Sounds as though mining is destroying yet another birding site. When we were
on the Loretta Mine road some years ago we were there, near the records
cairn in between the two creek crossings, for most of a day. It took some
time but we eventually found the grass wren. No other traffic there that day
at all, not one vehicle.
Tony.
-----Original Message-----
From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
martin cachard
Sent: Monday, 28 July 2014 7:49 AM
To: calyptorhynchus .;
Subject: Trip Report: Carpentarian Grasswren Site
I think it's called gold, but probably other minerals too...
they're also experts at lighting fires - as I witnessed there 2 years ago!!!
cheers, martin cachard, cairns
> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 07:27:22 +1000
> From:
> To:
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Trip Report: Carpentarian Grasswren Site
>
> What do they mine at Lady Loretta Mine?
>
> John Leonard
>
>
> On 27 July 2014 22:22, Allan Richardson <> wrote:
>
> > Strange that there isn't prohibitive signage - private mine haul
> > roads require a plethora of inductions, permissions, sign ins and
> > often drug testing.
> >
> > If anyone finds themselves in such surrounding it would be very wise
> > to back track very quickly.
> >
> > It is not unusual for mine company leases to render what were
> > previously pubic roads as off limits for the general public.
> >
> > Most alarming of all is the lack of visibility that large mining
> > machinery has of light vehicles, hence the requirement of flashing
> > lights and UHF radio communications to ensure other vehicles are
> > aware of your presence - such places are very dangerous for the
uninitiated.
> >
> > AllanRichardson
> > Morisset NSW
> >
> > On 27/07/2014, at 7:41 PM, Philip Maher wrote:
> >
> > > Hello
> > >
> > > I would like to reinforce what Stephen Murray said about the Lady
> > > Loretta Mine Road. We were down there six day's ago. The road is
> > > now dangerous
> > and
> > > birders would be wise not to go down there. As far as I can tell,
> > > trucks
> > are
> > > operating around the clock. We mentioned this precarious situation
> > > in our daily trip notes of 21 July.
> > > http://www.philipmaher.com/GulfCountry2014TripNotes.html
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > Philip Maher
> > >
> > > Australian Ornithological Services Pty Ltd PO Box 385 South Yarra
> > > 3141 Victoria Australia
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