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Day 26, The Macquarie Marshes |
Observer: Richard Kingsford
An early start again on our last day of surveying. Today it was all focused on the Macquarie Marshes, about forty… |
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Day 25, Moree to the Yantabulla Swamp |
Observer: Richard Kingsford
We headed west again to count some of the Gwydir wetlands for the second time. We survey all of the major wetlands in… |
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Day 24, Sydney to Moree |
Observer: Richard Kingsford
The next few days will be the last of the survey for the year. I will be glad to be out of the plane, even though it has… |
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Day 23, Parkes to Sydney |
Observer: Richard Kingsford
Yesterday evening we flew over our first wetland that we needed to survey today – Bogandillon Swamp, part of the Lachlan… |
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Day 22, Swan Hill to Parkes |
Observer: Richard Kingsford
We spent a beautiful crisp morning surveying the large Victorian lakes of the Murray-Darling Basin, gently bouncing… |
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Day 21, Sydney to Swan Hill |
Observer: Richard Kingsford
We headed for the Lachlan River and its floods, via Griffith to refuel and have lunch. It was slow going heading west… |
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Day 20, Murray Mouth to Sydney |
Observer: Richard Kingsford
Today was our last day surveying the River Murray. The Lower Lakes, the Coorong and the Murray Mouth is a very special… |
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Day 19, the Coorong to Lake Albert |
Observer: Richard Kingsford
Today was delightful for aerial survey but disappointing for the waterbirds. We experienced the best conditions for… |
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Day 18, River Murray to Lake Alexandrina |
Observer: Richard Kingsford
Today was a great day for ‘water sights’. Low wind and a cool day were ideal conditions for flying, starting with where… |
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Day 17, Sydney to the Hattah Lakes |
Observer: Richard Kingsford
We left early to get to Albury and start surveying the River Murray. On the way, we flew past Lake George again, not one… |
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Day 16, Wangaratta to Sydney |
Observer: Richard Kingsford
We got away just before daybreak. It was smooth to begin with as we surveyed the King and then the Ovens Rivers, south… |
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Day 15, Warrnambool to Wangaratta |
25/10/16 Observer - Richard Kingsford
We left early on a crisp morning, flying over the crater lake, Tower Hill Nature Reserve, near Warrnambool on… |
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Day 14, Sydney to Warrnambool |
Observer: Richard Kingsford
Day 14 of our survey was a beautiful one. Not a cloud in the sky and just a breath of wind when we took off from Sydney… |
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Day 13, Griffith to Sydney |
Observer: Terry Korn
After an overnight stay in the Walter Burley Griffin designed Riverina town of Griffith, we woke to five degrees outside and… |
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Day 12, Broken Hill to Griffith |
Observer: Terry Korn
Forecast rain and threats of 100km/hr. winds worried us as we departed south from Broken Hill for Renmark on the banks of the… |
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Day 11, Sydney to Broken Hill |
Observer: Terry Korn
Cloud shrouded mountains were caressed by our Cessna 206 as we crossed the Blue mountains on a path which would ultimately have… |
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Day 10, Bourke to the Macquarie Marshes |
Observer: Richard Kingsford
Today is the last leg of our northern surveys. The amount of water everywhere is the standout ‘take home’ message from… |
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Day 9, William Creek to Bourke |
Observer: Richard Kingsford
We decided on an early start today to capitalise on the cool conditions.
Plane is loaded and ready to go at dawn at… |
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Day 8, Cunnamulla to William Creek |
Observer: Richard Kingsford
It was cold in Cunnamulla early this morning when we left – jumper weather. We even had to put the heater on in the… |
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Day 7, Charleville to Cunnamulla |
Observer: Richard Kingsford
A welcome cold morning at 150 C. Cool is ideal when we are surveying the outback. On hot days, the plane bounces as it… |
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Day 6, Windorah to Charleville |
Observer: Richard Kingsford
This is another of our long days, particularly because there is so much water around. We have to head west along Band 8… |
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Day 5, Rockhampton to Windorah |
Observer: Richard Kingsford
Today we head west to the channel country where we will stop for the night. From Rockhampton, we go south over the Mt… |
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Day 4, Mt Isa to Rockhampton |
Observer: Richard Kingsford
Today’s survey from Mt Isa to Rockhampton is a long day. We start early in the relative cool, hoping that we wont have a… |
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Day 3, Airlie Beach to Mt Isa |
Observer: Richard Kingsford
West today to Mt Isa – surveying all of the wetlands and rivers for their waterbirds, along our most northerly survey… |
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Day 2, Maroochydore to Airlie Beach |
Observer - Richard Kingsford
One of my favourite days of survey – flying along the Queensland coastline, up to the Whitsunday Islands. First on our… |
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Day 1, Sydney to Maroochydore |
Observer: Richard Kingsford
Once again it seems, we can say the 2016 aerial survey of waterbirds across eastern Australia is going to be different… |
