Ausers, Had a work trip up to the Mt Isa area last week and managed to spend a successful weekend chasing a few local specialities. – Happy to confirm that the Kalkadoon Grasswren was easily seen ‘between the tanks’ at the end of Pamela road in town – Carpentarian Grasswrens were seen on two mornings at KM 8 along MacNamara road.details left in the book in the marker cairn – Spinifex Pigeons seen all over – Spinifex Bird heard and seen along Gordon Road – Black-eared Cuckoo at Mica Creek Missing were the finches. There had been substantial rain the past few days and there was water everywhere. Only Zebras, Double-barred and Chestnut-breasted Manikin were spotted. Other locals specialities seen at multiple spots: Budgies, Cockatiel, Concurry Ring-neck, Paperbark Flycatcher, Golden-backed Honeyeater (Black-chinned) A bit about Gordon Road (my name due to the sign at the turn off). I found this the best birding road around and not mentioned in any of the trip reports. MacNamarra was busy with mining and road works activity and in comparison, the road to Mt Gordon (about 12 K’s S of MacNamara) had lots of different habitats and very little traffic. In addition to the Spinifex Birds, I had Red-backed FW, Variegated FW, Black-tailed Tree-creeper, Spotted Bowerbird, Crested Bellbird, Little, Masked, Dusky and Black-faced Woodswallows, Yellow-throated Miner, Grey-fronted and Grey-headed Honeyeater, Silver-crowned Friarbird and heaps more. Euro were at multiple places, Freshie at Lake Moondara, Perentie and Purple-necked Rock-Wallaby at Phosphate Hill, and a few cool frogs as well: Cyclorana australis, Litoria Rubella, Plactyplectrum ornatus, Litoria caerulea Happy to share details if anyone wants them, however all the gen was gleaned off the web but took GPS points anyway. Cheers, Roger Roger McNeill Samford SEQ