Hello birding friends
The recent discussion has prompted me to write this note. I am new to
birdwatching and I live in a remote town in the NT. I intend to join
Birding Australia soon but I also want to join a second national bird club.
Could members discuss some aspects of the various clubs including what the
various clubs offer their remote country membership. I am looking for a club
that shares general birding info, is inclusive and involves all its
membership and is not too expensive. Also one that is involved with good
national habitat conservation projects.
However a friend of a friend who is also a remotely based birdwatcher has
been a member of one group (Victorian based I think)since the early 1960's.
She is very dissapointed with her club and intends to resign soon after more
than 35 years because she says it has become very expensive and apparently
she gets very little for her membership. Apparently this particular club
used to have a reduced rate for country membership which allowed for reduced
access to club facilities and functions but now they offer nothing for their
remote members and she feels that she is just subsidising advantaged city
members now. Apparently the only thing her club has ever sent her in more
than 30 years was a windscreen sticker when she joined and you can imagine
what that looks like now. She also tells me that the newsletter is more than
50% full of commercial advertisements too and also that in all the time of
her membership, there has never been one issue circulated to country members
for comment or input. I hope that there are some other clubs that are
better than that so could members discuss and recommend the options please.
Thank you in anticipation
Tracey Austin
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