Re Arid Lands,
                          They abut Spencer Gulf to the NE, not Flinders.
                           Same bird names.
                            Apologies
               Michael
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> Hi people, Bill here
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> I'm going to Lake Acraman (er, in South Australia) soon, and I'll be driving 
> through Port Augusta on about the 12th of April, and maybe staying the night 
> there.
> 
> I've heard that there's a good park there for birds: the Australian Arid 
> Lands Botanic Gardens.
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> Can anyone tell me anything about this place, including its specialities? 
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> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 15:51:35 +1100
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> as a starting point try this
> <https://ebird.org/australia/barchart?r=L923970&yr=all&m=>
> Martin Butterfield
> http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/
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>> On Tue, 19 Mar 2019 at 15:05, Bill Stent <> wrote:
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>> Hi people, Bill here
>> 
>> I'm going to Lake Acraman (er, in South Australia) soon, and I'll be
>> driving
>> through Port Augusta on about the 12th of April, and maybe staying the
>> night
>> there.
>> 
>> I've heard that there's a good park there for birds: the Australian Arid
>> Lands Botanic Gardens.
>> 
>> Can anyone tell me anything about this place, including its specialities?
>> 
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> Hi there Bill,
>    Whatever you do, don't miss the Arid Lands Garden!  They very 
> sensibly open at 6.00 am, so if you stop in Port A. overnight, you can 
> see it while the light is good and birds are active. Don't know what 
> it's like at present after so much drought, but I photo'd Wedgebill, 
> White-browed Babblers, and lots of honeyeaters.  Fascinating native bees 
> in the Eremophilas. Stumpytail lizards strolling about.  Plants great 
> too. They have a cafe so you could have breakfast.  Plus lots more I 
> would have to look up in my diary.
>   We were there in 2016, after a trip to Lake Eyre for non-birding 
> purposes (celebrating 50th Anniversary of Donald Campbell's Land Speed 
> Record, for which Brian's Car Club provided the timing team.) No birds 
> at Lake Eyre at all.
>    I didn't think very much of the Port A. Caravan Park,  very dry and 
> dusty, but we were only there for one night.
> Have a great trip,
> Best wishes,
> Anthea Fleming
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>> On 19/03/2019 2:52 PM, Bill Stent wrote:
>> Hi people, Bill here
>> 
>> I'm going to Lake Acraman (er, in South Australia) soon, and I'll be 
>> driving through Port Augusta on about the 12th of April, and maybe 
>> staying the night there.
>> 
>> I've heard that there's a good park there for birds: the Australian 
>> Arid Lands Botanic Gardens.
>> 
>> Can anyone tell me anything about this place, including its specialities?
>> 
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> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 08:24:41 +0000
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> Bill.
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> Here?s the ebird hotspot list for the above.
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> Cheers,
> Sue
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> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L923970
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