March outings

[Sue Lashko <>]

Dear members

 

I would like to draw your attention to two weekend outings in early March.  There are still spaces available on both outings so if you are interested please contact Chris Davey and Michael Robbins respectively.

 

Saturday 9 March to Monday 11 March – Narooma/ Mt-Dromedary (Gulaga NP)

 

The aim of the Canberra Day long weekend outing will be to visit the local estuaries, lakes, beaches and forest of the Narooma area and to explore Mt Dromedary with its rainforest gullies and topography acting as an outlier for many of the more northern coastal bird species.

The plan will be to drive down on Friday evening (8th Feb, 3.5 hours) from Canberra.  After an early rise on Saturday (start 5.30am) we will drive to the track head at Tilba Tilba and walk from there to the top.  The walk to the 800m summit will take about 5 hours return. Saturday afternoon-late evening will be spent on a local outing.  Sunday morning there will be an exploration of nearby freshwater Lake Nargal and surrounds with the afternoon-evening outing again exploring the local estuaries and beaches.  The return to Canberra will be the following day.  Bring along some appropriate food for a BBQ on either the Saturday or Sunday evening.

 

Accommodation is available at the Regatta Point Holiday Park at Wallaga Lake (www.regattapointpark.com.au;  phone 02 64934253). Places will be limited to about 12-15. Contact Chris Davey on  m("aapt.net.au","chris_davey");">.

 

Friday 15 to Sunday 17 March – Shore/Heath with Illawarra Birders

The Illawarra Birders (IB) will show us a number of good birding spots in the Illawarra.

The format is same as joint trip last year.

Friday night arrival for COG members, due to early start on Saturday and roughly 3 hour drive from Canberra.

Proposed schedule: 1) 8.30 am start on Saturday with an approximately 3 hour visit to the restricted access Tallawarra

Ashponds. 2) Saturday arvo visit Shellharbour Swamp and Lake Illawarra hotspots (then current). 3) Sunday morning visit Barren Grounds after which COG people head to Canberra.

Everyone should have a packed lunch and drinks for Saturday day so that we can adjust timings

as appropriate and all stay together.

Dinner on Saturday will be a joint COG/IB event at a Warilla Bowls Club south of Windang.

COG members attending need to book their own accommodation. The Oasis Caravan Park is a good start-

ing point: http://www.oasisresort.com.au/ but there are numerous alternatives nearby. 

Registration is essential preferably by 4 March, contact Michael Robbins (m("home.netspeed.com.au","mrobbins");">)

 

Sue Lashko

Field trips Coordinator