Trip: The World Part 4
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INDONESIA | Saturday, 23 Dec 2023 | Views [240]
THE AUDUBON CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT has become a holiday tradition in the United States and we have participated in several. This year we will have our own, the Bali Christmas Bird Count.
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INDONESIA | Friday, 22 Dec 2023 | Views [153]
WE SET OFF THIS MORNING TO EXPLORE BALI. It’s about 95 miles from Jimbaran to Pemuteran in northwestern Bali but the drive took nearly five hours. We didn’t drive ourselves—only a local or a maniacal tourist should challenge Denpasar’... Read more >
INDONESIA | Thursday, 21 Dec 2023 | Views [144]
THE DRIVER FOR THE HOTEL SHUTTLE was still waiting patiently at 1:00 AM. We don’t blame Virgin Australia—the flight from Melbourne to Bali was only twenty minutes late and they upgraded us to Economy Plus. But it took nearly two hours to ... Read more >
INDONESIA | Tuesday, 19 Dec 2023 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 16 Dec 2023 | Views [113]
WE RETURNED TO THE PORT CAMPBELL area on Wednesday in search of some of the local birds. It took a bit of help from Mark, a ranger at Port Campbell National Park, but we were able to locate a gorgeous Beautiful Firetail along an obscure dirt track. Later ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 12 Dec 2023 | Views [244]
THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD, A “MUST-DO” AUSTRALIAN roadtrip is considered to be one of the most spectacular driving routes in the world. It runs almost 250 kilometers westward from Torquay to Allansford, ten minutes from our AirBnB in Warrnambool.... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 11 Dec 2023 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 10 Dec 2023 | Views [142]
WEATHER ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTH Australia has been hit or miss—and we’ve been missing. This isn’t the Robe we remember—sunny days swimming on Long Beach, succulent lobsters just off the boats and oysters fresh from the sea. It’... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 7 Dec 2023 | Views [152]
THE MURRAY RIVER, THAT IS. Connie pointed out that not only had we rolled on this same river in 2004, we had been on the same Paddle Vessel Rothbury . As I recall, that trip included lunch at a winery, this one just cruised through Murray Lock 11 and ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 5 Dec 2023 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Friday, 1 Dec 2023 | Views [151]
WE HAD NEVER HEARD OF AUSTRALIA’S FOSSIL Mammal Sites World Heritage Area and all this while it’s been right under our feet! The constant drip…drip…drip of rainwater filtering through porous limestone over hundreds of thousands ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 30 Nov 2023 | Views [113]
KEITH IS HARDLY MORE THAN A WIDE SPOT in the road—two roads actually, the intersection of A8 and A66. The drive from Murray Bridge was nothing to write home about—only the “Silo Art” in Coonalpyn was worthy of a stop—and ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 26 Nov 2023 | Views [83]
MURRAY BRIDGE IS NEARLY 300 KM IN “RIVER MILES” downstream from Waikerie. Despite its name in the singular, there are actually three bridges that span the river at Murray Bridge. Not as many as Madison County but we didn’t have to cross ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Friday, 24 Nov 2023 | Photo Gallery
Murray Bridge to Robe
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AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 23 Nov 2023 | Views [94]
THE 5K TURKEY TROT HAS BECOME A Thanksgiving tradition for some in the US, an excuse to overindulge later in the day. There are no turkeys trotting Down Under so we decided on a walk in the woods instead and a chance to find a Purple-Crowned Lorikeet.... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 22 Nov 2023 | Views [157]
IF OUR ACCOMMODATIONS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE at this rate they’ll rival Mar-A-Lago by the time we reach Melbourne! Christie’s Beach comes with everything except good weather—three bedrooms, 2½ bathrooms, a great kitchen and even ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 20 Nov 2023 | Views [102]
THERE ARE SEVERAL BIRDING “HOTSPOTS” not far from our base in Adelaide. Not all were easy to find, Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary was barely accessible and Barker Inlet Wetlands along side the busy M2 highway was most definitely urban.... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 19 Nov 2023 | Views [170]
WE ARE BACK TO CIVILIZATION, for whatever that’s worth. Both Ports Augusta and Lincoln are actually small towns with fewer than 12,500 residents and hardly count. Now Adelaide, where we are resting our heads, is a real city! One point three million! ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 16 Nov 2023 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 15 Nov 2023 | Views [98]
UNLIKE WELL-MANNERED CHILDREN some birds prefer to be heard and not seen. This is especially true for the Western Whipbird, one of Australia’s rarest. We spent two chilly mornings hiking around Lincoln National Park alternately playing the call ... Read more >
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