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Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan

10,000 Birds

The park is the largest botanic garden in Australia and access is free. It is important to drive slowly due to the crossing of the road of Eastern Long-necked Turtles ! We encountered one crossing the road in 2012, but with the cooler weather this year there was less turtle activity. Eastern Long-necked Turtle.

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Willie Creek

10,000 Birds

We didn’t see the crocodile, but there was a Flatback Turtle in the creek. Sacred Kingfisher The edge of the creek as we got closer to the ocean was littered with pearl shells and we presume that these must have broken free during the cyclone season earlier in the year. There were some rather nice specimens.

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