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Category: Environment

  • The Aussie Bush is Wonderful in late Spring.

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    Here is a collection of photos from a trip into the hills during late spring (15th November 2025) at a place called Stringybark Creek Historic Reserve. It is in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range in Victoria. We visited as part of an organised birdwatching outing with our local Birdlife Australia group. It was…

  • Observing Black Kites: A Unique Birdwatching Experience

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    The Black Kite is a bit of an unusual raptor in that they seem to gather in big numbers at times in Australia and in other places throughout the world. We blundered across one such gathering in northern Victoria recently. We had been visiting a friend in southern NSW for the day and just on…

  • Spotting the Australian Bustard: Bernard’s Journey

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    The Australian Bustard is an unusual visitor to our part of the world in north east Victoria. The Bustard is usually found on the dry open sand plains and spinifex grasslands of outback Australia. We saw a few on a road trip to The Kimberley (NW Australia) in 2013, they are relatively common in northern…

  • Male Eastern Grey Kangaroos sure are interesting.

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    I was out walking the other day and came across this large male. It was hanging around with a bunch of feral rabbits no female roos nearby. If I get a bit too bit close I get this same look he was about to stand up on his tail and look more impressive, meaning step…

  • Some Birds in South West Victoria

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    This is a continuation of our coastal trip in early December 2025. We ventured from Warrnambool towards Port Fairy for lunch. On the way we stopped off at Tower Hill Wildlife Reserve for a short break. Tower Hill is the remains of an extinct volcano, now a lake filled crater. If you want to know…

  • Sea Breezes in Warrnambool, Victoria.

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    The north east of Victoria is usually a pretty hot and dry place at this time of year. However there was a break of cooler weather around the 9-12th December, so we headed to the coast. We left the dry paddocks behind to find a bit of an oasis of green grass and cooler temperatures…

  • Water Bowl Memories

    Water Bowl Memories

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    Our backyard water bowls are a feature of our rather dry yard in summer with a range of visiting birds. Here is a mix of some recent attendees seeking a quiet place. Red-rumped Parrot visiting our large water bowl. The Red rump on this parrot is very apparent. We used to get good numbers of…

  • Historic Bathurst, NSW

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    We did something quite unusual on New Year’s Day taking an 8hr road trip to Sydney, NSW to visit our family for a late Christmas catchup . The roads were reasonably quiet which was a great help. We stopped overnight in Cowra in southern NSW to break up the trip. It was a warm summer’s…

  • Zig Zagging in the Blue Mountains, NSW

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    We visited our family in Sydney back in October on one special day we decided to go for a stream train ride. We had been talking about do this trip for some years and finally did it. A great family experience. Touring at the Zig Zag Railway near Lithgow. This BP 218 engine was built…

  • Visiting Lake King, in the centre of Rutherglen township.

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    We visited this area with the Birdlife Australia-Murray Goulburn branch members as part of a weekend trip to Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park. We were fortunate to visit this small lake beside the caravan park in the middle of Rutherglen. here is a link to the location; https://maps.app.goo.gl/X6k6y3WSDq1r8Gto8 We were pleasantly surprised to see Latham’s Snipe…