Hi all,
Would anyone in Adelaide be interested in splitting the fuel costs for
a trip to Gluepot this weekend?
Cheers,
Bert Harris, Adelaide
On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 8:55 PM, John Penhallurick
<> wrote:
> H friends,
>
> I am proud to announce that I managed to see two of Australia's most
> difficult parrots in just two weeks. I travelled to Jupiter Well and saw 2
> Princess Parrots two weeks ago last Saturday, and on the Saturday just
> passed saw two beautiful Scarlet-chested Parrots at Gluepot.
>
> The SCP's were on the Southern Boundary track. We first saw the female who
> was feeding on the Marieana (bluebush) shrubs only a foot or two above the
> ground. She flew across the track and then flew back and into the scrub.
> We went in and soon found the male, also feeding on the succulent shrubs
> jjust above the ground. An important point here: don't expect to find the
> birds sitting high in a tree. Then both of them alighted on a horizontal
> branch about 5 feet off the ground, and proceeding to allopreen each other
> furiously. They were quite throughout. They did not utter any sound either
> while flying or while perched.
>
> I thought it might be good to give some more information about Jupiter Well
> itself. By my trip meter it was 124 km west of the turnoff to Kiwirrkura. By
> the way, diesel at Kiwirrkura cost $2.80 a litre for diesel.
>
> There is no sign announcing Jupiter Well, but it can be easily recognized by
> three 4 gallon drums: 1 on the south side which is blue with a white central
> panel and two on the north sie: 1 green with a white central panel and 1
> white with a blue central panel. You can drive into the area on the north
> side and you will find a pump, that delivers quite potable water. The well
> itself is on the south side, reached by a track below the road with a white
> arrow atop a wooden post. The original well is now dry. There are many
> places to camp on the north side. A warning, though. There is a small sand
> dune, and if you cross that you can reach extra camping places, But there is
> deep sand after the dune. I had to engage low 4WD to get out.
>
>
>
> I was very lucky to see two parrots in flight about 30 km past the well. All
> the spinifex clumps in the area were had many seed stems arising from them,
> but all the seeds had been shed. It would have been perfect about a month
> before. I suggest that before heading out there you ring either (or both)
> the Kiwirrkurra store (08 8956 8453) or the Kunawarritji community beyond
> Jupiter Well (08 9176 9040) and ask if there has been recent rain. If there
> hasn't it's probably not much use heading out there.
>
>
>
> The Gary junction road was generally good; a bit corrugated in parts, but
> nothing serious.
>
>
>
>
>
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