On Tue, 19 Mar 2019 at 15:05, Bill Stent < billstent@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi people, Bill here
>>
>> I’m going to Lake Acraman (er, in South Australia) soon, and I’ll be
>> driving
>> through Port Augusta on about the 12th of April, and maybe staying the
>> night
>> there.
>>
>> I’ve heard that there’s a good park there for birds: the Australian Arid
>> Lands Botanic Gardens.
>>
>> Can anyone tell me anything about this place, including its specialities?
>>
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> From: Anthea Fleming < flambeau@labyrinth.net.au>
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> Hi there Bill,
> Whatever you do, don’t miss the Arid Lands Garden! They very
> sensibly open at 6.00 am, so if you stop in Port A. overnight, you can
> see it while the light is good and birds are active. Don’t know what
> it’s like at present after so much drought, but I photo’d Wedgebill,
> White-browed Babblers, and lots of honeyeaters. Fascinating native bees
> in the Eremophilas. Stumpytail lizards strolling about. Plants great
> too. They have a cafe so you could have breakfast. Plus lots more I
> would have to look up in my diary.
> We were there in 2016, after a trip to Lake Eyre for non-birding
> purposes (celebrating 50th Anniversary of Donald Campbell’s Land Speed
> Record, for which Brian’s Car Club provided the timing team.) No birds
> at Lake Eyre at all.
> I didn’t think very much of the Port A. Caravan Park, very dry and
> dusty, but we were only there for one night.
> Have a great trip,
> Best wishes,
> Anthea Fleming
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>> On 19/03/2019 2:52 PM, Bill Stent wrote:
>> Hi people, Bill here
>>
>> I’m going to Lake Acraman (er, in South Australia) soon, and I’ll be
>> driving through Port Augusta on about the 12th of April, and maybe
>> staying the night there.
>>
>> I’ve heard that there’s a good park there for birds: the Australian
>> Arid Lands Botanic Gardens.
>>
>> Can anyone tell me anything about this place, including its specialities?
>>
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> Bill.
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> Here?s the ebird hotspot list for the above.
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> Cheers,
> Sue
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