Photos posted from the Scotia Sanctuary visit. The Doc’s first Report is here, a further short Report with lost of pictures here.
Category Archives: Wildlife
Mornington Magic
The Doc’s visit into the Central Kimberley was to visit AWC’s Mornington Sanctuary. The Sanctuary is the home of WildlifeLink Research Centre, AWC main research centre across The Kimberley, covering Mornington-Marions Downs, the Artisan Range, Tablelands and other properties. It is from where EcoFire is managed across much of the Central Kimberley.
AWC describes Mornington and Marion Downs as “almost 6,000 square kilometres of the iconic Kimberley region. Bounded to the south by the rugged King Leopold Range, the properties contain some of Australia’s most spectacular scenery. Massive mesas and dramatic sandstone escarpments overlook vast savanna woodlands, while a network of tropical rivers, including the Fitzroy River, carve deep gorges through the ancient landscape. “
What a magical place. Report is here.
AWC in the Simpson
While crossing the Simpson Desert our convoy passed another heading east to west. They were a group of 3 motorcycles. The Doc was “Tail End Charlie” (the last in the convoy) and stopped to tell the leader he was the last car. The leader of the other group said he was an AWC supporter and gave The Doc the thumbs up after seeing the stickers on the side of The Doc’s car.
Next week the Doc is off to AWC’s Mornington Sanctuary in The Kimberly, should be great.
A bridled nail tail wallaby this time, once thought to be extinct in Australia, but now thriving on AWC’s Scotia Sanctuary.
Back on the road
The next road trip starts tomorrow. Sorry I could not finish the Kangaroo Island reports. At least 2 maybe 3 more reports to come.
Next stop the Central Coast, then the Warrumbungles, then across to Broken Hill, via Dubbo and the Western Plains Zoo. Then down to AWC’s Scotia Sanctuary in Outback NSW.
Back to Broken Hill and then a 2 week Simpson Desert crossing finishing at White Cliffs.
Then to Sydney by some long route, then on a plane to Broome. Next stop AWC’s Mornington Sanctuary in the Central Kimberly’s. Back to Sydney then out to Deniliquin for some bird photography. A bit over 2 months in total.
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Part 2(d) – Parndana and the Heartland of KI
This Report covers central part of Kangaroo island. It will be the shortest of the reports. Parndana is a solders settlement. After World War 2 some large areas were cleared in the central part of KI to settle solders after their return from war. Report here.
Kangaroo Island travels
Kangaroo Island is the third largest island in Australia after Tasmania and Melville Island. It is about 190km from Penneshaw to Remarkable Rocks. The Doc travelled almost 3,000km on the Island. A map of his travels:
Part 1 of his Trip is here. Part 2 will be posted in the next day or so.
New South Wales’ Jurassic Park
This is a big one.
“THOUSANDS of hectares of national park land across the State will be set aside for locally extinct animals such as the bilby and numbat under an ambitious NSW government plan to return the Australian bush as it was a century ago.”
Read the article here, some great pictures of rare Australian small mammals, several of the which The Doc saw on his recent trip. The Project is being run in conjunction with Australian Wildlife Conservancy. It is pleasing to see the NSW Government taking effective action to help save these critically endangered animals.
Kangaroo Island Part 1 – The Main Attractions
As promised Part 1 of the Kangaroo Island Report has been posted. It covers the main attractions like Remarkable Rocks, Flinders Chase National Park, Kingscote and Admiral’s Arch, click here.
Photo competitions
The Doc does not enter his images in many photo competitions. However, some of the Galapagos images were entered – some of my best shots were not posted here.
He has been advised that 2 images have been selected for the next round of judging, but judging in not yet over. The Doc thinks some of his bird shots are better, lets hope the judges agree.
The Doc’s aim was to get past the first round, so that aim was achieved and there is still a chance he can go further. Probably best not to mention the name of the competition at this time.
On the road
The Doc has now explored the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia, especially around Victor Harbour and the mouth of the Mighty Murray, he then moved on to Kangaroo Island for 3 weeks and will return to Sydney the long way, via Yango and Mungo National Parks.
When he returns home he will first post the Easter Island update which is written, then the Kangaroo Island Report and finish with Fleurieu. The Doc may also add Mungo National Park.
The Kangaroo Island Report will be divided into 3 parts: KI main attractions, Around KI and lastly KI wildlife.
The main KI attractions are the Remarkable Rocks, the Lighthouses (mostly Cape du Couedic Lighthouse) and Admirals Arch. Others include Raptor Domain and the Australian and New Zealand Fur seals (to be in The Doc’s Widllife Report). This what the one day tour involves. One day visitors sure miss a lot.
A small sample, the sunrise at West End Bay The Doc waited 2.5 weeks to get.
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