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Dec

2011

Australia Trip – Day Three

I revisited the Queen Mary Falls area the next morning, again very early as I didn’t have much time on this day. My main focus was to photograph the male Satin Bowerbird in his bower, plus to walk the trail down to the foot of the falls and capture anything interesting. Also, I removed the 1.4x TC and just used the 300/2.8 at its native focal length, which gave me an extra stop of light as well as better resolution. After a couple of hours at Queen Mary Falls, I stopped briefly at Daggs Falls on the way back to my parents’ place. Then, on the way back to the Gold Coast, I paused at a lookout and took a shot of the Head, an iconic mountain near Boonah.

Queen Mary Falls

Daggs Falls

Satin Bowerbird (male)

Black-shouldered Kite being attacked by Willie Wagtail

Bell Miner

Brown Thornbill

Collared Sparrowhawk

Eastern Spinebill

Fan-tailed Cuckoo

Spotted Pardalote (male)

Superb Fairy-wren (male)

Buff-banded Rail

Swamp Wallaby

Grey Kangaroo

Eastern Water Dragon

The Head

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Dec

2011

Australia Trip – Day Two

In the early morning I went up to Queen Mary Falls, which is in the southern section of the Main Range National Park. Weather was better, but mainly cloudy at first, so high ISOs were the order for the initial part of the morning. I hadn’t taken a tripod, so all shots were handheld and at pretty slow shutter speeds. The weather improved later, and I was able to get some better shots of some bird species.

European Hare

Wonga Pigeon

Eastern Spinebill

White-browed Scrubwren

Superb Fairy-wren (male)

Superb Fairy-wren (female)

Red Wattlebird

Laughing Kookaburra

Laughing Kookaburra with Swamp Rat

Eastern Yellow Robin

Satin Bowerbird (male)

Satin Bowerbird (female)

Crimson Rosella (adult)

Crimson Rosella (juvenile)

Eastern Rosella

King Parrot (male)

King Parrot (female)

Little Corella

Rainbow Lorikeet

Galah

Straw-necked Ibis

Black-faced Monarch

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Dec

2011

Australia Trip – Day One

I visited Australia for just three days; arriving Monday, November 28 and departing Thursday, December 1. This trip was mainly for family reasons, but I managed to squeeze in a little bit of photography while I was there, as my parents live just next to a national park. The first morning, after picking up the hire car and visiting some relatives on the way to my parents’ place, I took a couple of photos of Nankeen Kestrel but the weather wasn’t great and so I didn’t waste much time trying to take too many images. After arriving at my parents’ house I took some more photos from the back verandah while relaxing, chatting and downing a few beers.