It was a bit
windy and late in the morning but I did see all those in the pic. A few small flocks
of Yellow faced honeyeaters and silvereyes were there but yes I think a calm
morning in a few weeks time would produce more results
Dr Coral Dow
Senior Researcher, Social Policy Section
Research Branch
Parliamentary Library, Department of Parliamentary Services
Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600
Ph: 02 6277 2709
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Views all Canberrans will recognise #39
‘Glendale’ represents various things including the
maintenance depot for Namadgi NP and the start of the Brandy Flat fire access
trail, an interesting walk in the honeyeater season, say a month from
now. It is also a regularly-used orienteering spot, the picture here
showing, more or less, the scene last Sunday, complete with turquoise portable
facility. If you look carefully you can see champion orienteer
(Bushflyer) and keen birdwatcher Lachlan Dow trying not to be distracted by the
birdlife. Actually the birdlife shown does slightly exaggerate what was
on offer last weekend, in fact apart from the ‘tchonk-tchonk’ of the
ever-present WEH there was little about.
‘Glendale’ as a name encapsulates the anglo-celtic
affinities of the early settlers, ‘glen’ coming from the Gaelic for a mountain
valley and ‘dale’ from the Original Teutonic for a valley - unless
dale was used in the Middle English sense of ‘a portion of land’. I
suppose the name was taken from some distant ‘Glendale’ by early graziers who
were pushed to this rather remote corner by the pre-emptive squatter holdings
in the flatter parts of the present ACT. Or perhaps the squatters used it
for seasonal grazing. There are a few signs of earlier livestocking in
the form of old fencing that can be found, surprisingly, in places now heavily
timbered.
