 There's nothing like a photo-bombing pelican to take your mind of things...but Forster is such a relaxing haven, even this didn't raise our blood pressure! Here are few glimpses of the birds we saw in the exquisite surrounds of Forster.
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 While we had a few days in Forster, we made the most of the road south through the lakes area to explore the national parks and other sites of interest - the birds did not disappoint, and the scenery was exquisite. Read on for a quick recap of our visits to Booti Booti NP, Lake Myall and Seal Rocks, and Coomba Park. Paradise!
 It's always fun to see a lifer, and this was our first sighting of the regent bowerbird - a female, as it happens. We were visiting the fabulous Copeland Tops near Gloucester NSW a couple of months back.
 In mid-March 23, we headed up to the small town of Gloucester, north of Sydney, and inland from Forster-Tuncurry. We were on a mission to have our Troopy kitted out by Drifta (more on that shortly). This was our very first trip to this spectacular area - so we made sure we visited at least one of the standout areas in the nearby hinterland: Copeland Tops.
 This is going to be a difficult selection - there's so much birdlife to enjoy in Tassie - but here goes with our five best peak bird experiences: what we saw and where! Seeing the Tassie wedge-tailed eagle up close was the best.
 This little beauty made our day at Mount Field National Park. What a brilliant finish to our trip to Tasmania.
 We stayed at Strawbale Cottage where miniature ponies live. Those were two of the four fabulous things about this place! But there was much more...
 Peter Murrell Reserves stretch across several suburbs south of Hobart - Kingston, Tinderbox and Blackmans Bay. We visited the area closest to Kingston, and reckon it was one of the best birding spots we visited in Tassie...
 We recently spent two nights at the Inala Private Reserve on South Bruny Island, off Tasmania. Not easy to get to (ferry across to the island, drive to south of island...pretty remote). Was it worth the effort? Absolutely! We loved the birdlife, flora and fauna, and so many serene spaces. Go there if you can. If you can't, here's a glimpse of what we experienced.
 We set out for a quiet wander along the Grass Point Track at Adventure Bay on Bruny Island, looking for robins and bush birds. Then we heard a cacophony of raucous calls which when we approached the shore turned out to be the razzle dazzle of a tern rookery amid a feeding frenzy.
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