Brutally Confusing...

[Thonnaksar NOP]

If you were designing a photography tour in the SE quadrant of the country for 11 bird photographers with 500mm lenses, which HOT SPOTS would you consider must-visits besides Lamington?

Hi Arthur,
If you love shore birds and rainforest birds, ILUKA (north of NSW, near Queensland border) has everything to make you happy.

I will send you a quick report after my trip to Fraser Island...in two weeks time (getting excited !).

[Christopher C.M. Cooke]

Artie my self and a few friends have keys to the Western Sewerage Treatment Plant in Victoria near Melbourne , which is a haven for many types of Raptors and a myriad of waders, bush birds, terns, Stilts, Pelicans, Ducks and is very suitable for longer lenses though once the Raptors spot you you will need to drop back to your 300mm's as they will fill the frame of those and on many occasions I have had to drop down to 135F2 or 700-200mm's.

We also have many wetlands

[ChrisRoss]

Artie,

I would suggest in Sydney dropping into the Royal NP, you've got the Hacking river with waterbirds, tame sulphur crested cockatoos, kookaburras and various ducks. You have gallery rainforest lining the river and a stones throw away drier eucalypt forest. Also some of the most accessible azure kingfishers around. You get a mix of rainforest and bush birds down there, so quite close together you may find yellow throated scrubrwen, eastern yellow robin, rufous whistler, cormorants, ducks etc.

You will want to visit on a weekday morning if you can, it can get very busy with picnicers on weekends. It's basically my backyard, so drop me an email if you want more specific information.

regards,

Chris Ross

http://www.aus-natural.com