We met lots of nice birders, locals and travellers, who gave advice, showed us around, helped us identifying the birds and were nice companions. This is a richly illustrated triip report, with many photos attached to the species list. Australia was not at the top of my list of priority world birding locations. I couldn't and no longer even try to resist the urge to see the birdlife of this or any island continent. A week of work obligations in Melbourne and Sydney turned into a month in Australia when I added on birding destinations.
Life is short, and there are many birds.
23rd June to 31st July 1997. By Tony Clarke. In the end, after 39 days birding, some 396 species were seen. Myself and David Koffel have just returned from an enjoyable and pleasant inland trip. As a result of covering new birding habitats - the Mallee, Mulga, the Bluebush plains etc, several species were new to me, and I saw a total of 37 lifers out of a total trip list of 225 species.