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| Plum-headed Finch |
Our road trip around Australia has started off on a good footing. Our first day took us to the southern Queensland town of Roma, where we caught up with relatives.
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| With Dot & Ferg Brindley in Roma |
Heading west from Roma, a stop in a patch of scrub near Mitchell yielded White-throated Gerygone, Yellow Thornbill and Inland Thornbill.
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| White-throated Gerygone |
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| Barcoo River camp Blackall |
Our first bush camp was on the Barcoo River outside the town of Blackall. Common birds about included Spotted Bowerbird and White-plumed Honeyeater. We had a pleasant two night-stay here.
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| Spotted Bowerbird |
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| White-plumed Honeyeater |
In Blackall we visited the historic Woolscour facility. Nice birds included good numbers of Plum-headed Finches coming into the artesian well spills.
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| Plum-headed Finch |
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| Wool Scour, Blackall |
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| Euro |
There is an abundance of macropods about, with large numbers of Eastern Grey Kangaroo and Euro. Red-necked Wallaby, Swamp Wallaby and Black-striped Wallaby are in small numbers. Once we started heading west of Barcaldine, large numbers or road-killed Red Kangaroos were noted.
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| White-winged Fairy-wren |
It was nice encountering classic western species such as White-winged Fairy-wren, Splended Fairy-wren, Red-winged Parrot and Red-capped Robin.
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| Gidgee woodland - Blackall |
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| Red-winged Parrot |
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| Emu |
Heading west of Barcaldine towards Longreach, we found plenty of Emu on the grassy plains.
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| Australian Bustard |
Then just before Longreach, a trio of stately Australian Bustard.
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