Hello All,
On our recent trip north we visited Maureen Cooper at her property, Padaminka
Nature Reserve, at Walkerston near Mackay, Qld. Maureen is passionate about
conservation and the environment in general and birds in particular - have a
Google at 'maureen cooper mackay' to get an idea of her commitment. We had
been there in 2000 but since then it has been developed into a commercial
operation (which means you pay, but very little) offering 'Display areas and a
Conference Room for educational seminars'; Accommodation: bunkhouse (10
person), 3 bedroom cabin and caravan(2) and camping(5) sites with 6.5km of
walking tracks on 184 acres.
Contact details for those who didn't look at Google are:
PO Box 113 Walkerston, Qld 4751
07 4959 3770
The property has a bird list of over 160 species. On this visit (20/8/04) we
recorded:
Bush Hen
Large-tailed Nightjar
White-throated Nightjar
White-eared Monarch
and
Plumed Whistling Duck
Pacific Black Duck
White-faced Heron
Straw-necked Ibis
White-bellied Sea Eagle
Buff-banded Rail
Bush Stone-curlew
Masked Lapwing
Crested Pigeon
Peaceful Dove
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Rainbow Lorikeet
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet
Red-winged Parrot
Tawny Frogmouth
Laughing Kookaburra
Blue-winged Kookaburra
Forest Kingfisher
Rainbow Bee-eater
Red-backed Fairy-wren
Striated Pardalote
Weebill
Fairy gerygone
Lewins Honeyeater
Yellow Honeyeater
White-throated Honeyeater
Brown Honeyeater
eastern Spinebill
Dusky Honeyeater
Rufous Whistler
Little Shrike-thrush
Grey Shrike-thrush
Leaden Flycatcher
Restless Flycatcher
Magpie-lark
Grey Fantail
Willy Wagtail
Spangled Drongo
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Varied Triller
Olive-backed Oriole
Figbird
Pied Butcherbird
Pied Currawong
Torresian Crow
Double-barred Finch
Red-browed Finch
Yellow-bellied Sunbird
Mistletoebird
Welcome Swallow
Tawny Grassbird
Silvereye
Well worth
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Barry & Roberta McLean
03 57981213
0418 584433
PO Box 66
Violet Town Vic 3669
36° 40' 3" 145° 43' 11"
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