AUSTRALIA - HOLIDAY/RECCE TOUR - DAY 12 - OCT 8TH - BURRILL LAKE AND BOTANIC GARDENS

BURRILL LAKE – EUROBODALLA BOTANIC GARDENS AT BATEMAN’S BAY

 

It was another lazy day, we got up at 7:30am and left the house at 9am, it had been raining heavily during the night but had stopped by the time we set off. Grey clouds dulled the morning light as we drove into Ulladulla for our daily trip to the library to use the free internet there.

BURRILL LAKE AND BELOW ONE OF ITA INHABITANTS

 

From Ulladulla we drove south to Burrill Lake where we parked by the lakeside and scanned the water for ducks. Several Pelicans came over to us, they obviously were used to being fed but went away disappointed this time. Black Swans, 3 species of Cormorant and a single Pied Oystercatcher were either milling about on the water or loafing on a sandbar.

 

From Burrill Lake we drove some 45km further south until we came to Bateman’s Bay, the road by-passed the town and led us to our destination the Eurobodalla Botanic Gardens. We spent 3 hours there having a lovely time walking the beautiful gardens and woodlands, it was a wonderful place and very well laid out. We ate our picnic lunch near the lawns of the visitor’s centre, the sun came out and warmed us up.

Two trunks of similar age and girth!

 

The centre provided us with a map and a bird list of common species and a complete check-list of some 119 species that had been seen there since they opened. We saw about 20 species including a few new ones for our list:

 

Those in Blue are new for the list:

1.       New Holland Honeyeater  (they were everywhere and very common).
2.       Superb Fairy Wren                                       as above
3.       Eastern Yellow Robin
4.       Little Wattlebird
5.       Red Wattlebird
6.       Grey Fantantail
7.       Rufous Fantail
8.       White-naped Honeyeater
9.       Striated Thornbill
10.   Red-browed Finch
11.   Yellow-faced Honeyeater
12.   Sacred Kingfisher
13.   White-throated Treecreeper
14.   White-bellied Sea-Eagle
15.   Eastern Whipbird
16.   White-browed Scrubwren
17.   Crested Pigeon
18.   Noisy Miner
19.   Australian Raven
20.   Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike


Oh! I almost forgot to mention our evening out at RICK STEIN'S  RESTAURANT at BANNISTER'S HEAD, it was fantastic,  lovely delicious food, great service and a lovely ambiance. You can now officially call me " Bobby Thin-Wallet".

 

this is where I left most of my spending money!