We had a rainy night last night and it had continued on and off all day, with a stiff wind and solid grey skies for most of the time. the day was heavy and humid. Our wet gear wasn’t drying despite lots of wind. We started the day cleaning up the puddles on the topContinue reading “8/8/21 Cape Range-rain and snorkelling.”
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7/8/21 Yardie Creek and Drift Snorkel at Turquoise Bay
We enjoyed the overcast day because the sun didn’t come shining in at stupid-o-clock. Our progress was greatly slowed when Trevor recognised a white-winged fairy wren near the campsite and we took quite a while watching and photographing a number of them before we decided to get on our way. We made our way downContinue reading “7/8/21 Yardie Creek and Drift Snorkel at Turquoise Bay”
4/8/21 Emu Creek to Exmouth
We spent a lazy morning by the river, enjoying our peaceful spot and knowing that we would not be able to check in to the caravan park in Exmouth until after 2 pm. We headed out of the station by a different way, but soon joined up with the main highway, following along towards Exmouth.Continue reading “4/8/21 Emu Creek to Exmouth”
21/7/21. Birds and Broome.
We were up early to go on the shorebirds tour at the BBO (Broome Bird Observatory) which started at 7am. Ben, the current volunteer there took his 5 charges along with 3 spotting scopes along the track to 3 different spots. At each spot he stopped and jumped out to check if the rest ofContinue reading “21/7/21. Birds and Broome.”
20/7/21 Birdwood Downs to Broome
Al and Zita had managed to get in touch with the Horizontal Falls people. Apparently they have a mechanical breakdown with a pump but offered us a change to a rather different tour on Monday 26th instead of the cancelled one on Thursday 22nd. We’ve booked in for this so now we have to findContinue reading “20/7/21 Birdwood Downs to Broome”
17/7/21 Windjana to Fitzroy Crossing
We started the day with a walk on the “Savannah Walk” before we headed down the road for Tunnel Creek. It was fascinating to see all of those bower birds pop out of the bush again once the campers moved out. At tunnel creek we changed into our swimming gear and head torches to makeContinue reading “17/7/21 Windjana to Fitzroy Crossing”
16/7/21 Mount Hart to Windjana Gorge
We had a quiet start despite a very early wake up ( compliments of the small noisy children camping next to us). Al and Zita had already gone when we went past the resort on our way out. We passed them quite a long way along the GRR just as we were thinking about morningContinue reading “16/7/21 Mount Hart to Windjana Gorge”
14/7 Silent Grove to Mount Hart
We had great views of a long tailed finch this morning in the campground and a rainbow bee eater was also quite keen to show himself off at close quarters. How lucky were we! We packed up at a leisurely pace and headed off up the track for the last 10km or so. The trackContinue reading “14/7 Silent Grove to Mount Hart”
13/7 Mornington to Silent Grove
We had breakfast with the birds at the space we now consider our private birding spot. Sure enough, after some quiet waiting ,the crimson finches were there with us, along with some paperbark flycatchers and a brief view of the purple crowned wrens before all went quiet again. We have learned to tell the blackContinue reading “13/7 Mornington to Silent Grove”
12/7/21 A day at Mornington
This morning I went on a morning walk, determined to find some purple crowned wrens. I did find them, but photographing them was a whole other challenge. I also found lots of scarlet finches plus bower bird with white and green bower busily doing his housework. On my return I joined Trevor on the riverbankContinue reading “12/7/21 A day at Mornington”
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