Looks like as George Kastanza best put it "I'm BACK baby!". It now appears
that I'm possibly going to be on a flight tomorrow that will allow me to scrape
into Albany in time for the 'Birding the Australian Bight' pelagic. Sorry to
those who contacted me re trying to take up my offer to try to transfer my
booking.
Does anyone have a phone number for Glen Facey from Brisbane? Glen is on the
Birding the Bight trip and I need to talk to him re gear he is bringing for me!
Strong southerly winds here on Cocos over last few days are more likely blowing
Asian vagrants home than into view here - but will continue to give it my best
shot.
Best wishes
John
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:13:11 +1100
From: John Weigel <>
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Subject: Stranded on Cocos Island. Does someone want to
use my Albany to Hobart pelagic seat?
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Due to the Federal Government's control of Virgin flights between Perth,
Christmas Is and Cocos Keeling, and apparent preference to refugee
transportation above tourism, my flight (and the subsequent day's fligh) from
Cocos to Perth has been cancelled, and it is now physically impossible for me
to make connection for 2 Dec departure of pelagic from Albany to Hobart. If
anyone wants to try to use my berth, and its a big maybe that this will work,
and preferably you can throw a proportion of cost my way, please contact me
off-line. Very very disappointed.
Good birds on Cocos have included Hodgson's Hawk-cuckoo, Asian Koel, Tiger
Shrike (different individual than the West Island bird, and mine was on Home
Island).
Still, very disappointing day today! Due to the large increase of boat-people
from Sri Lanka, I'd suggest anyone considering a trip to Cocos/Christmas to
consider their plans very cautiously. The problem is fuel - planes are zipping
back and forth to Colombo daily, with a measly 30 passengers per flight, as the
Sri Lankan Gov will only accept 30 per day! Where and how we got into this
quagmire...
John Weigel
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