2017 Waterbird Survey Map
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| 15/11/2017 | Day 24, Narran Lakes to the Macquarie Marshes |
Last day of the 2017 survey – there was a pep in our step today. No more crack of dawn rises and late nights transcribing data after today. I spent…
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| 14/11/2017 | Day 23, Gingham Watercourse to Yarraman Weir |
Just a few more days of aerial survey for 2017 – we’re all looking forward to the 35th year finishing. From Sydney, we headed straight for Moree and…
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| 8/11/2017 | Day 21, Lake Brewster to Middle Lake |
Away early again. We had a bit of catching up to do, given the late start the previous day. First stop was Lake Brewster. This once natural lake is…
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| 7/11/2017 | Day 20, Lachlan River to Griffith |
Plans went a bit awry today with a sequence of events related to the weather and planes (not ours) which meant we didn’t get away until 2pm from…
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| 2/11/2017 | Day 19, Coorong to Lake Alexandrina |
Our routine on our second day down in this part of the world was to always spend the morning, ended up being over four hours, flying down the Murray-…
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| 01/11/2017 | Day 18, Goolwa to Lake Albert |
Up early, just on daybreak, and off today down the lower Murray to the Lower Lake and the Coorong, near Goolwa. We started our survey on this part…
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| 31/10/2017 | Day 17, Albury to Hattah-Kulkyne Lakes |
Today we headed off on one of my favourite – the flight down the River Murray, starting up near Albury where we had to put on a full tank of fuel for…
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| 26/10/2017 | Day 16, Wangaratta to Dartmouth Dam |
The last day of this leg and we spent the usual discussion the evening before about when we should leave. A big front was on its way. Just to…
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| 25/10/2017 | Day 15, Port Fairy to the Winton Wetlands |
Once again – the weather dominated early. Leaving at about seven, we hoped to dodge the rain coming in. First, we finished the rest of Band 1, along…
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| 24/10/2017 | Day 14, Sydney to Phillip Island |
Heading south over the next two days to do the two southerly bands – Band 2 and Band 1. The forecast was a bit worrying with clouds building up in…
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| 19/10/2017 | Day 13, Griffith to Sydney |
The clouds were banking up to the west when we left Griffith at sunrise. Low cloud makes surveying impossible and so we left early, leaving a rainbow…
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| 17/10/2017 | Day 11, Sydney to Lake Cawndilla |
Observer: Richard Kingsford I always look forward to seeing the country from the air each year, even though I have been doing this for over 30 years…
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| 13/10/2017 | Day 10, Armidale to Sydney |
The last day of the survey and after 11 days in the light aircraft I am looking forward to some home comforts and routine. There was excitement upon…
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| 12/10/2017 | Day 9, Broken Hill to Armidale |
We have begun to behave like the water birds we count. Today we followed the rain front which passed through White Cliffs last night, wakening us…
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| 11/10/2017 | Day 8, St George to Broken Hill |
Cool weather is a delight when aerial surveying. It also generally means more stable conditions and thus more comfort for the three of us in the…
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| 10/10/2017 | Day 7, Quilpie to St George |
After overnighting in the Mulga Country town of Charleville we continued our journey east towards Kingaroy where beautiful red volcanic soils…
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| 9/10/2017 | Day 6, Windorah to Quilpie |
The softness of the strong red spinifex covered dunes west of Windorah in the early morning light is a beautiful sight. Immediately to the south and…
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| 8/10/2017 | Day 5, Rockhampton to Windorah |
A 7.30 departure into cloudy weather had us heading southeast to our first wetland of the day in Band eight. A rain front is threatening from the…
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| 6/10/2017 | Day 4, Mt Isa to Rockhampton |
We headed down to the Channel Country Rivers this morning for one of the longest days in the plane. So a pre-sunrise start saw us in the air to catch…
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| 5/10/2017 | Day 3, Airlie Beach to Mt Isa |
Shute Harbour airport at 8am is frenetic. Light planes of all sizes vie with helicopters to shuttle tourists to and from the nearby islands and to…
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| 4/10/2017 | Day 2, Maroochydore to Airlie Beach |
The gods were with us today as the weather cleared after Maroochydore had received a long awaited and badly needed fall of around 110mm. Properties…
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| 3/10/2017 | Day 1, Sydney to Maroochydore |
There is a saying about, ”the best laid plans…………..” which today proved correct. A slow moving weather front prevented us from flying our normal…
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