Last week I headed up to Brisbane for a few days with my friends Megan and Katie. We arrived on Thursday night to nice views of the city lights from our 20th floor balcony.
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| Brisbane, QLD |
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| Brisbane, QLD |
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| Brisbane, QLD |
Unfortunately the weather wasn't great and I had to wait until the second morning to head out to the botanic gardens. When I got there, my target was easy to find - Bush Stone-curlews! I've only seen them twice before, both in Cairns the last time I was there. Both times they were shy and didn't stand around for photos. The Brisbane Bush Stone-curlews were much more accommodating!
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| Bush Stone-curlew, Brisbane Botanic Gardens, QLD |
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| Bush Stone-curlew, Brisbane Botanic Gardens, QLD |
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| Bush Stone-curlew, Brisbane Botanic Gardens, QLD |
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| Brisbane Botanic Gardens, QLD |
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| Brisbane Botanic Gardens, QLD |
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| Brisbane Botanic Gardens, QLD |
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| Brisbane Botanic Gardens, QLD |
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| Brisbane Botanic Gardens, QLD |
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| Brisbane Botanic Gardens, QLD |
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| Australian Wood Ducks, Brisbane Botanic Gardens, QLD |
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| Brisbane Botanic Gardens, QLD |
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| Rainbow Lorikeet, Brisbane Botanic Gardens, QLD |
On Saturday we drove north to Noosa, unfortunately the rain was even heavier there, but we did have a nice time swimming in the resort's pool and spa. The next morning I was lucky to wake up to some sunshine, and only a little rain! I had been planning to visit a nearby wetland, but didn't want to risk bogging the hire car on the unsealed road in, so I went for a walk instead, and found a boardwalk through some rainforest-like scrub between the resort and the Noosa National Park. On my walk I had a nice view of an Australian Brush-turkey, and found two lifers! Lewin's Honeyeater and Noisy Friarbird.
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| Lewin's Honeyeater, Noosa |
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| Noisy Friarbird, Noosa |
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