I just thought I'd mention that I visited Wet Lagoon a couple of weeks ago.
There was water in it, but not enough for birds in it to be very visible.
Apart from a single White-necked Heron, I saw no other birds actually in it. I
assume there'd be even less water in it now. There were quite a few bush birds
in the trees beside the road at the southern end, and some Fairy Martins and
what I assume was a Hobby at the north end.
I thought about walking further from the road to see if I could see better, but
the very long thick grass made me decide that there was little to be gained
given the risk of stepping on a snake.
I also continued south to Collector, and spent some time in Collector Reserve -
a large paddock with a few trees and a dam - on the right just before
Collector. Very good views of Rufous Songlarks there, they were calling
constantly.
Peter Shute
wrote on Thursday, 18 December 2008 10:14 AM:
> Access to Wet Lagoon is along Breadalbane Road from either
> Breadalbane (north) or Collector (south). There is no direct
> access from the Hume Highway, despite what some GPS maps may tell
> you...
>
> I can't comment on current conditions, but I would be very
> surprised if it didn't have water in it (unlike Lake George
> and Rose Lagoon, which have been dry for years.)
wrote on Thursday, 18 December 2008 8:03 AM:
> I'll be spending a week in Goulburn soon and I'm looking for
> places to go birding. I came across a few references to Wet
> Lagoon, which appears to be about half way between Gunning
> and Goulburn. I used the excellent Geoscience Australia
> Place names search to find some coordinates. That's at
> http://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/, thanks Paul Taylor for
> mentioning it a few weeks ago.
>
> So I kind of know where it is:
>
> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-34.815,149.451
>
> but not how to access it, and I'd rather not drive around for
> an hour working it out. Does anyone know the best way to get
> in there, etc? And whether it has any water in it? Other
> birding locations near there, preferably closer to Goulburn rather
> than further? ==============================www.birding-aus.org
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