4th August – Tuesday
Feel much better this morning, although we did have a very disturbed night! The local thick knees (birds, not a derogatory term!) decided to party on our front lawn. These are large nocturnal birds which walk around the caravan park every night and make a noise which is a cross between cats mating and a baby crying. Anyway, last night they decided to spend the whole night partying outside our window!!!
Clear, very hot and windy today, much hotter than the last few days.
We headed to the Botanic Gardens early this morning to join their bird watching tour. Unfortunately, every mosquito within a 100 km radius also decided to join the tour as well. It was very nearly a case of stopping at the Red Cross on the way home to have a blood transfusion! Cat wasn’t at all impressed and retreated into his backpack.
We did have great fun with the binoculars and even spotted some birds we haven’t seen before – the sunbird and Papuan frogmouths were both spectacular in their own ways. We were “lucky” enough to have an “expert” on birds in the group – kept asking the guide questions (we all know the sort) and even told us Tasmanians that she knew a farmer had imported foxes into Tasmania so he could go foxhunting. We ignored her after that little comment. All told, it was an enjoyable walk (apart from the mozzies) through the parklands for 2 ½ hours. We were lucky enough to also see a Cairns birdwing butterfly which had just emerged from is chrysalis – and a monstrous spider web complete with monstrous spider!
Something for those who like googling – there was a Pacific baza in the caravan park a few days ago.
We had only been home a few minutes when the dreaded migraine struck – the second one since we left home. Hopefully a pill and a sleep will help.
Feel much better this morning, although we did have a very disturbed night! The local thick knees (birds, not a derogatory term!) decided to party on our front lawn. These are large nocturnal birds which walk around the caravan park every night and make a noise which is a cross between cats mating and a baby crying. Anyway, last night they decided to spend the whole night partying outside our window!!!
Clear, very hot and windy today, much hotter than the last few days.
We headed to the Botanic Gardens early this morning to join their bird watching tour. Unfortunately, every mosquito within a 100 km radius also decided to join the tour as well. It was very nearly a case of stopping at the Red Cross on the way home to have a blood transfusion! Cat wasn’t at all impressed and retreated into his backpack.
We did have great fun with the binoculars and even spotted some birds we haven’t seen before – the sunbird and Papuan frogmouths were both spectacular in their own ways. We were “lucky” enough to have an “expert” on birds in the group – kept asking the guide questions (we all know the sort) and even told us Tasmanians that she knew a farmer had imported foxes into Tasmania so he could go foxhunting. We ignored her after that little comment. All told, it was an enjoyable walk (apart from the mozzies) through the parklands for 2 ½ hours. We were lucky enough to also see a Cairns birdwing butterfly which had just emerged from is chrysalis – and a monstrous spider web complete with monstrous spider!
Something for those who like googling – there was a Pacific baza in the caravan park a few days ago.
We had only been home a few minutes when the dreaded migraine struck – the second one since we left home. Hopefully a pill and a sleep will help.
1 comment:
Great photo of the butterfly. Jack and Dave came visited for lunch and we all went for an ice cream. Very pleasant distraction from work. Shan
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