It certainly didn't feel like an unlucky day.
We were up at 4:30 am, had a cup of tea at the table in front of the rooms, and we were on our way. This time we were headed out of Warwick on 42/the Cunningham Highway toward Goondiwindi (I just wanted to type that, and I like to say it too---Goondiwindi! Go ahead, you know you want to).
After one false turn into the forest, we found the place we were looking for. The false turn was still interesting though as we bumped our way through the Eucalypt forest.
But, the place we wanted has a small pond that we had visited in 2007, and where Steve could find Yellow-Tufted Honeyeaters to film. He's zeroed into that, and I just relaxed. I took a nap, I read for awhile, I chased some butterflies, mainly Black Jezebels and Caper Whites, one Australian Painted Lady, a Monarch, and I think a Sword Grass Brown. I got good looks at a white necked heron, and lots of red brow finches. Oh, and Yellow Tufted Honeyeaters of course.
Later we headed up to Coolmunda Dam. Steve was looking for white winged fairy wrens, but no luck. Got a few more butterflies, but then decided to move on over to Mosquito Creek Road where there were prickly pears as big as trees. Are they native to Australia?
Eventually Steve gave up here and we headed back to Durakai for the evening show of birds. We stopped at the Gore rest area, where we had stopped with Bill Jolly in 2007. It's a bit worn, and the chicken burgers were....not good. It's for sale though, if anyone's looking. We were confused though by the three different for sale (or selling) signs from three different estate agents. How do you choose??
Random notes:
Road Train Count for the day= 3
For no apparent reason, two motor bikes were hoisted on poles along the highway, kinds of like heads on a pike.
The fine for Rabbit keeping is $44,000 y'all. Why not $45K? or $40K? How did they come up with $44K?
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