Easy birding

I went out for an afternoon of birding with Iain and Emily who have written a far better report so have a look at that.

I have to say though it was possibly my first ever sucessfull twitch as usually we just end up driving for ages to find some bogans killed the bird with their dogs.

Scheyville NP was very good for the birds for once although the humidity was close to 100% as it had just rained which was quite an experience.


Awful photo of a painted snipe.


There were a lot of old houses that the state goverment was wasting money on when it should be working on pest destruction and reforestation in the park.

Home

After visiting Wanaka we also went home for a couple of days.


There were plenty of Tui in the bush at the back of the house.


Visiting Great Nana.


Feeding the food.

Wanaka

A few weeks ago I met up with the family in Wanaka for Mums 60th.

We did a couple of walks.


Blue pools was quite nice.


A tomtit was being quite friendly as well which was good as it took a while to get a decent shot.

We also went for a walk up to the rob roy glacier.

Sadly no one wanted to climb sharkstooth.




And a compulsory visit to puzzle world for the midgets.

A little bit of wildlife

I went for a quick wander in lane cove national park yesterday again. Once you get off the main tracks there are some very nice areas.
There was quite a lot of wild life around but I only managed a mediocre photo of a Variegated Fairy-wren (Malurus lamberti).

BBQ and not much else.

Not a lot has been happening lately we had a BBQ at the in laws and NZ hasn't choked yet although there is still plenty of time for that.

Ku-ring-gai chase national park

Now that we only live 15 mins drive from Ku-ring-gai chase national park it would be rude not to visit reasonably often. It is a fairly crowded park but no worse than the royal and if you walk a bit you can quickly get away from the crowds.


Carrying Claire.


Lunch


Ducks

A birthday party and other things

A couple of weeks ago we went to Jessica's birthday party. It was good to see Di and Dans new place and I managed to convince Iain, Paul and Emily to walk there through lane cove national park.
In the shot below Iain demonstrates how to cross a raging ford just like Bear Grylls.


The theme was cowboys and indians and claire did her bit with a token feather.


In other matters our sterile flat finally gained some wildlife in our sterile yard.


Keeping the grass down.

Lane Cove national park

The good thing about moving away from Marrickville is I now live in a suburb that is not predominantly populated by welfare dependant ferals. The next best thing is I am now a lot closer to the bush with the lane cove national park about a three minute walk away.


He was paranoid about leeches.




Keen bush"walker"

Permanent Residence

I applied for my permanent residency on the 26th of February 2009 and it finally came through on the 29th of July 2011. Who said public servants were not efficient. The best part is I did not even need a dodgy arranged marriage to get it.

Museum

Since it was school holidays in NZ Mum and Josh came for a visit to see Claire and perhaps me as well. It rained every day that they were here but we still managed to get out and do a few things. A visit to the museum was probably the highlight, and I have to say it is quite amazing how little changes at the museum.