Hi All,
In 2019 I'm organizing a number of pelagic
trips out of
Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania. These will operate under the banner of
Birdlife
Australia. While we don't insist on it, it therefore helps if
you are a member
of Birdlife Australia.
At present there are a total of six trips
scheduled across
the following dates:
Saturday 19 January and Sunday 20 January
Saturday 4 May and Sunday 5 May
Saturday 14 September and Sunday 15 September
I am currently taking bookings for all of the
above if
anyone wishes to register an interest. Please email me at
m("wildlifeimages.com.au","rohan");"> (don't message me on facebook or any
other platform
as it is too hard to collate everything across multiple forms of
communication).
As the boat often fills quite rapidly there
is a waiting
list established when a trip is fully booked because, for
various reasons, we
have people who have to pull out.
The cost of the boat trip is in the order of
$135, depending
on the number of people on the boat - it is dearer if we don't
fill the boat as
the hire cost is divided between the sea-birders. Because
participants come
from a variety of locations and many interstate visitors make a
weekend or more
of it, participants organize their own accommodation and
transport to Eaglehawk
Neck (about an hour from Hobart).
The east coast of Tasmania is unusual because
boat trips get
out in a variety of weather conditions. The land mass of
Tasmania itself
provides lots of protection for the east coast waters and the
boat gets out
most times - quite safely.
If you want to know what birds we see off
Eaglehawk Neck
there is a file on the Seabirds and Pelagics Australia Facebook
page
summarizing over 100 trips to present a record of monthly
seabird occurrence.
Regards,
Rohan
--
Rohan Clarke
www.wildlifeimages.com.au
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