Hi Graham
A few people have asked that question.
The Traprock lies generally north-west of Stanthorpe and the Granite Belt,
and south of the Darling Downs, down to Texas. It's mostly sheep country,
lots of it unfenced. It extends over into northern NSW in parts. Sundown
National Park is also in the Traprock, though that isn't the area that I
usually visit when I go down that way, I tend to bird more around Inglewood.
I understand that it is so named because the underlying 'traprock' is a
hard, sedimentary rock in which drill bits are prone to getting trapped. I
believe other rocks are called 'traprock' in other parts of the world.
All the best
Bill Jolly
"Abberton",
Lockyer Valley, Queensland.
Visit our website at http://www.abberton.org
Email:
Ph: (+61) 7 4697 6111 Fax: (+61) 7 4697 6056
-----Original Message-----
From: Graham
Sent: Friday, 6 June 2003 1:29 PM
To:
Subject: RE: [B-AUS] Abberton website update
Gidday Bill,
just looked at your great site, very nice. One question,
what is 'Traprock country'?
Cheers
Graham Turner
-----Original Message-----
I've just finished an update on the Abberton website, with quite a lot
of new photos including Glossy Black Cockatoos, Squatter Pigeon,
Square-tailed Kite and others.
We had two Ground Cuckoo-shrikes at Abberton yesterday; Varied Triller
and Spectacled Monarch in Redwood Park on the Toowoomba escarpment
today.
Bill Jolly
"Abberton",
Lockyer Valley, Queensland.
Visit our website at http://www.abberton.org
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