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<blockquote data-quote="Andrew Whitehouse" data-source="post: 1683156" data-attributes="member: 3550"><p><strong>Day 20: July 8th 2009, Brisbane - Lamington NP</strong></p><p></p><p>The next morning, I headed into central Brisbane to pick up my hire car and then headed south along the freeway. After a couple of hours circuitous driving I arrived at <a href="http://www.oreillys.com.au/" target="_blank">O'Reilly's retreat</a> in Lamington National Park, where I was going to spend the next three days.</p><p></p><p>In Brisbane I managed a couple of new birds in the shape of some Torresian Crows, which are the local corvid there, and Pied Currawong. After negotiating the winding road up to O'Reilly's I checked into my room and went to the information desk to get some tips on finding birds in the area. At that point I had possibly one of the surprises of my life when I heard somebody say 'Andrew!' rather incredulously. It was Rob Lambert, who I used to know when I lived in Fife but who I hadn't seen for seven years. He was staying at O'Reilly's with his family and was going to be there for another day. It's a bit strange when you unexpectedly bump into someone you know on another continent.</p><p></p><p>We set off for a walk along a forest trail near to the compound. The cool and breezy weather wasn't ideal for forest birding and unfortunately it remained like this throughout my stay. I'd already seen some of O'Reilly's characteristic birds at the midday feeding frenzy, when great gangs of colourful <strong>Crimson Rosellas</strong> and <strong>King Parrots</strong> crowd around visitors with bags of seed. We went birding along an obscure track that was supposed to be good for <strong>Albert's Lyrebirds.</strong> We heard a few in the distance, giving some remarkable calls, but could never get close to them. Other birds were a bit more forthcoming. These included <strong>Eastern Whipbird, Large-billed, Yellow-throated</strong> and <strong>White-browed Scrubwrens</strong> and the very numerous <strong>Brown Thornbills</strong>. My favourite was an <strong>Australian Logrunner</strong>, which I saw darting about the forest floor - beautifully patterned things. Another trail produced some very close views of <strong>Eastern Yellow Robin</strong> and a fancy looking pair of <strong>Wonga Pigeons</strong>.</p><p></p><p>Around the compound there were lots of <strong>Red-browed Finches</strong> and several cute-looking small marsupials: <strong>Red-necked Pademelons</strong>. Whilst having a snack at the cafe I was treated to some fantastic views of a luminous pair of <strong>Superb Fairy-wrens</strong>, a species I was to happily see much more of over the remainder of the trip.</p><p></p><p>In the evening there was a bit of mammal action, including 'Nugget' the black <strong>Mountain Brush-tailed Possum</strong>, which is regularly fed by the restaurant. There were also three <strong>Ring-tailed Possums</strong>, which have a thinner tail and are a bit cuter looking.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andrew Whitehouse, post: 1683156, member: 3550"] [b]Day 20: July 8th 2009, Brisbane - Lamington NP[/b] The next morning, I headed into central Brisbane to pick up my hire car and then headed south along the freeway. After a couple of hours circuitous driving I arrived at [URL="http://www.oreillys.com.au/"]O'Reilly's retreat[/URL] in Lamington National Park, where I was going to spend the next three days. In Brisbane I managed a couple of new birds in the shape of some Torresian Crows, which are the local corvid there, and Pied Currawong. After negotiating the winding road up to O'Reilly's I checked into my room and went to the information desk to get some tips on finding birds in the area. At that point I had possibly one of the surprises of my life when I heard somebody say 'Andrew!' rather incredulously. It was Rob Lambert, who I used to know when I lived in Fife but who I hadn't seen for seven years. He was staying at O'Reilly's with his family and was going to be there for another day. It's a bit strange when you unexpectedly bump into someone you know on another continent. We set off for a walk along a forest trail near to the compound. The cool and breezy weather wasn't ideal for forest birding and unfortunately it remained like this throughout my stay. I'd already seen some of O'Reilly's characteristic birds at the midday feeding frenzy, when great gangs of colourful [B]Crimson Rosellas[/B] and [B]King Parrots[/B] crowd around visitors with bags of seed. We went birding along an obscure track that was supposed to be good for [B]Albert's Lyrebirds.[/B] We heard a few in the distance, giving some remarkable calls, but could never get close to them. Other birds were a bit more forthcoming. These included [B]Eastern Whipbird, Large-billed, Yellow-throated[/B] and [B]White-browed Scrubwrens[/B] and the very numerous [B]Brown Thornbills[/B]. My favourite was an [B]Australian Logrunner[/B], which I saw darting about the forest floor - beautifully patterned things. Another trail produced some very close views of [B]Eastern Yellow Robin[/B] and a fancy looking pair of [B]Wonga Pigeons[/B]. Around the compound there were lots of [B]Red-browed Finches[/B] and several cute-looking small marsupials: [B]Red-necked Pademelons[/B]. Whilst having a snack at the cafe I was treated to some fantastic views of a luminous pair of [B]Superb Fairy-wrens[/B], a species I was to happily see much more of over the remainder of the trip. In the evening there was a bit of mammal action, including 'Nugget' the black [B]Mountain Brush-tailed Possum[/B], which is regularly fed by the restaurant. There were also three [B]Ring-tailed Possums[/B], which have a thinner tail and are a bit cuter looking. [/QUOTE]
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