Leaving the coastal banksia and ti-tree habitat a short trudge over the dune reveals a magnificent surf beach. Returning via the Powlett River estuary enables views of estuarine, reeds and salt-marsh habitats.
Today the flowering coastal banksia around the Ti-tree and Echidna car parks provided the best birding.
I have placed this car park on my list of Great Birding Car Parks!
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| Red wattlebird (Anthocaera carunculata) |
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| Red wattlebirds seemed to be outnumbering Little wattlebird 10 to 1. |
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| Little wattlebird (Anthocaera chyrsoptera) |
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| Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis) |
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| Crescent honeyeater (Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus). Not a great photo but I was surprised to find one. |
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| Looking west towards Kilcunda |
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| There were a dozen or so surfers at the time. Mouth of Powlett (below). I was expecting a sand barred entrance but the river does flow to the sea. It has even cut a channel through the rock platform. |
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| Sooty oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus) |
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| Eastern grey kangaroo footprints (My guess - based on the 2 metre distance between prints and seeing some roos locally) |
