Leichhardt Lagoon! Just south of Karumba
11. Juli 2018 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
This is the most beautiful place. There are exquisite purple water lilies on the lagoon and numerous birds. Saris Crane we’ve never seen before. They don’t come close enough to photograph,Weiterlesen
Wild life at Leichhdart Lagoon
12. Juli 2018 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
There are an amazing number of birds here! A Pretty Face Wallaby visited yesterday.
Magpie Geese, lapwing, the purple pub Normanton! We have seen Sarus Cranes but they are too far away to photograph!Weiterlesen
The things you do when camping!
13. Juli 2018 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
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!!
Giro the goose!
16. Juli 2018 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
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 snoozesWeiterlesen
Giro!
16. Juli 2018 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Stand off with Mac! Making himself at home!
Flat Creek Station!
18. Juli 2018 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
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 goodWeiterlesen
Undarra Lava Tubes.
21. Juli 2018 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
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. 30Weiterlesen
O'Brien's Creek.
22. Juli 2018 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
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!
More of O'Brian's Creek!
22. Juli 2018 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
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!!
Malanda,Atherton!
28. Juli 2018 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
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 aWeiterlesen
Some birds I saw at Herbeton! Not my pho
31. Juli 2018 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
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 browsedWeiterlesen
Herberton historic village!
2. August 2018 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
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 theWeiterlesen
More from the village!
2. August 2018 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Various old cars, a much loved truck, a butterfly an amusing loo sign and a statue!
Theresa Creek Dam!
2. August 2018 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
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 makeWeiterlesen
Birds on Barron!
7. August 2018 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
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.
More Barron River photos!
9. August 2018 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Down by the river!
The road to Elim Beach via Cook Town
10. August 2018 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
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 aboutWeiterlesen
Elim Beach.
10. August 2018 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
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 veryWeiterlesen
2 Bower bird Bowers at Mt Carbine.
14. August 2018 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
2 beautiful bowers at Mt Carbine and 3 Tawny Frog Mouths!
Some birds I have photographed!
18. August 2018 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
A juvenile Curlew. A dusky honeyeater. A duck! A Dotterel. A lizard on the wheel! An Australian Darter!
Only a novice!!
Pinnarendi station stay.
19. August 2018 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
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 droughtWeiterlesen
Charters Towers and a slow drive home!
23. August 2018 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
The view from Tower Hill. A rock wallaby and Mac in his favourite position while travelling!!
A map of where we are!
More photos from Theresa Creek Dam.
30. August 2018 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
A cheeky lorikeet! An egret. A cormorant. A dotterel. An egret. The view!!!
No hoax!
30. August 2018 in Australien ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
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 afternoonWeiterlesen
Moura.
3. September 2018 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
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 toWeiterlesen
ReisenderWhat an amazing place! Looks straight out of Leyland Brothers World tv series.