The Doc leaves for the Kimberley tomorrow. The trip should take 4 months. One month up to the Kimberley, then 2 or 3 weeks at AWC’s Mornington Sanctuary, then a month travelling around The Kimberly, Derby and Broome. Then the trip back, perhaps down the WA coast and across the Nullarbor Plain.
The final day of the trip from Weipa to Port Douglas, via Piccaninny Plains, Oyala Thumotang National Park, Archer & Coen Rivers, Coen, Lakefield National Park, AWC’s Brooklyn Sanctuary and its luxurious mountain rainforests of this World Heritage Listed area.Report and photos here. Enjoy.
Last year The Doc visited Piccaninny Plains on Cape York, an AWC event. That visit inspired the helicopter Cape York trip this year.
Bungie, who The Doc met at the Piccaninny event, was the pilot who flew him all over The Cape. This time we flew over Picca (its nickname) on Day 4. We were going to land but a late start due to rain meant we could not. The Doc took some wet season photos and the Report and photos are here.
Not many people get to visit Brooklyn Sanctuary. Brooklyn has the greatest diversity of wildlife (500 vertebrate species) than any other single property in Australia. The Doc flew over and then drove out as part of his recent trip to Cape York. The short Report and photos are here.
The Adventure will continues in 2015, a 4 day helicopter trip around Cape York in February and then a few days around Cairns, including a visit to AWC’s Brooklyn Sanctuary.
Next a second trip to Flinders Island.
Then the big trip across to the The Kimberley for a few months.
Late in the year a month in New Zealand. The Adventures continues.
Over the last few days Lake Eyre is filling up again. Great report from Australian Wildlife Conservancy’s Kalamurina Sanctuary on the north edge of Lake Eyre, with pictures, click here.
A quick trip down to Ballina Lighthouse this morning to test a new filter. It worked well.
While photographing someone came up to ask about AWC, it turns out it was Simone, a former AWC employee. I recognised Simone from the AWC slides I scanned recently of Mornington Sanctuary. It is a small world. The mobile AWC Billboard delivers again.
The black and white versions.
Next stop Byron Bay Lighthouse.
The Doc is back home after a recent road trip with a friend across outback New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland. All up over 6,000 kilometres.
A new record on this trip, the most number of people talking about AWC . It seemed everywhere we went someone knew AWC or was keen to learn. At least a dozen people in about 2 weeks.
Since returning The Doc has been scanning AWC slides from years past. The scanning is complete but some post processing and indexing remains to be done. The quality of the slides does vary, but there are some great shots of animals like bilbies, woylies and boobies. Sorry no pictures are they are copyright. But the AWC website has a lot of great photos now.
On the trip The Doc also tested a new trailer, which has an issue or two that needs to be sorted. The car needs a service, some new tyres and some work done.
The Doc hopes to take a few trips closer to Sydney over the next few weeks. He is also booking some trips next year to Tasmania, The Kimberley and Cape York.
Lastly, a picture from Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary in the Flinders Ranges, a place we visited. Click on the picture to see a bigger version.
Just returned from a Cape York Trip visiting the AWC Sanctuary called Piccaninny Plains. Piccaninny Plains is the name of the pastoral lease if you were wondering. Report and photos here.
Back home preparing for a new road trip next week with a friend.
The Patrol needs to be serviced and the new Stockman Extreme Offroada trailer needs to have a battery system and fridge fitted. Then we are off.
Also going though the Piccaninny Plains photos. Hope to post a report this week. Privileged to see the Palm Cockatoo, spotted cuscus, crocodiles, frogs and other wildlife.
A couple of hours flying over the property in a helicopter was great.
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