and these are my captures from Fraser. What a remarkable place, the highlight of my sisters holiday who came over from the UK.
pied oystercatchers
white breasted wood swallows
bar shouldered dove
brahminy kite
white bellied sea eagles.
welcome swallows
some stunning photos there Hev, sounds like you had a great time.
Cheers,
al
Central Victoria
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Love the White-Breasted Woodswallows, they look like beautiful birds.
Another great set, hev. i love the raptor and Oystercatcher shots. North shore and Fraser Island were very productive for me too.
Cheers,
George
Melbourne, VIC
Nice work Hev. I went to fraser on my honeymoon (22 years ago)and we decided tour buss's weren't for us so we will go back when we have a 4x4 that can handle it. Just hate being hurried while I'm photographing.
See Yez
Trev
Now that was a trip worth a few mozzie bites!! Lovely shots Hev
cheers
Birdie
Sunshine Coast Queensland
Hey Trev...showing your age there...22years ago..lol mind you if I had stayed married I guess I'd be up there with you!
Well I'm not normally a 'tour' kinda person either.... but 4x4 driving on sand is so different to 'normal 4x4' and having seen lots of people 'bogged' last time I was there... and read about the japanese tourists killed in December thought I'd play it 'safe,'specially as I was with my sis and I didn't fancy explaining to her hubby why she couldn't come home:)
But we were so lucky with the guide, an environmentalist, been a ranger, worked in reserach for the government on Fraser Island...and doing tours for 15 years 'for the pleasure of sharing knowledge'...don't you just love those people? ask them anything about nature/wildlife/ecology/geology etc and they just knowthe answer (yes,I'm a little bit envious too I admit!) We had an amazing 3 days, and he was so patient with the photographing and barrage of questions!
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best
I suppose after 22 years you would expect the guides to be more environmentally orientated, It was a lot more comercially focused then. A nice change, I'm glad you and your sister enjoyed it. have you been to Calloola yet? It's similar to fraser I think.
See Yez
Trev
Nice photos. The white breasted wood swallows photo is my favourite :-)
calloola? will have to google and have a gander :)
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best
Hi guys
If you are googling it Hev i think it would be Cooloola.
It's a vast area where you head off to Fraser, on the North Shore of Noosa, so you would have been through it or at least part of it. It stretches from rainbow Beach up to Fraser and into Fraser and inland towards Gympie I think.
http://www.frasercoastholidays.info/rtn2/index.cfm?ACB2F937-0F69-2E0B-1817-384758AE7749
Try this link and see if it takes you there.
CHeers
Birdie
PS Love the new avatar - trust you to find a native dog to fill it!! I do think they are a handsome beast though and I know smeedingo will agree ! :)
Sunshine Coast Queensland