2017 Waterbird Survey Map
| Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 15/11/2017 | Day 24, Narran Lakes to the Macquarie Marshes | 听 Last day of the 2017 survey 鈥 there was a pep in our step today. No more crack of dawn rises and late nights transcribing data after today. I spent鈥 听 |
| 14/11/2017 | Day 23, Gingham Watercourse to Yarraman Weir | 听 Just a few more days of aerial survey for 2017 鈥 we鈥檙e all looking forward to the 35th year finishing. From Sydney, we headed straight for Moree and鈥 听 |
| 8/11/2017 | Day 21, Lake Brewster to Middle Lake | 听 Away early again. We had a bit of catching up to do, given the late start the previous day. First stop was Lake Brewster. This once natural lake is鈥 听 |
| 7/11/2017 | Day 20, Lachlan River to Griffith | 听 Plans went a bit awry today with a sequence of events related to the weather and planes (not ours) which meant we didn鈥檛 get away until 2pm from鈥 听 |
| 2/11/2017 | Day 19, Coorong to Lake Alexandrina | 听 Our routine on our second day down in this part of the world was to always spend the morning, ended up being over four hours, flying down the Murray-鈥 听 |
| 01/11/2017 | Day 18, Goolwa to Lake Albert | 听 Up early, just on daybreak, and off today down the lower Murray to the Lower Lake and the Coorong, near Goolwa. We started our survey on this part鈥 听 |
| 31/10/2017 | Day 17, Albury to Hattah-Kulkyne Lakes | 听 Today we headed off on one of my favourite 鈥 the flight down the River Murray, starting up near Albury where we had to put on a full tank of fuel for鈥 听 |
| 26/10/2017 | Day 16, Wangaratta to Dartmouth Dam | 听 The last day of this leg and we spent the usual discussion the evening before about when we should leave. A big front was on its way. Just to鈥 听 |
| 25/10/2017 | Day 15, Port Fairy to the Winton Wetlands | 听 Once again 鈥 the weather dominated early. Leaving at about seven, we hoped to dodge the rain coming in. First, we finished the rest of Band 1, along鈥 听 |
| 24/10/2017 | Day 14, Sydney to Phillip Island | 听 Heading south over the next two days to do the two southerly bands 鈥 Band 2 and Band 1. The forecast was a bit worrying with clouds building up in鈥 听 |
| 19/10/2017 | Day 13, Griffith to Sydney | 听 The clouds were banking up to the west when we left Griffith at sunrise. Low cloud makes surveying impossible and so we left early, leaving a rainbow鈥 听 |
| 17/10/2017 | Day 11, Sydney to Lake Cawndilla | 听 Observer: Richard Kingsford I always look forward to seeing the country from the air each year, even though I have been doing this for over 30 years鈥 听 |
| 13/10/2017 | Day 10, Armidale to Sydney | 听 The last day of the survey and after 11 days in the light aircraft I am looking forward to some home comforts and routine. There was excitement upon鈥 听 |
| 12/10/2017 | Day 9, Broken Hill to Armidale | 听 We have begun to behave like the water birds we count. Today we followed the rain front which passed through White Cliffs last night, wakening us鈥 听 |
| 11/10/2017 | Day 8, St George to Broken Hill | 听 Cool weather is a delight when aerial surveying. It also generally means more stable conditions and thus more comfort for the three of us in the鈥 听 |
| 10/10/2017 | Day 7, Quilpie to St George | 听 After overnighting in the Mulga Country town of Charleville we continued our journey east towards Kingaroy where beautiful red volcanic soils鈥 听 |
| 9/10/2017 | Day 6, Windorah to Quilpie | 听 The softness of the strong red spinifex covered dunes west of Windorah in the early morning light is a beautiful sight. Immediately to the south and鈥 听 |
| 8/10/2017 | Day 5, Rockhampton to Windorah | 听 A 7.30 departure into cloudy weather had us heading southeast to our first wetland of the day in Band eight. A rain front is threatening from the鈥 听 |
| 6/10/2017 | Day 4, Mt Isa to Rockhampton | 听 We headed down to the Channel Country Rivers this morning for one of the longest days in the plane. So a pre-sunrise start saw us in the air to catch鈥 听 |
| 5/10/2017 | Day 3, Airlie Beach to Mt Isa | 听 Shute Harbour airport at 8am is frenetic. Light planes of all sizes vie with helicopters to shuttle tourists to and from the nearby islands and to鈥 听 |
| 4/10/2017 | Day 2, Maroochydore to Airlie Beach | 听 The gods were with us today as the weather cleared after Maroochydore had received a long awaited and badly needed fall of around 110mm. Properties鈥 听 |
| 3/10/2017 | Day 1, Sydney to Maroochydore | 听 There is a saying about, 鈥漷he best laid plans鈥︹︹︹..鈥 which today proved correct. A slow moving weather front prevented us from flying our normal鈥 听 |