Coolumboola Bush Camp

A basic bush camp, very dry. It has a deep gully and we went for a nice bush walk!
A straw necked ibis!
We are on our way home!
Moura Qld

We saw a whole flock of these beautiful
White-Browed Woodswallows while walking down by the river.
Moura.

We are not stopping for long at most places as they are very small and nowhere to camp. We have reached Moura which is a coal mining town and saw this beautifully painted water tower ! You need toBaca selengkapnya
No hoax!

We had started calling it the Great Crested Hoax!!
Friends had seen the Great Crested Grebe at Theresa Creek Dam! So we walked for miles around the dam for 3 days, only to see it in the late afternoonBaca selengkapnya
More photos from Theresa Creek Dam.

A cheeky lorikeet! An egret. A cormorant. A dotterel. An egret. The view!!!
Charters Towers and a slow drive home!

The view from Tower Hill. A rock wallaby and Mac in his favourite position while travelling!!
A map of where we are!
Pinnarendi station stay.

A great place stay. Nadine is a great cook so we had the Sunday roast beef and the following night curry!
I saw a Pale headed parrot which has a red rump!
They have 3 dams and a bore so are droughtBaca selengkapnya
Some birds I have photographed!

A juvenile Curlew. A dusky honeyeater. A duck! A Dotterel. A lizard on the wheel! An Australian Darter!
Only a novice!!
2 Bower bird Bowers at Mt Carbine.

2 beautiful bowers at Mt Carbine and 3 Tawny Frog Mouths!
Elim Beach.

This place is north of Cook Town. A bush camp by the sea. Run by aboriginal people.
Idyllic with white sands, palm trees and ferns.
The tide goes out a very long way! Luckily, because it is veryBaca selengkapnya
The road to Elim Beach via Cook Town

We had a beautiful drive to Elim Beach. So green and lush. Very tropical! We didn’t stop in CT but filled up with diesel and came straight here from Mt Carbine which is an old mining town site aboutBaca selengkapnya
More Barron River photos!

Down by the river!
Birds on Barron!

We have moved!
Down by the Barron River just outside Mareeba!
Lots of birds.
The most exciting bird is the Red Backed Fairy Wren!
Photos down by the river.
Theresa Creek Dam!

We have a beautiful camping spot right near the lake. Lots of birds and really nice people!
A pair of Kites nesting. An Australian Darter. A blue cheeked honey eater and a cormorant coming up to makeBaca selengkapnya
More from the village!

Various old cars, a much loved truck, a butterfly an amusing loo sign and a statue!
Herberton historic village!

We visited the village which is beautifully presented and kept. Many blasts from the past! It is interesting to think that we are probably the last generation to remember having seen some of theBaca selengkapnya
Some birds I saw at Herbeton! Not my pho

I went down to the river with a fellow camper to do some bird watching. He had an enormous telephoto lense!! And Wally who has just been to the groomers! The birds are. A Spinebill, 2 Red browsedBaca selengkapnya
Malanda,Atherton!

It’s hard to believe how beautifully green it is up here compared to where we have come from! Green grass, flowers etc! We are revelling in it! We saw platypuses and tree kangaroos. All in all aBaca selengkapnya
More of O'Brian's Creek!

We took lots of water and some food and on the second day we we went up a treacherous dirt road very cleverly manoeuvred by Gordon and helped by Wally the dog!!
O'Brien's Creek.

We went fossicking for Topaz and other semi precious stones. Sadly we didn’t find anything!
It was fun to do. Pick axe and shovel in hand we had a go! Hot work, but under the trees in a dry creek bed!
Undarra Lava Tubes.

We visited the Lava tubes which are190,000 years old. David Attenborough visited them and thought they should be one of the “wonders of the world”! They are the oldest and biggest in the world. 30Baca selengkapnya
Flat Creek Station!

We visited Flat Creek but we were disappointed! It was very hot and dusty with little shade! The only Gouldian Finches we saw were in a cage at the homestead! They breed them which is a very goodBaca selengkapnya
Giro!

Stand off with Mac! Making himself at home!
Giro the goose!

Giro the goose took up residency yesterday in our camp!
He waddled in. He looked around ! He found a good spot to have a midday nap!
He terrorises the dogs. He tries to get into buckets! He snoozesBaca selengkapnya
The things you do when camping!

Spiders webs, a tame Magpie goose, sitting by a camp fire and fish (barramundi) and chips at Karumba a Forest Kingfisher and a termite mound with barbed wire through the middle of it!!
Pelancong
Rugged and beautiful
Pelancong
So dry