Gilgandra to Uralla

Gilgandra Flora Reserve was our first stop today. It was a bit cool and windy but we had a nice wander. There was plenty of colour and a few birds making interesting calls. We did identify a Spiny cheeked honey eater although we didn’t get a decent photo. Couldn’t figure out what the second birdContinue reading “Gilgandra to Uralla”

27/8/21 – Heading for the Stirling Ranges

This was pretty much a rainy and cold day from start to finish. We decided to just have our rain jackets ready and see how we went. When I started planning for this big trip the Stirling Ranges was a place that I already had in my head as somewhere I really wanted to getContinue reading “27/8/21 – Heading for the Stirling Ranges”

19/8/21 – More and more wildflowers

We had a big day ahead of us and headed for Mullawa again, where Al and Zita had stayed the night and were holding our frozen meals for us to pick up. After a pleasant visit with them we were on our way again. We headed down the road towards Morawa (the red route) ,Continue reading “19/8/21 – More and more wildflowers”

Camping at Mambray Creek

July 2020 We had the chance to take a few days out and get away from it all at Mambray Creek recently. We had driven past and even dropped in once, but had never stayed there before and can highly recommend it. Mambray Creek Campground is one of the campgrounds in the Mount Remarkable NationalContinue reading “Camping at Mambray Creek”

Day 12- Last day at O’Reilly’s 6th March

On our early morning walk we headed down towards the villa area and campground. The aim was to try to see a catbird and lyrebird Despite our efforts the lyrebird was unseen, but the catbird was seen through the misty grey morning although not a very clear sighting, but enough to see the white spottedContinue reading “Day 12- Last day at O’Reilly’s 6th March”

Day 10 Walking near O’Reilly’s March 4th.

We started the day with another 6 am walk near the campground. We saw a female regent Bowerbird and also a male satin one looking very blue and shiny. The golden whistler was also showing nicely as was the white headed pigeon. We were also lucky to see one of the ( now rare) pademelonsContinue reading “Day 10 Walking near O’Reilly’s March 4th.”

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