Queenscliff Vic March 25, 2015
Set out cross-country style to get from Bendigo to Queenscliff, using all the A, B & C roads we could find. Fairly pleasant trip actually and we saw a bit of the country and a few little towns like Gisbourne and Bacchus Marsh. Didn't really see them as such, just drove through, didn't even stop for coffee as they are old style towns with no place to park a car and van.
Made it into Queenscliff and back into the same spot we had last time. While we were eating lunch we took some snaps of cute little birds in and around the bottlebrush tree.
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| Look at this cute little guy. Queenscliff Vic |
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| Even smaller little yellow bird, but not the same as the one above. Queenscliff Vic |
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| No points for naming this bloke! Queenscliff Vic |
After lunch we took the obligatory run down to the Point to see if the ferry was in and stare at the big boats negotiating The Rip.
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| Boat. The Rip, Port Phillip Bay Vic |
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| Boat. The Rip, Port Phillip Bay Vic |
I was having a play with the new borrowed toy, Roman’s 100-400mm lens. Takes a bit of getting used to but if you keep the aperture open and the speed up you start to get decent results. A snoozey seagull strayed into my optic range and got snapped as well
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| It's a tough job. |
Wandered around to Port Lonsdale to check out The Rip going into Port Phillip Bay, the wharf, a few stray Fur Seals and a long shot of Fort Nepean over on the other headland, about 3 1/2 km away
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| The wharf at Port Lonsdale Vic |
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Bird. Port Lonsdale Vic
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| Port Lonsdale Vic |
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| Oh! What a big one! Brian playing with toys. Port Lonsdale Vic |
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| The Rip. Port Lonsdale Vic |
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| Fort Nepean taken from Port Lonsdale Vic |
Needless to say after such an exhausting schedule we had to have a coffee and do the gossip crossword in some dodgy magazine. We asked the 3yo who was serving us who the 'star' in the picture was....
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| Judy pondering 9 across. Port Lonsdale Vic |
Back at the van, I made use of the best indoor pool-in-a-van-park, its heated, and has a proper spa and I stayed for an hour or so.
What do you mean, "kept the aperture open"? I think you will have to include your metadata with your pics!
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John and Bev
Good to see the telephoto lens is getting a workout. I know you are not as clueless about birds as you make out and the photographs are just a cunning ploy to get me to comment on your posts :-) Anyway, top to bottom: New Holland honeyeater, yellow rumped thornbill, New Caledonian pied crow and silver gull.
ReplyDeleteHmm There's no fooling you is there? You had me going with New Caledonian Pied Crow though, I thought it was just a simple magpie!
DeleteSo you do know your birds :-)
ReplyDeleteNo, but I can find my way around Morecambe's Field Guide to Australian Birds and there's always the 'net, of course.
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