Monthly Archives: August 2024

Great Australia Bight – Cliffs, sand, mallee and whales. 28 August 2024

Mornings on the East Track are wonderful, mist rising today, quiet with the exception of the morning bird chorus, and no wind so there are plenty of tracks to follow.

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Great Australia Bight – Cliffs, sand, mallee and whales. 26 August 2024

Today we spent time looking at the area near the revegetation site to the south west of the base and the area known as Irene’s Peak. This is an area that needs to be stabilised to protect the base from … Continue reading

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Great Australia Bight – Cliffs, sand, mallee and whales. 25 August 2024

Today we surveyed Kanidal Beach, Wader Beach and Twilight Cove. These are iconic coastal features, plenty of birds and quite an adventure to get there and back. The landscape changes from beach to limestone hills, to fore dunes and beach … Continue reading

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Great Australia Bight – Cliffs, sand, mallee and whales. 22 August 2024

We are greeted by another beautiful morning, and taking photos at this time can produce interesting results, such as giant foot lying on its side, some mystical creatures still asleep at dawn. Today we explored the East Track, a mixture … Continue reading

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Great Australia Bight – Cliffs, sand, mallee and whales. 21 August 2024

While much of today involved maintenance, we did have an enjoyable time sharing a beautiful sunset on the dunes with visitors from the Mirning community.

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Great Australia Bight – Cliffs, sand, mallee and whales. 20 August 2024

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Great Australia Bight – Cliffs, sand, mallee and whales. 19 August 2024

A day exploring the caves on the Blue Bush and grassland habitat of the Pannikin Plain. The caves form a micro climate, a haven for wildlife and the surrounding landscape is rich in vegetation, providing plenty of shelter and food. … Continue reading

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Great Australia Bight – Cliffs, sand, mallee and whales. 18 August 2024

We love the rapid change in weather here, it makes every day on the walks a new adventure and different photographic opportunity. From Cirrus to Alto stratus and Alto cumulus to Cumulus and Fractostratus we see the environment above us … Continue reading

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Great Australia Bight – Cliffs, sand, mallee and whales. 15 August 2024

Another amazing looking morning, with a light shower or two. We walk up to the Sunset Lookout to take a photograph and have a look about. We visit the beach, the tide is quite high so making any beach travel … Continue reading

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Great Australia Bight – Cliffs, sand, mallee and whales. 12 August 2024

It was a mild night with some rain, 1 mm to be exact. Spent time watching the birds and showing visitors some of our walking tracks. We are finding orchids amongst the scrub, small wonderful natives. The guests are all … Continue reading

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