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| Diamond Firetail |
We embarked on a seven-week road trip on October 21, 2019 through
NSW, Victoria and Tasmania. First stop was the Sandy Creek Pub, a
quaint little hotel a few kilometres out of Warwick. Free camping
with hot showers!
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| On the road - Sandy Creek Pub |
I checked out the surrounding roads early morning
but nothing much other than plenty of parrots, including Red-winged
looking good and Cockatiel with recently fledged young.
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| Cockatiel |
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| Red-winged Parrot |
We headed south to Kingfisher Camping Ground near Deepwater for a
two-night stay. A very nice, spacious camping area set amid the
rolling hills of this granite rock-strewn landscape. Unfortunately,
like much of the country, the area is in the grip of the worse
drought on record; creeks and swamps were dry and trees and shrubs
severely stressed. Hungry livestock entertained.
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| Kookaburra Camp, Deepwater |
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| Kookaburra Camp, Deepwater |
Macropods were abundant and most unusually they were feeding
throughout the day - a measure of how dry the conditions were.
Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Wallaroo, Swamp Wallaby and Red-necked Wallaby
were common.
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| Euro |
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| Red-necked & Swamp Wallabies |
Birds were in good numbers nonetheless. Of special interest was a
group of 8-10 Diamond Firetails feeding on the lawn near our camp in
the early morning and late afternoon; they were the only finches
seen.
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| Diamond Firetail |
No Yellow-tufted Honeyeaters were seen, oddly enough in this
seemingly ideal habitat. Fuscous was the most common honeyeater while
Brown-headed was nice to see.
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| Brown-headed Honeyeater |
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| Fuscous Honeyeater |
Australian Little Eagle put on a show a couple of times, including a
shrieking but unsuccessful attack on some item of prey.
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| Australian Little Eagle |
Restless Flycatcher and Scarlet Robin were among the birds that
entertained us around our camp.
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| Restless Flycatcher |
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Scarlet Robin
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A few White-winged Trillers were along the road in (one of which was
stalked by a feral cat) and the first Brush Cuckoo of the season put
in an appearance.
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| White-winged Triller |
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| Brush Cuckoo |
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