Monthly Archives: June 2025

-2.90°C this morning, the birds were waiting for us to break ice covering the water points. There were many Pink Cockatoos around the base, just about every major tree and man made object had a Cockatoo on it. After finishing … Continue reading →

It’s resupply day today so we travel up to Cocklebiddy via the Pannikin Plain to do our bird survey. Amongst the grassland and Bluebush are some spectacular flowering and fruiting plants. We find the Quandongs on the North Track are … Continue reading →

Today we trekked out to Burnabbie to undertake a bird survey and collect more firewood as the days of late have been quite cool. Along the North track the birdlife is prolific mainly honeyeaters, the mallee continues to flower and … Continue reading →

The weather has improved, though a morning shower and ominous clouds streaming in from the southwest the weather could change quickly. While the tide is still too high and the weather is driving the water further up the beach we … Continue reading →

A big southerly weather system is moving through it has being very windy, some would call it blowing like a bastard, and today it has rained. Regardless there are jobs to be done and keeping the watering points clean and … Continue reading →

The winter solstice has gone and the sun is on its way back. Despite it being winter we have many reptiles about, particularly Geckoes.

Today we visit Burnabbie to undertake a bird survey and collect firewood, we are outside the park in unallocated state land. We explore along the Burnabbie – Madura Pass track, it traverses east – west along the foot of the … Continue reading →

With visitors gone it has provided us time to catch-up on maintenance. Today was our scheduled run to Cocklebiddy to collect stores, fuel and mail. At the same time we survey the Pannikin Plain, this provides an opportunity to view … Continue reading →

Today we had a chance to look at the flotsam and jetsam we have picked up. We find some interesting items washed up onto the beach. We recently found part of an old wooden boat, which seems to have been … Continue reading →