Spectacular birds - fabulous light! This was one of the highlights of our Flinders Ranges adventure.

This drive is well worth taking - it provides a diversion on the Nullarbor crossing, and more than that, it's remote and compelling...we saw a black-treated buzzard!

Pink cockatoos were the big attraction for my visit to Eyre Bird Observatory on the remote Western Australian coast - but I was a bit daunted by the drive in (I didn't want to get bogged on the sandy track - what a drama!). But I had an excellent co-pilot....I signed up for Keith Lightbody's bird photography course, and Keith kindly came out to the scarp and drove in with me. What's more, the course was brilliant, and the birds....superb! What an adventure!

I was inspired to compose a picture of the male and female King Parrots together from two separate photographs Beverley took of them feasting in the same  tree. ​

We'd heard about this birders' Mecca for so long, and we'd made the trek from Melbourne to South East Queensland via the Pacific Highway - and now we were set to arrive at O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat...would it be worth it?

Our house-sitter was comfortably installed and Agnes the pussy cat was nestled in. It was 9 September and we were off in the Troopy for our next adventure: a spin across Gippsland to Mallacoota on the eastern edge of Victoria, then north up the Pacific coast past Sydney to Lamington National Park in southern Queensland. 

Last week, I had the best time birding in Corner Country - that's around the town of Tibooburra (great spot!), Fort Grey Campground and Cameron Corner, the point where Qld meets SA meets NSW. Bourkes parrots, crimson chats and a million budgies were among the rewards - oh, and the magnificent flora-laden landscape. Magic!

Just recently I had the opportunity to see these stunning Bourke's Parrots engage in nuptial feeding. 

The fourth leg of my big roadtrip included the Western Australian goldfields, the Nullarbor after the big rains, and quite a tour around Eyre Peninsula. Best of all, I had a friend on board.

Having finished my course at the Broome Bird Observatory, it was time to start the long journey home to Melbourne. Many unexpected life changes happened during that time...including more intense heat, and a million flies!

For some time, I had been eyeing off the courses at Broome Bird Observatory from the cool climes of Melbourne. I decided to do one, and not just fly in and out, but drive there, as you do (and as I did - see recent blogs for details of that drive). It was to be a five-day live in adventure, focusing on the birds of the Broome region.

In spring 2023 I set out to drive from Melbourne to south-west WA, then up to Broome (check out this blog if you missed that leg of the adventure). By mid-September I was driving from Perth to Broome via the heart of the mighty Pilbara. It was harder than I anticipated....

I recently did a bird photography workshop with Shelley Pearson at Wooleen Station in the West Australian outback. I learnt so much - and not just about bird photography.

Spring had sprung, and this was the first leg of a big adventure: Melbourne to Broome return, via South-West Western Australia...and such an adventure it was even though everything didn't go to plan. Here is an account of the first leg from Melbourne up to Lake Cullerleraine in Victoria's far west corner, through South Australia and the Eyre Peninsula, savouring the Nullarbor and the Great Western Woodlands, and on to the South-West of WA via Esperance. 

We recently toured the Northern Territory with Luke Paterson (NT Bird Specialists). The marketing promised a finch frenzy - but Luke delivered plenty more! This was a great value experience. Read on to find out more.

We've been hearing about Lee Point, and the threat from land clearing, from afar, but while we were in Darwin, we thought we'd take a look for ourselves. It truly looks like a bird Mecca worth defending.

I recently blogged about my splendid days at Kilcowera Station. Seeing the Bourke's parrots there was the highlight...but here's why this was one of my best and worst bird photography experiences to date.