Hi All,
For the last few years, Chris Lester has been organising pelagic boat trips
from Eaglehawk Neck (in Tasmania) with Bill Wakefield of Tasmania. Chris is
taking a break from this and, as of next year, I will be organising them
with Bill. The main change that will occur is that the trips will be run as
Bird Observation & Conservation Australia (BOCA) events. While we don't
insist on it, it therefore helps if you are a member of BOCA
(www.birdobservers.org.au), given the close association between these boat
trips and BOCA.
Bill and I have scheduled three trips in 2010 on:
21 February (already full with a short wait-list)
19 September
28 November
I am currently taking bookings for these trips if anyone wishes to register
an interest. As the boat often fills quite rapidly there is a waiting list
established when a trip is fully booked because, for various reasons, we
have people who have to pull out.
The cost of the boat trip is in the order of $120, depending on the number
of people on the boat - it is dearer if we don't fill the boat as the hire
cost is divided between the sea-birders. Because participants come from a
variety of locations and many interstate visitors make a weekend or more of
it, participants organise their own accommodation and transport to Eaglehawk
Neck.
The east coast of Tasmania is unusual because boat trips get out in weather
conditions that would be considered extreme in many other places such as
Port Fairy/Portland, Vic (where I have a bit of experience). The land mass
of Tasmania itself provides lots of protection for the east coast waters and
the boat gets out most times - quite safely.
If you want to know what birds we see off Eaglehawk Neck, trip reports have
been consistently posted to Birding-Aus. You can search in the archives at
http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/birding-aus/
So, if you are interested in a pelagic off of Tasmania please let me know.
Regards,
Rohan
Rohan Clarke
www.wildlifeimages.com.au
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