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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Murray Lord" data-source="post: 1603252" data-attributes="member: 49730">Weekend suggestionsThe weather forecast is looking pretty bleak.  But it might be a good time for a seawatch if you have a scope.  Maroubra is the best spot for that - just get a bus to Maroubra beach.  You can walk to the headland at either the northern or southern end of the beach.  Northern end is less far to walk, but southern gives you a chance of things like Brown Quail and Southern Emu-wren (if you are lucky) in the heath.  To get to the southern end you go down past the surf club and ignore the sign about not being allowed through the wire fence, then follow your nose along the coast.  Just don't climb the hill on the right as there is a rifle range back there!  The little pond you go past on the way (a few hundred metres from the surf club car park) sometimes has Lewin's Rails.  That said if you're going to do a pelagic you will get far better views from a boat than from land - if you're not familiar with the birds, just working out what the distant shearwaters are from land will be a challenge (most likely Wedge tailed right now, before you ask!)</blockquote>