Alternatively, park at the end of Cannan Crescent, Macgregor; go through the
gate, turn right and then left through another gate, and follow the unsealed
track to the old sewage works. The kingfishers and the Equestrian Trail are
over the next paddock, but the whole of this area can be good. When Joe called
this area an "exotic little secret corner", I don't know whether he meant
exotic in the sense of full of weeds, but that is exactly what it is! There is
very little native vegetation, which makes it all the more surprising that it
is attractive to species like Diamond Firetails, Hooded Robins, White-fronted
Chats, etc., and perhaps less surprising that it is scheduled for development -
not that the ACT Government would care either way ;)
Regards
Frank
-----Original message-----
From: Joe Barr
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:41:21 +1100
To: "David Rosalky"
"Julian Robinson"
Subject: bee eaters, dollarbird, wwt, rsonglark,fan tailed cuckoo, BOP.
> Hi David
>
> Take Ginninderra Drive out to Dunlop, turn left into Archdall Street
> then right into Hugh McKay Crescent. Follow the crescent until you
> see an unnamed road signposted to Jarramlee Homestead with a raised
> bar gate about 40 metres down.. Turn down that road and follow it
> for a few hundred metres until you see a horse stile on your
> left. Park on the open ground beside the stile then walk along the
> horse trail (actually part of the Bicentennial Horse Trail).
>
> The variety of birds starts with the Fairy Martin colony under the
> low-level bridge over Ginninderra Creek and continues right along
> the trail. Keep a particular eye open towards the creek as many of
> the species use that as a spine and may sit in the dead willows along
> its course. The red-backed kingfishers are about 1 km along in an
> area where the trail turns fairly sharply left towards some old
> sewage pump buildings. If you want to get closer to the creek in
> that area, continue along the trail for about 500 metres. After
> turning right again it eventually passes a 'climb-through' gate that
> gives easy access to the paddocks.
>
> Incidentally my message yesterday about birds in the area should have
> included square H11 as the boundary between the squares runs very
> close to the latter part of the trail.
>
> Best of luck!
>
> Joe Barr
>
> At 11:45 PM 30/10/2007, David Rosalky wrote:
> >Where exactly is this paradise?
> >
>
>
> >David Rosalky
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