Chiltern or not?

[Falk Wicker <>]

Hi Maris,

If you are staying near Healesville some good options would be,

- Donnelly's Weir (Badger Weir is not open to the public yet after some bad storm damage in 2017)

- Toolangi SF, particularly Wirrawilla and Tanglefoot trails

- Yellingbo CR

- Maroondah Reservoir (there are a few good tracks)

- Healesville Sanctuary (good range of the more common bushbirds)

Check ebird to see what you can expect/what your priorities match up with...

Cheers,

Falk

On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 9:53 PM Maris Lauva <> wrote:

Thanks Mark, Appreciate the suggestion of a different approach. I'm staying near Healesville and have earmarked Badger Creek, Banyule Flats, Jehosophat Gully, and Cranbourne Botanic Gardens as places to go, within easy distance. That left me 2 days plus travel to the Airport for an afternoon flight and Chiltern was suggested to me. Don't fancy Werribee for this year although I'm sure it would be good. I just spent time at Broome and have shorebirds up to my eyeballs.

I'm not after anything special, I like to get as many different Species each year as I can so anything not found in WA or N QLD would be the priority.

Whereabouts are you these days? Do you still get back to WA?

Cheers - Maris. 

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From: Mark Stanley <>
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Subject: Chiltern or not?

 

Hi Maris,

I would not necessarily travel to Chiltern - especially this late in the season. You might have a more productive time circling Melbourne (counter clockwise) from Bendigo, Melton, Brisbane Ranges, You Yangs, Werribee, Torquay, Bunyip NP, Dandenongs, Healsville area. You'd end up with a wide range of habitats and species mostly within about 90 minutes of Melbourne.

What are you after and I could perhaps refine my suggestion.

Regards

Mark Stanley

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