If I had the money and time I'd be in Broome without a second thought.
Better then being at home watching the same birds day in and out. Plus there's
so much to see in Broome besides what looks to be a quite impressive bird, lets
not sell it short, it is a bird after all.
Grant Brosie
Rutherford, NSW
Sent from my iPhone
On 12/02/2013, at 1:04 PM, "Tony Russel" <> wrote:
> Richard, I'm with Philip on this. You skipped very quickly over the
> expensive bits !! For a start you used frequent flyer points !! The air
> fare from Adelaide (compulsorily via Melb) is around $400-800, and that's in
> the cheap seats. Going on one's own the minimum accommodation cost would
> be ca $120 per night. Then I'd have to hire a car for a couple of days -
> allow $120 for that, plus fuel. Oh, and I guess one would need to eat ,
> other than taking sandwiches. Allow another $50 for that even eating fast
> food ( which I don't). OK for some, but not for most of us. And all for
> one skungey bird which I've seen a hundred times in the UK. I don't think
> so.
>
> Tony
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Richard Baxter
> Sent: Tuesday, 12 February 2013 11:48 AM
> To: Philip Veerman; birding-aus
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Lesser Black-backed Gull at Broome
>
> Philip,
> It doesn't always cost a fortune. I twitched the LBBG in Broome a
> few weeks ago with Mike and Rohan. The entire trip cost me $75. I used
> frequent flyer points, we shared a room and George Swan very kindly drive us
> to the rubbish tip.
>
> Breakfast at Maccas and flew home.
>
> Cheers
> Richard
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 12/02/2013, at 12:02 PM, "Philip Veerman" <> wrote:
>
>> That sounds very sensible. This is not an attempt to be rude towards
>> Mike or anyone. However it also strikes me as amusing. Please take
>> this message as being towards the amusing and not get hung up on
>> arguing it. Sure, promoting tourism to Broome is great (I wish I could
>> afford to go, just maybe one day I might but it would be to see the
>> regular birds such as the massed wader migration). Then again for
>> those who think a Lesser Black-backed Gull is such a wonderful bird
>> (very exciting compared to other gulls), I wonder would it not be
>> easier (possibly even cheaper?) and more likely by going to Europe. I
>> have always thought I would rather see a Secretarybird on the plains
>> of Africa, where it is supposed to be, than on the streets of Canberra.
>>
>> More to the point, I just wonder how many readers of this line, if
>> they told their husband, wife, son, daughter, whoever, that they are
>> going to spend a huge amount to look for a Lesser Black-backed Gull at
>> the Broome tip and shown a picture of this fabulous beast, would
>> respond with a "no way, you must be loopy (or similar)". And that is
>> in the context that I'm 56 years old I have loved bird watching since
>> I was a young child and find myself recently married to someone who
>> has no idea and this week asked me if a penguin is a bird.
>>
>> Philip
>>
>> -----Original Message-----From:
>>
>> On Behalf Of Mike Carter
>> Sent: Tuesday, 12 February 2013 10:50 AM To:
>> Cc: George Swann of Kimberley Birdwatching
>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Lesser Black-backed Gull at Broome
>>
>>
>> The bird continues to be seen intermittently at the Broome tip. Anyone
>> wishing to see it should allow at least a couple of days to ensure
>> they coincide with its irregular visits.
>>
>> Mike Carter
>> 30 Canadian Bay Road
>> Mount Eliza VIC 3930
>> Tel (03) 9787 7136
>> ===============================
>>
>> ===============================
>>
>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message:
>> unsubscribe
>> (in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
>> to:
>>
>> http://birding-aus.org
>> ===============================
> ===============================
>
> To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
> send the message:
> unsubscribe
> (in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
> to:
>
> http://birding-aus.org
> ===============================
>
>
> ===============================
>
> To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
> send the message:
> unsubscribe
> (in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
> to:
>
> http://birding-aus.org
> ===============================
===============================
To unsubscribe from this mailing list,
send the message:
unsubscribe
(in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
to:
http://birding-aus.org
===============================
|
