Hi Laurie, and anyone else interested,
There is a lot of water on the upper reaches of the road, but provided your
vehicle has clearance most of it is not a concern. There is one large ditch
along the rainforest section of the road, about 200m before you enter the open
woodland that would be difficult to negotiate without a 4WD. There is another
ditch in the open section of the road before you get to Shepard's Lookout that
requires at least a lot of clearance, if not a 4WD. In my younger days I may
have tried to get down it in my old Corolla, but not anymore...
Regards and good birding!
Nick
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> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Lamington NP - Birds and Mammals
> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:43:41 +1000
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> Thanks Nick
>
> For the record, could you please describe the current state of Duck
> Creek Road. Are there any genuinely difficult bits on it or is it
> just a bit rough?
>
> Regards, Laurie.
>
>
> On 18/02/2012, at 9:05 PM, Nick Leseberg wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > On Tuesday last week I spent the day and evening up at Lamington NP,
> > birding and spotlighting. Turned up a few good things, with some
> > good birds and a few good mammals as well.
> >
> > I started out down Duck Creek Rd (with a 4WD this time) and picked
> > up Red-browed Treecreeper, Black-faced Monarch and a pair of Yellow-
> > tailed Black-Cockatoos with a begging youngster. At Shepard's
> > Lookout turned up the female Spotted Quail-Thrush who gave good views.
> >
> > Up at O'Reilly's there was still a male Rose Robin singing, but only
> > the one Regent Bowerbird (a female) which surprised me; I thought
> > there might still be a couple of males around. Along the Border
> > Track there was Green Catbird, a single female Paradise Riflebird
> > and Noisy Pitta, but nothing else out of the ordinary.
> >
> > After dark it was off down Duck Creek Rd again for some
> > spotlighting. Turned up a couple of Sugar Gliders and some good
> > frogs including Tusked Frog (Adelotus brevis) and Great Barred Frog
> > (Mixophyes fasciolatus). Southern Boobook was the only nocturnal
> > bird recorded. I was hoping I might turn up a Masked or Sooty Owl,
> > but no luck.
> >
> > Highlight for the day (and night) was on the way back down the
> > mountain when a Brush-tailed Phascogale ran across the road, not far
> > past Cainbable. I stopped and got fantastic views of this very
> > elusive mammal, scurrying around the branches of a tree. A great end
> > to the day.
> >
> > Good birding!
> >
> > Nick Leseberg
> > Tropical Birding
> > www.tropicalbirding.com
> >
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