Archive for the 'Birds' Category

Gang-gang Cockatoo
Our holiday in Canberra
September 2007
One of the main incentives I had for spending a whole day in the Australian National Botanic Gardens was to do some serious birding. The day we spent there was a beautiful sunny day but the birding was rather quiet. You get days like that. Despite that I managed to […]

Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra
Our holiday in Canberra
September 2007
During our visit to Canberra earlier this year we spent a whole day at the Australian National Botanic Gardens. This time was particularly enjoyable to my wife and her interest in Australian native plants. Her camera was kept busy all day taking photos for her reference library. […]

Our holiday in Canberra
September 2007
On arriving in Canberra late in the afternoon - after sunset actually - we checked into the Crestview Caravan Park where I had booked a cabin for our stay in the nation’s capital. This caravan is actually in Queanbeyan just over the border in New South Wales. It is only a […]

Royal National Park, south of Sydney
Our holiday in New South Wales
September 2007
After morning tea we went for a walk along Lady Carrington Drive in the Royal National Park south of Sydney. I deliberately chose this road because on our last visit in 2007 we saw a Lyrebird walking along the road. It seemed quite at […]

Sulphur Crested Cockatoos
Our holiday in New South Wales
September 2007
I was intrigued by the signs in one part of the Royal Botanic Gardens during our recent visit to Sydney. The signs were encouraging - instructing - visitors NOT to feed the birds. People often think it is great to have flocks of Silver Gulls, for example, […]