HI Everybody, I am currently stranded at the homestead of Etadunna Station staying with friends who are managers here.  It rained here fairly solidly for about 24 hours  with about 16mm of rain.  Further up the Track and over toward Innaminka they got about 60mm. It was treacherous to even walk anywhere here yesterday afternoon, … Read more

I spent a couple of weeks on the Wallaby Track travelling from Brisbane to Darwin in early August. The original intention was to go via the Plenty Highway, but a rain event led to a re-route via the Gulf of Carpentaria. In summary * Good road conditions through Windorah [lots of water beside the road … Read more

I have just returned from a 2-week, 5,900 km drive from Melbourne to Tibooburra, Noccundra, Innanminka, Cameron Corner, Lyndhurst, Adelaide and return. The trip had two purposes, one to see the Cooper Creek Country looking green/with dry country birds and the other to try for the third time to see Letter-winged Kites on the Strzelecki … Read more

I was surprised to see a Spectacled Monarch in the closed canopy section of the Roma St Parklands in Brisbane today. They are more of a summer bird around here, and definitely not a species I would expect to see in inner Brisbane [1 km from the GPO]. Regards, Laurie. =============================== To unsubscribe from this … Read more

Last week I had guests aboard who had recently taken a barramundi fishing expedition from Horn Island in Torres Strait southwards along western CapeYork to the Skardon River. They fished in most of the streams and daily they encountered the problem of Rainbow Bee-eaters chasing fishing flies being cast for Barramundi and Saratoga. Apparently there … Read more