Cool sighting! Just think. If you'd been laid out nicely on a trike it might
have been tempted ... Sort of meals on wheels. There is a pair I see
occasionally on the G ring road.
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On 10/07/2012, at 5:59 AM, Bill Stent <> wrote:
> I was on my way home last night, struggling up the bike path from the
> Fairfield pipe bridge to the Boulevard (on the Kew side of the Yarra
> actually) when a Wedge-Tailed Eagle went over my head at below-canopy height.
> It glided down the hill, still under the canopy, towards the the pipe
> bridge. I turned around and followed, but lost it pretty much straight away.
> It was about 5pm and dusk, so it may have roosted in the area..
>
> I've never seen one here before - never even close. I don't think I've seen
> one at Banyule either, closest I've seen them on the Yarra is Warrandyte.
>
> You know what, when a WTE goes over your head at about 5 metres you duck,
> even though you don't need to. It's a bit like standing at the bottom of a
> runway - they're enormous!
>
> Google maps reference -37.787776,145.017103
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