Michaels comments on Broomfield swamp brought back many memories for me
also..................my wife and I were there last year touring with the
caravan,using Mila Mila as a base, and decided to go out to Broomfield after
reading about the incoming Brolgas and Sarus Cranes roosting there in the
evening in some of the local promotional literature put out to promote the
Atherton Tablelands.
Whilst waiting at the laybye site the temperature grew progressively colder,
and I kept nipping back into the car to find extra clothing to put
on................then as the sky darkened with the onset of dusk a honking
could be heard and then there they were..............wheeling across the sky
dropping at all angles, honking, more and more by the minute, just where all
the birds come from is anyones guess ( Spending three weeks on the Atherton
Tablelands I never found Brolgas anywhere is quantity but here they were in
their hundreds if not thousands...................fascinating.)
I kept snapping away until the light said...enough.................Colder but
with a warm glow in my heart I climbed back into the car...........what a
wonderful experience.
David Simpson. ===============================
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