hey everyone, you have it the wrong way around…if Paul was watching at 3pm in Brisbane, then that would be 4pm daylight saving time in NSW, so it would have been race 6 at Rosehill…cheers martin cachard > Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 13:25:52 +1100 > From: cgregory123@gmail.com > To: birding-aus@birding-aus.org > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Fw: ‘Black headed gull’ at Randwick actually Rosehill, NSW today > > Confusing to say the least. Race times are quoted where the race is run not > where it is watched. The Hobartville Stakes was in fact Race 6 at Rosehill > (Sydney) and was run at 4 pm and not 2pm EST or 3pm if viewed in Brisbane. > It was won by a horse called “Dissident”. There was a flock of Straw-necked > Ibis on the course and no gulls I could see. Does this help – probably not! > > Cheers > Chris Gregory > > > > On 2 March 2014 10:11, Mike Carter <pterodroma@bigpond.com> wrote: > > > Paul sent the following excuse! > > > > Mike Carter > > 30 Canadian Bay Road > > Mount Eliza VIC 3930 > > Tel (03) 9787 7136 > > > > From: “Paul Walbridge” <Paul.Walbridge@health.qld.gov.au> > > To: “Mike Carter” <pterodroma@bigpond.com> > > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 8:02 AM > > Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] ‘Black headed gull’ at Randwick, NSW today > > > > > > Hi Mike, people seem to forget that I was watching from Brisbane and the > > race concerned was the Hobartville Stakes at 3 pm so 2 pm Eastern Summer > > Time. The birds in question flew up just for a second just after the horses > > turned for home in the straight. Cheers – Paul. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Birding-Aus mailing list > > Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org > > To change settings or unsubscribe visit: > > http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Birding-Aus mailing list > Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org > To change settings or unsubscribe visit: > http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org