South Coast – Mogareka Inlet and Lake Mummaga
Monday, January 5th, 2009
Its Monday, so of course I woke up at 6am and got up to look for birds. I shot one rabbit! Humph, so I moved onto Dead Horse Gap just above Thredbo in the Kosciusko National Park. It seems that the moths and honeyeaters migrate through Dead Horse Gap at certain times of the year – forget which. There are some good tracks here. I then drove to Thredbo and Jindabyne and had breakfast at Serge’s – best coffee! The coffee in country towns is abysmal. I headed off to Bega via Cooma, hence to Tathra and the Mogareka Inlet, which is a nesting site for Little Terns. They had the area roped off and it was excellently done – with heaps of signs saying NO DOGS! Top job, Congratulations to all concerned.
Around 2pm I saw some Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos at the Mogareka Inlet picnic area and here are some lovely shots.
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
That afternoon I drove to Bodalla State Forest and am going to walk to Lake Mummaga this evening.
Well I went for a walk and it was pretty crap. Nothing of any significance but it was a great walk. Next day, I headed home via the Freeway. Journey ended.