The Arid Lands Botanic Garden (
http://www.australian-aridlands-botanic-garden.org/) at Port Augusta is a
great place on the Adelaide-Alice trip - lots of plants and birds. But how
it is in summer I don't know!
On 12 September 2011 11:08, rob hynson <> wrote:
> Hi Nikolas,
>
> my Adelaide to Alice Springs trip was mid July (very belated trip report to
> come soon). Although we had poor weather for the first half of the trip it
> did get quite warm in the middle of the day once we were in the NT, say
> about mid 20's. I would imagine this would be up around the mid to high 30's
> come January, maybe higher.
>
> One option would be to to taylor your trip so that you got up early and
> birded until it got hot and spent the hot part of the day driving to the
> next destination and birding the late afternoon/early evening, there are
> some pretty long drives on this trip.
>
> I don't know much about a Darwin to Broome trip but I think an Adelaide to
> Alice trip could be productive as long as you're prepared for some very hot
> days with periods of low bird activity during the middle of the day.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rob
>
>
>
> --- On Mon, 12/9/11, Nikolas Haass <> wrote:
>
> From: Nikolas Haass <>
> Subject: RFI Adelaide to Alice OR Darwin to Broome after Christmas
> To: "" <>
> Cc: "rob hynson" <>
> Date: Monday, 12 September, 2011, 9:04
>
> Hi all,
> I'd like to plan a two-week trip in late December/early January with my
> parents who are visiting over Christmas to either
> Adelaide to Alice/Ayres Rock to see the post-rain desert/outbackorDarwin to
> Broome
> Obviously, the post-rain situation is something that cannot be postponed,
> that's why I would favour the post-rain desert trip. However, maybe the
> scenery of the Darwin/Broome trip would be more interesting for my parents.
> I know that in general December/January is not the greatest time of the year
> for either trip. In your experience, would any of these trips make sense at
> this time of the year?
> Would it be too hot to see many birds/mammals? Would it be miserable at
> this time of the year for my parents (who are not the youngest anymore)?
> Cheers,
> Nikolas ----------------
> Nikolas Haass
>
> Sydney, NSW
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