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Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan

10,000 Birds

On the first trip in 2012 we used public transport to get there and the train conveniently gets you to Macarthur Square shopping centre and you can then get a bus that drops you right at the entrance to the park. There are display boards with information around the park and of course it tells you which of the creatures are dangerous to touch!

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Perth Hills National Parks

10,000 Birds

Around the picnic area at the weir the Galahs were busy on the ground feeding and the ground was also littered with the tips of the trees. We hiked the Glen Brook Dam trail on our visit and although there were not many birds to be seen that day we did encounter our first Red-capped Parrots , which were of course high up in the trees!

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Sassafras Gully Loop

10,000 Birds

We searched for walks that started and ended near public transport, as we were going to get a ticket- MyMulti 3 -that would let us travel wide and far unrestricted each week. Of course they were more visible, but I gave up on trying to focus green on green with my camera! These parrots are 43cm, so rather large! In the gully!

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Kermie

Animal Person

And of course, shuttling wildlife to and fro, and contemplating their place in our lives and our place in theirs. Based on whatever data she collected, she’d alter her course and continue her search. Outside he went, transported in plastic, back to his home in the wilds of suburban West Palm Beach.