Brisbane-area advice for a South African visitor

["Judy Leitch" <>]

Try the Birds Queensland website

http://birdsqueensland.org.au/bird_places.php

I know Birds Queensland are updating this booklet.  Many of the places are
very worthwhile especially with an 8 month old baby.

In particular 
Oxley Common
Sandy Camp Road Wetlands (very easy access)
Sherwood Forest Park
Minnippi Parklands

Eagleby Wetlands is also not far from Brisbane City and has good access.

Regards,
Judy Leitch


-----Original Message-----
From: 
 On Behalf Of David Adams
Sent: Sunday, 30 June 2013 8:56 AM
To: Birding-Aus
Subject: Brisbane-area advice for a South African visitor

I've been corresponding with a South African birder that is planning a first
visit to Australia and is looking for some advice. This man literally wrote
the book on South Africa's little brown birds and is a keen and qualified
birder. He's traveling with his wife and 8-month old baby to visit his
brother in Brisbane. I've already given him some advice on apps and field
guides and he's been going through the new T&T and studying up on our birds.

Can anyone that knows the Brisbane area well offer suggestions on good spots
in your area? I've recommended a few but figured it would be better to ask
the list. Given there isn't a site guide for Brisbane, comments to the whole
list for the archives would also serve future visitors well .
Private replies are also okay, of course.

Here's a bit more info from Faansie:

So I've been reading in that guide [the new T&T] about some of the sites
and checking them out in Google Earth. However, as you also said, we will
have a 8-month old baby with us, so we won't be able to bird  non-stop and
in difficult forested habitats for too long. I think it would perhaps be
wise to concentrate on sites that are relatively easy  in terms of access
and facilities and birds, and perhaps also focus on grassland, water and
more open woodland sites rather than rainforest.
 That being said, I will never forgive myself if we didn't at least try one
or two sites for lyrebirds, pittas, catbirds, riflebirds etc. I  think it is
also easy to bite off too much, and underestimate the size of Australia! We
will probably concentrate on the area within, say,
 300-400 km of Brisbane and rather work that properly. Given the information
above, do any sites come to mind?
 Thanks for any suggestions, I'll forward them all along.
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