Main Range National Park

Back in July, we visited the Main Range National Park and stopped at Queen Mary Falls (here and here). Since spring has advanced, decided to stop by again and see what is going on. For one thing, the Satin Bower Birds are clearly fatter.

More From the Main Range - Wallaby!

The Agile Wallaby is found in this part of Australia, and we're pretty sure we've identified this correctly. The pictures are not the best for identification, but they do show that we've actually see a "real Australian."

Birds at Queen Mary Falls - II

At the car park was a tea shop and out front was lots of seed scattered to attract the birds. And boy did it! First on the list here are the rosellas and parrots. Here is the Crimson Rosella having a nosh.

Birds at Queen Mary Falls - I

So, let's start with the birds slowly. I don't have photos of all twelve of the new birds that E identified, but I a got some of them pretty well. Above you see the Variegated Fairy Wren. Here is a couple preening on a limb near the picnic table where we had our lunch.

Waterfalls

Yesterday we drove south and east to the Main Range National Park. There are a couple waterfalls here that are clearly much more impressive (at least at this time of year) that the Crow's Nest Fall I posted about earlier. Above is the Daggs Falls. The image is a bit dark from shooting into the sun, but it is, nevertheless, an impressive drop.

On down the road a ways, we came to an overlook and could see the beautiful clear skies and rolling hills founds here.

Then we came to Queen Mary Falls where we spent the bulk of the day. The waterfall is a nice one and well worth the short walk out out from the parking area. This 40 m drop makes for a pleasantly cool space to stand and view a very peaceful place. I could have stayed there all day.

On the walk back to the car park, we did see a nice rotting log with a deathly collection of mushrooms.

The next blog entry will show you why we spent all day here. The birds in the picnic area were great. E had an twelve bird day!