Very interested to read Anthea Fleming’s report on Morwell National Park.
About 18 months ago, prior to my getting a computer & suscribing to
birding-aus, my wife & I were visiting the in-laws at Morwell. I went for a
walk near a water treatment plant operated by Gippsland Water Co..located just
off the Princes Highway , approx 1 km from the Morwell Railway Station going
towards Moe. In spite of the locked gate & NO ENTRY sign at the plant I was
able to get a glimpse,from the boundary, of one of the ponds on which were Black
Duck Grey Teal & a Blue-billed Duck. A Barn Owl flew out of a tree near the
barbed wire fence & disappeared towards the ponds.
I later phoned Gippsland Water & asked if entry to the area was possible.
I was informed that it wasn’t. Perhaps Victorian birders could take up this
matter as it seems a pity to exclude such a place from birding access. Are there
any birders in the Latrobe Valley?
Regards. Geoff Duggan
