Fascinating. I have been down Duck Creek Rd many times in a Subaru
(It is my normal way home from the Park - avoids the traffic in the
afternoon and gives a nice round trip feel). It was a fairly easy
drive - (I remember seeing a pair of youths driving a souped up
Corolla or similar up the track one time) - so it must have
deteriorated quite badly in the last year or so. Perhaps I will have
a look later on when things are drier.
For me, the main issue was the top (rainforest) section being slippery
during the wet - and there hasn't been a lot of that over the last
decade ...
Regards, Laurie.
On 01/02/2012, at 3:26 PM, Tom Tarrant wrote:
Hi John,
Have tried to reply to this but was at work and then saw Nick's
reply. I
haven't travelled down Duck Creek road for several years so I would
advise
paying more attention to his tips rather than mine.
I certainly wouldn't relish driving down Duck Creek road at the moment
(Currently it is incredibly wet in SE Qld.) however it might well be
much
drier in October and if so possible to take a 2WD down there (I have
done
so on numerous occasions, though I'm not sure how you would go with
rental-car restrictions.....probably best to avoid[?])
Birdwise, there are a few 'specialities', in the first stretch of
rainforest I have seen Paradise Riflebird, Crested Shrike-tit,
Albert's
Lyrebird but these can also be seen in other areas of Lamington NP.
Where
the vegetation changes to eucalyptus woodland you have a good chance
of
getting Spotted Quail-thrush, Red-browed Treecreeper, Glossy
Black-Cockatoo, Buff-rumped Thornbill (and twenty years ago I saw
Eastern
Bristlebird fairly close to this road, but seems little hope now
though)
If you let me know your 'hit-list' for SE Qld (offlist) I will try
and help
you out with other sites.
Tom
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 7:58 AM, Carl Weber
<>wrote:
Yes, replies on-list please. Am going there in March and haven't
heard of
Duck Creek Rd.
Carl weber
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of John
Tongue
Sent: Wednesday, 1 February 2012 8:42 AM
To:
Cc:
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Birding Lamington N.P.
Not boring to all!! Please reply ON list??
John Tongue
Ulverstone, Tas.
On 01/02/2012, at 6:19 AM, <> wrote:
Hello all,
I am a UK birder and will be birding Lamington N.P. in October of
this
year. I will be staying at O'Reilly's ( of course!) and have been
told that
a 4wd is advisable for Duck Creek Road. The people at O'Reilly's
however ,
have said that the road is in very poor condition and may not even
be
passable at all during October. I see no point in going to the
additional
(
and substantial) extra expense of a 4wd if I can't access the road
at all.
Does anyone know if the species particularly found there are
accessible
elsewhere around the lodge and , if so, can they be accessed by a 2wd
vehicle?
If the reply is too boring for most list members, please reply
off-list!!
Many thanks.
John.
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