[Birding-Aus] RFI: Gold Coast / Surfers
Damien Farine
Hey All,
I'll be in Surfers attending a conference Monday to Thursday next week. I've trolled through the archive but there isn't much info on Gold Coast birding spots. Would anyone be able to give some info on some locations worth visiting within half an hour max of Surfers? I'd be interested in checking out some waders, and maybe catching up with a Jabiru and Plum-headed Finches.
Thanks in advance!
Damien
PS: Perhaps replying to the list might be good, there's info in the archive on Lamington/Binna Burra, but not much on the coast itself.
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coatal strip there isnt much habitat left east of the pacific motorway. The closest habitat area would
be the vegetated area along the Spit between the road and the beach.
Quoting Damien Farine <swi...@hotmail.com>:
>
> Hey All,
> I'll be in Surfers attending a conference Monday to Thursday next
> week. I'=
> ve trolled through the archive but there isn't much info on Gold
> Coast bird=
> ing spots. Would anyone be able to give some info on some locations
> worth =
> visiting within half an hour max of Surfers? I'd be interested in
> checking=
> out some waders, and maybe catching up with a Jabiru and Plum-headed
> Finch=
> es.
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Damien
>
> PS: Perhaps replying to the list might be good, there's info in the
> archive=
> on Lamington/Binna Burra, but not much on the coast itself.
>
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Carl Billingham
I have found some good wetlands and reed beds in the Varsity Lakes Wetland Reserve behind the Casua Industrial Estate just off Casua Drive (which is a service road running parrallel with Reedy Creek Rd near the exit from the Pacific Motorway). I have seen a couple of Jabiru in there, Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos, lots of ducks and I reckon it has to be a good spot for crake, rail and bittern but I just haven't had a chance to check it out in the evening yet.
Another good spot that is local is the Federation walk along the Spit (opposite Sea World). There should be some opportunities for waders and terns etc on the adjacent Broadwater.
Let me know if you need any further directions.
Cheers,
Carl Billingham
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Charles Hunter
Pending what time you can get up I reckon your best bet for some good birds is a quick trip to Mt. Tamborine. I used to take advantage of the fact QLD does not have daylight savings. Leave at 4.15am (QLD time) you can be at Mt.Tamborine in around 35 mins and have two hours of good birding.
Your other option is to again get up early and get to some of the golf courses in the area (before golfing starts) . I was at Palm Meadows on the weekend and had a great view of a Night Heron (in breeding plumage). Royal Pines is another good spot.
My father was recently staying close to The Spit and saw a Bush Stone-curlew early one morning.
Cheers,
Charles
sj...@tpg.com.au wrote: I am an ecologist working in an offfice in surfers, and due to the highly urbanised nature of the
coatal strip there isnt much habitat left east of the pacific motorway. The closest habitat area would
be the vegetated area along the Spit between the road and the beach.
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Park in the middle of Main Beach, which was suprising given the high level of disturbance including
Indy each year.
I would agree the golf courses are one of the few refuges left along the coastal strip near surfers.
Peter Shute
10:40 AM:
> Hey All,
> I'll be in Surfers attending a conference Monday to Thursday
> much info on Gold Coast birding spots. Would anyone be able
> to give some info on some locations worth visiting within
> half an hour max of Surfers? I'd be interested in checking
I have some vague information that might be helpful, but a local might
have to fill in some details. Some time within the last couple of
months a friend visited the Gold Coast and said he'd seen what sounded
like a Brush Turkey scratching around on a vacant block in the suburbs.
This is his description of the location:
"Magic mountain (near nobbies beach i think) under the orange units on
the hill. 5-750 meters to the beach along the walk from the shops."
I think Magic Mountain might be a fun park. I think the suburb might
actual be Nobby Beach. I think he means 500-750 metres, not 5-750.
Can anyone fill in the details, or suggest whether this might be a
location worth visiting too?
> PS: Perhaps replying to the list might be good, there's info
> in the archive on Lamington/Binna Burra, but not much on the coast
> itself.
Good idea!
Carl Billingham
If you dont mind a bit of a drive, over the border in NSW is Fingal Spit (the southern bank at the mouth of the Tweed River). If you head to the southern end of Fingal Spit adjacent to McKissock Dr (officially in Kingscliff) there is a remnant patch of coastal heath. This was burnt out a few years ago but it should have recovered by now. I was amazed at what I saw when I first went there many years ago and have never forgotten it. I was wonder what the rest of the Eastern coastline must have looked like prior to development. This would be a good early morning spot.
On Sunday I drove from the Gold Coast down to Hastings Point in NSW and got Sooty Oystercatchers, Wandering Tattler and Grey-tailed Tattler amongst plenty of others. The round trip took about 2hours so is a possibility for an early morning foray.
In a similar vein don't forget Springbrook and Currumbin Valley. Currumbin Creek Rd leads up to the bottom of Springbrook NP (Mt Cougal Section). It is my regular training ride on my bike during the week before work - it is amazing what you can see along there and it is always pleasant to sit in the rainforest at the end of the road.
Cheers,
Carl
RFI: Gold Coast / Surfers
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To: Charles Hunter < cc...@yahoo.com.au>
Subject: RFI: Gold Coast / Surfers
From: sj...@tpg.com.au
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:34:46 +1100
I have also seen bush stone curlews on a number of occasions over the last few
years in Macintosh
Park in the middle of Main Beach, which was suprising given the high level of
disturbance including
Indy each year.
I would agree the golf courses are one of the few refuges left along the
coastal strip near surfers.
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Barry Davies
I would like to add a couple of suggestions to the list you have already
received from Carl et al. There is a new Botanic garden off Ashmore Rd
and only about 10mins from Surfers that is worth a stroll around to see
some bush birds, but be aware it is new so don't expect a forest.
Coombabah wetlands has a mangrove boardwalk where some mangrove
specialists can be found as well as waders and bush birds. There is also
a mangrove boardwalk at Burleigh near Fleay's fauna sanctuary. If you go
to Coombabah you could also visit the nearby sewerage farm which has
some good birds but you have to peek through the fence. There are some
wetlands along Neilson's Rd in Carara which have Magpie geese and
assorted other spp. Jabirus turn up in odd spots when you least expect
them. I saw some recently on the side of the highway near Nerang. If you
see a Plum-headed Finch please let me know where because I have never
seen one on the coast.
Good luck.
regards,
Barry Davies
Gondwana Guides.
Beechmont.
Damien Farine wrote:
> Hey All,
> I'll be in Surfers attending a conference Monday to Thursday next week. I've trolled through the archive but there isn't much info on Gold Coast birding spots. Would anyone be able to give some info on some locations worth visiting within half an hour max of Surfers? I'd be interested in checking out some waders, and maybe catching up with a Jabiru and Plum-headed Finches.
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Damien
>
> PS: Perhaps replying to the list might be good, there's info in the archive on Lamington/Binna Burra, but not much on the coast itself.
>
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Syd Curtis
Should you go there, may I recommend the Knoll N P (now referred to by P&W
Service as the Knoll section of the Tamborine Mountain N P). Within the
first half kilometre of the excellent walking track you pass through open
Eucalypt forest, wet sclerophyll and into rainforest.
In case you have occasion to talk to local residents, beware of the
confusing place names situation:
The whole mini-plateau is "Tamborine Mountain"
"Mt Tamborine" is the village at the southern end of "the Mountain".
"North Tamborine" is the village in the north-western part.
"Tamborine" is a village in the valley some 5 km NW from the Mountain.
"Eagle Heights" is the village in the north-eastern part of the
Mountain.
The most direct route from the Gold Coast brings you first to Eagle Heights,
and if time is critical, Palm Grove N P is also a good birding location.
Cheers
Syd
> From: Charles Hunter <cc...@yahoo.com.au>
> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:24:16 +1100 (EST)
> To: sj...@tpg.com.au, Damien Farine <swi...@hotmail.com>
> Cc: Birding Aus <birdi...@vicnet.net.au>
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] RFI: Gold Coast / Surfers
>
> Pending what time you can get up I reckon your best bet for some good birds is
> a quick trip to Mt. Tamborine. I used to take advantage of the fact QLD does
> not have daylight savings. Leave at 4.15am (QLD time) you can be at
> Mt.Tamborine in around 35 mins and have two hours of good birding.
Peter Shute
> I have some vague information that might be helpful, but a
> local might have to fill in some details. Some time within
> the last couple of months a friend visited the Gold Coast and
> said he'd seen what sounded like a Brush Turkey scratching
> around on a vacant block in the suburbs. This is his
> description of the location: "Magic mountain (near nobbies
> beach i think) under the orange units on the hill. 5-750
> meters to the beach along the walk from the shops."
>
> I think Magic Mountain might be a fun park. I think the
> suburb might actual be Nobby Beach. I think he means 500-750 metres,
> not 5-750.
>
> Can anyone fill in the details, or suggest whether this might
> be a location worth visiting too?
Here's some more precise location information: the bird was in the
bushy area in front of the curved building on the south side of
Chairlift Avenue, Nobby Beach.
Peter Shute