What's pelagic birding? Pelagic birds live mostly on the open ocean, and if you want to see them, you sign on for a pelagic trip, and take a boat well out to sea. I did just that last weekend on the Port Fairy Pelagic. If you're thinking about it, here's what my experience was like...
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We headed to Port Fairy for a pelagic trip in early Feb, and we managed to visit some new places. Here are some of them...
No wonder this place has been used as a film set - Winton Wetlands is one of our (many) favourite places, and the wildlife and the scenery on this sizzling summer day were haunting.
There are plenty of eastern grey kangaroos near Winton Wetlands, and sadly, many are roadkill. We stopped to move one poor freshly killed mum off the road, and then noticed a paw moving in the pouch. Here's what happened, and what we learnt about what to do next time.
What a nature haven in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne! We had a delightful morning, marvelling at the birds, the trees and flowers, and all the sights and sounds this lovely walk has to offer.
We thought we'd try and get a break from Melbourne's incessant rain by heading down to Portland for a spin, and especially to see the Australasian gannet colony. Well, it was worth the drive, even if the rain followed us.
Make fun while the sun shines... and our walk at The Briars, a place that was new for us down on the Mornington Peninsula, really was picture perfect.
You never know what you'll see when you go to the Western Treatment Plant - on this day, the visit was aimed at seeing the new family of brolga chicks, but they were busy. But their relatives, and a falcon, were in full flight mode.
During our quick visit to the Mallee last week, we spent a day at Murray-Sunset. More precisely, Pink Lakes. What a great place!
Spring has sprung so we decided a trip to the Mallee (and a maiden voyage for the Troopy) would be a great thing to do - and it was: here's what we found at Wyperfeld, Hattah-Kulkyne and Murray-Sunset National parks....until the rain stopped us.
If you follow our blog you'll know we just did a birding trip driving to Cape York from Melbourne, and we've been pondering 4WD and camping options for more remote drives. Well, we have acquired a Troopy, and we plan to make it into a tiny house as well...
Just when the weather feels at its worst in Melbourne, our skies and trees are brightened by the return of the lovely yellow-tailed black cockatoos. Here's some footage and pics of those we've seen this week...enjoy!
Just over 9000kms, two months of travel, a ton of new lifers and we're home. Here we reflect on our birding adventure, what we learned and what we'll do differently - or not - next time! We'd love to hear your thoughts.
BEVERLEYReporting in from Glenrowan, Ned Kelly's last stand We've been wanting to spend some time with gang gangs in the wild for ages, and so we've been watching social media bird postings to see where and when they are most likely to appear. All messages and roads pointed to Glenrowan, a couple of hours north of Melbourne on the Hume Highway.
Glenrowan is a gorgeous little town, very much focused on its tourist attraction of the history of Ned's last stand. So you will see. Ned Kellys everywhere! But the great thing is that just five minutes out of town is the Glenrowan Tourist Park, and that's where you can see the ganggangs - and we did! Three hours north of Melbourne, these wetlands did not disappoint...especially in the raptor department.
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