16/10/2024
Our 2024 Mallee Birding and Wildlife tour was a great success. We visited the Grampians NP, Little Desert NP, Ngarkat CP in SA, Murray Sunset NP extensively, Wyperfeld NP, Hattah-Kulkyne NP, plus many smaller reserves in the mallee region, the various wetlands of the Murray Valley from Sea lake down to Swan Hill and Kerang, the Mid-Murray valley and northern plains of Victoria and the box ironbark country around Wedderburn and Inglewood. Quality time spent in quiet and often remote landscapes enjoying the birdlife, animals, reptiles, insects and plant life. We found 180 species of bird with just the Chestnut Quail thrush weirdly not appearing. We enjoyed 3 nights of spotlighting, found 10 species of reptile, 7 sp of mammal, and 7 sp of flowering orchid despite the drier than usual conditions . And we managed not to get bogged once :-) A lovely group to show around, and many great photos taken too. I cannot wait until October 2025 to run this again https://ebird.org/checklist/S198656239