Next Wednesday Walk 19 October

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These notes have been provided by Sandra Henderson who is familiar with the properties.

Carpooling at Spotlight at Queanbeyan at 8.15, or Kambah Village also 8.15am. 

Sandra Lauer and Jeremy Meares have a property (Illilanga) near Michelago which is monitored as part of the K2C surveys. They are COG members and as well as the birds, they are hoping some of the orchids are out so we can see those as well.

The property is on Baroona Rd. Baroona Road is approx. 9km past the the Michelago petrol station, off the Monaro Highway to the west (righthand side if you're coming from Canberra). Turn into Baroona Road & follow the bitumen road to the right when you come to an intersection with Weemala Lane. Our house is the second on the left approx. 790m from the highway (number 79) - an A-frame up the hill. Parking is available half way up the driveway. Please park within the marked areas as the owners are revegetating other areas.

It's about a 20-25 minute drive from Calwell, 40-45 minutes from Fyshwick or Queanbeyan.

When we've had a chance to look around, we'll proceed on to the Strike-a-Light TSR, which is 11k down the Jerangle Road. The turnoff is in Bredbo.  Participants in the Birds Australia campout earlier this year visited Strike-a-Light and found a good range of birds.

Note that as it is 30km shorter I (Martin) will come home via Jerangle and Captains Flat.