Outing Report - Campsite 6, Tarome – Saturday, 20th July 2024

Cunningham's Gap in the Main Range
from Campsite 6

 A good number of members met at the Tarome Fire Brigade shed on a cool, bright morning in July. We watched some birds of prey and tried to identify them but they were either too far or too fast to name.

The crisp views of the Main Range were stunning. The morning sun picked out every detail, and there was no haze to blur the escarpment.

The road in is good gravel but has some deep ruts though no mishaps occurred to mar our morning.

It wasn't long before the Nats had scattered. Some to be blown backwards on the wind blown slopes, Others to stay in the shelter near the dry creek.

We all gathered back to the sunny shelter of the cars. Here we had a leisurely morning tea chatting about outings, past and present, trips we'd been on, and wildlife we'd seen.

Species list for Campsite 6:

Birds: Straw-necked Ibis, Wedge-tailed Eagle, Whistling Kite, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Galah, Crimson Rosella, Fairy-wren sp., Striated Pardalote, White-throated Honeyeater, Scarlet Honeyeater, Eastern Spinebill, Brown Honeyeater, Eastern Whipbird, Rufous Whistler, Dusky Woodswallow, Pied Butcherbird, Australian Magpie, Grey Fantail, Willie Wagtail, Torresian Crow, Tawny Grassbird, Silvereye, Welcome Swallow, Mistletoebird, Red-browed Finch, Australasian Pipit.

Insects: Wanderer (Monarch), Variable Ladybird.