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Folks,
Just wondering if anyone has recent information on
the Gibraltar range group of National Parks in the New England Tableland area of
NSW. We're starting to think about a camping trip and that was an area
that looked like it might be interesting. In particular, any impressions
of access and camping areas would be most welcome - from what I can glean,
Mulligans sounds a reasonably family-friendly camping area but it's always
preferable to have some first-hand advice. How is it as an area for more
general walking and sightseeing (bearing in mind that not all my family are as
enlightened as myself regarding the pre-eminence of birding as a recreational
activity)?
The other area we were looking at was the Flinders/
Gammon Ranges, but I was thinking it might still be well on the dry side, and
worth saving for greener days. Any recent experience to support or quash
that impression?
Fantastic news about Whimpey Reichelt - richly
deserved recognition of great endeavour and achievement in conservation at a
practical level.
I did see Rove on Andrew Denton last night.
Worth approaching to promote the Twitchathon this year?? If we want to
popularise birding, he's the sort of high-profile champion we need, and a
Twitchathon may be just weird enough to appeal to his sense of humour.
Anyone at Birds Australia in a position to follow up?
Peregrine Falcon over Glen Waverley last Saturday
week, and a party of Long-billed Corellas in Hallam (about 5 km east of
Dandenong) on Sunday - possibly some of the ones that hang around the Lyndhurst
area. Mum and Dad heard the Owlet-Nighjar again in Glen Iris last week,
and a friend of a friend saw a huge owl in their backyard in Kew (inner eastern
suburb of Melbourne, close to the bush corridor along the Yarra), also one night
last week - it was sitting on the clothesline and staring down when he noticed
it, and took off with impressive wingspan and not a whisper of sound after a
couple of minutes. Presumably a dispersing Powerful Owl.
Regards to all,
Jack
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