Hi Russ,
Can I suggest some changes to your schedule for practical reasons?
Driving
from Lorne to Phillip Island is 3.5 hours at least, then the
following day
you're planning to drive BACK from Phillip Island to Braeside, etc -
about
1.5 hours. Here is a slightly different schedule:
6/19 Birding Point Addis, etc - overnight Torquay
6/20 Birding You Yangs, WTP - overnight Torquay
6/21 Birding Lorne - overnight Melbourne? Mount Dandenong?
6/22 Birding Sherbrooke - overnight Phillip Island
6/23 Birding Wilson's Prom - overnight Wilson's Prom
6/24 Birding Cape Conran - overnight Cape Conran
6/25 Birding ?? - overnight Moruya?
6/26 Birding Barren Grounds - overnight Wollongong
Your schedules for 19th and 20th are fine, however, if there is any
way to
do Lorne on 20th and WTP/You Yangs on 21st, I would do it that way
round to
avoid driving back from WTP or You Yangs to Torquay.
Either way, you should overnight on 21st in Melbourne, or if you're
up to
it, Mount Dandenong, so you can be in Sherbrooke forest early in the
morning. I'm not sure that I would worry too much about Edithvale -
the hide
won't be open on the day that you're proposing, Seaford (the swamp
is just
about dry). Braeside is good, but there's probably nothing here that
you
won't have already seen at WTP and on the western side of Melbourne.
Is there a reason for going to Phillip Island (other than it's a
lovely
place)? If you want to see the Penguin Parade, you'll need to leave
Melbourne/Sherbrooke in plenty of time to get to the island, get to
the
penguins, etc. That's quite a few hours. If you want to see Little
Penguin,
then stay overnight in Melbourne on 21st and do one of the St Kilda
penguin
trips.
Wilson's Prom is lovely - a very long drive though. You would be well
advised to stay at Tidal River (they have cabins). Wilson's Prom to
Cape
Conran is a long drive (4-5 hours), so leave with plenty of time. Cape
Conran has self-catering huts and wilderness retreats. Be warned,
there's
not much around for food - the nearest "town" is Marlo, which is
only a
small collection of buildings.
For your pelagic, you'll want to stay overnight in Wollongong on 26th.
Working backwards then, that means you can bird Barren Grounds on the
afternoon of the 26th, looking for Eastern Bristlebird. You will not
be able
to drive from Cape Conran to Wollongong and have any time for birding
anywhere, so that means you'll need to break your journey. There are
lots of
pleasant towns on the coast - Moruya is about half-way, for example.
Unless
any NSW birders have any suggestions, just choose a town to stop at
along
the way.
Paul Dodd
Docklands, Victoria
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Russ Namitz
Sent: Thursday, 11 June 2009 3:26 PM
To: Birding Aus
Subject: [Birding-Aus] Melbourne birding trip (was RFI Victorian
birders)
Thank you for all those who responded to my RFI. I was aware of a
few of
the birding sites and below is my proposed itinerary without a trip to
Deniliquin or Grampians NP...I know a few people were curious. With
the
below itinerary, would there be many (any?) inland birds that I
might see at
Grampians NP that I wouldn't at the proposed sites below?
Thank you for your comments,
Russ Namitz
Coos Bay, OR - USA
6/19 Bird Pt. Addis, Jerringoot Reserve & Lake Connewarre-AM. Bird
Airey's
Inlet-PM. Night in Torquay.
6/20 Bird You Yangs NR (AM) and Western Treatment Plant (PM). Night
in
Torquay.
6/21 Bird Angahook-Lorne SP (Great Otway NP) - AM. Drive to & bird
Phillips Island - PM. Night in Phillips Island.
6/22 Braeside, Edithvale, Seaford wetlands - AM. Sherbrooke Forest,
Yellingbo NR - PM. Night at Phillips Island.
6/23 Bird Wilson's Promontory NP-AM Stay at Cape Conran (need to
be in
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