Pajareo sin fronteras

Our first (and only) full day in Queensland was a doozy, although (mostly) for the right reasons. For the morning we had plans to visit the Sandy Camp Wetlands in Brisbane for birding, followed by a stop at the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art. The afternoon was going to be a mini-trip down south to the Gold Coast for a whale-watching trip. It was a full day with a lot of driving, but lots of good things to do and see.  Unfortunately, things didn't start out perfectly: it turns out that Google Maps isn't always great for navigating confusing Australian expressways, and we ended up taking a wrong turn and getting a bit lost, arriving in Sandy Camp an hour later than we expected. With that delay, we ended up postponing our trip to the museum for the following day, making this a day entirely composed of driving and nature activities- my least favorite and favorite activities, respectively!  Thankfully, things improved when we got to Sandy Camp- because there were birds of...

I had a great time in Canberra my first 5 days in Australia, seeing where Nikki lives and  exploring   various   birding   spots . However, one of the things we were both excited about for our visit was the road trip we had planned from Brisbane down to Sydney. Winter birding in Canberra was very good, but we were looking forward to a part of Australia that wasn't bloody cold for all but a couple hours of the day.  We departed ACT the morning of June 14, taking the Tiger Air flight from Canberra to Brisbane. The journey itself was... less than fun, starting with us having to pay through the nose because our carry-on baggage was 1 kilo overweight. Though I suppose that's what we get for buying  cheap flights . When we arrived in Brisbane, we realized to our chagrin that the rental car company we were using was not, in fact, at the airport, and had to pay yet more for an Uber to the rental office. It was mid-afternoon by the time we had our car and were ...