paul

Actually you DO have warranty. The problem is that if you buy overseas for most brands the local agent or distributor will not honour the overseas warranty. What this means is that you must send your goods back to the country of origin for warranty work. I know that some manufacturers will honour warranty on … Read more

Actually Bintel’s price is only about $300 more than you can buy them in the US at the moment. Forgetting all the pro- and anti-GST arguments, the shipping and insurance from the US would cost about $120-$150 – so for a small premium, you are getting a local warranty and supporting a local company. I … Read more

Hi Steve, White-throated Nightjar – best spot is the “helipad” in Bunyip State Park (an easy drive from Narre Warren North). Follow the Princes Highway west through Berwick and Pakenham and exit north at Tynong North Road. Follow this until it intersects with Gembrook-Tonimbuk Road and turn left (east). Turn right (north) onto Link Road. … Read more

Hi All, There was an interesting article and video on the plight of the Orange-bellied Parrot and the recovery efforts at Melaleuca in Tasmania. http://www.theage.com.au/environment/conservation/holding-the-fate-of-a-spec ies-in-caring-hands-20110128-1a8fm.html =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================

Hi all, Frank O’Connor called me at around 5pm to say that he’d just seen the Stilt Sandpiper at the Western Treatment Plant. The bird was on the rocks on the far (northern) side of the Austin Lagoon. The bird was see on rocks on the eastern side and then flew to rocks on the … Read more