Tag Archives: Nullarbor

Western Australia adventure – 24 April 2025

We enjoyed a cool clear sky this morning while eating breakfast and even beating the sunrise. It’s a long drive across Nullarbor but we enjoy the gentle hills covered in mallee and the saltbush/bluebush that stretches across to a vast … Continue reading

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Homeward bound from the San Patch 8 Feb 2023

The Nullarbor awakens us with a cool breeze and chorus of birds, some we have never seen before such as the Ground Cuckoo Shrike. We wander around the old shearing shed, which is still in reasonable condition given its age. … Continue reading

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Homeward bound from the San Patch 6 Feb 2023

We have finished our stay at the Sand Patch (Eyre Bird Observatory) and are making our way home. It’s a short drive to the Burnabbie ruins where we setup camp on sunset. A Boobook and Owlet Nightjar are calling throughout … Continue reading

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Qld to WA – Sand and Water 2022 5 February 2023

Our weekly stores pickup from the postie means we meet him where our track intersects the highway, that’s one hour from our base. A Bustard decides to saunter across the track. We are into our final week at the Eyre … Continue reading

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Qld to WA – Sand and Water 2022 28 January 2023

We get the opportunity to do some more drone flights to assess the dune restoration effort, a birds eye view captures the wonderful scenery. In the distance we can see the Baxter Cliffs lit by the morning sunlight. With our … Continue reading

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Qld to WA – Sand and Water 2022 19 January 2023

Our time at Eyre Bird Observatory is quickly coming to an end, we have a few free days and we hope to do some final exploring. The weather continues to change, it’s becoming one of the appealing aspects of this … Continue reading

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Qld to WA – Sand and Water 2022 12 January 2023

We do some bird surveys in the late afternoon, the Blue Bush Plains are quite pretty at this time. Despite the weather generally warming up we are not advocates for swimming on our beach, being accustomed to warm sub-tropical waters, … Continue reading

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Qld to WA – Sand and Water 2022 6 January 2023

The last day of December and 2022 reached 37°C, a warm day to conclude what can only be described as a chaotic year, weather and event wise. The warm weather bringing out the reptiles both large and small, all very … Continue reading

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Qld to WA – Sand and Water 2022 30 December

We are enjoying our time with no guests, time to explore and use the technology at our disposal. Number one techno item is our drone. Whatever you may think of a drone it gives a bird eye view of this … Continue reading

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Qld to WA – Sand and Water 2022 23 December @ night

With guests gone we have the base to ourselves and have time to venture onto the big dunes on the sunset walk and see them from a night time perspective.

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