Australia (Southwest), July 12 - August 13, 2023 Photo Gallery by Rick & José van der Weijde at pbase.com

Australia (Southwest), July 12 - August 13, 2023

After our succesfull trip to Australia in 2016 we decided to visit another part of the continent.
Obligated to go during the (northern) school holiday it became an Austral winter journey to Southwest-Australia,
where we stayed from July 12th untill August 13th, 2023.

The first half of our journey (roughly 2 weeks) we focussed on the endemic birdspecies south of Western Australia's
capital Perth. We started with some days in downtown Perth and then travelled southeast towards Dryandra Woodland,
Stirling Range and Fitzgerald River National Parks. That was our most eastern point of interest and from there we travelled
west towards Cheynes Beach, Porongurup National Park, the Valley of the Giants and eventuelly the most southwestern tip
of mainland Australia: Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse. A few days later we passed Perth again on our way north.

The second half of our journey (some 2,5 weeks) we wanted to explore some of the outback.
As we prefer not to fly during our holiday, we drove from Perth northeast and explored the area around
Mt Gibson, Paynes Find, Mount Magnet and Cue. A completely different world compared to the area south of Perth!
After a week or so we drove west towards coastal Western Australia, meeting the Indian Ocean as north as Carnarvon.
From there we drove south towards Perth again, visiting Francois Peron, Kalbarri, Nambung and Yanchep National Parks along the way.

Our trip was again succesfull seeing 220 native birdspecies in total (including all the SW-WA's endemic species)
and most of our targeted mammalspecies (including my most wanted: Numbat). Being there in the Austral winter,
other animalgroups such as reptiles and butterflies, were less visible, although we did see a few species.

All photos in this gallery are also included in the “Photo Archive” gallery on the main page.

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joseantonio		31-Jan-2024 14:40
a great gallery nicely presented.V.

Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal		29-Oct-2023 13:32
Mooi Rick, Jose en de Kids, Ik ben heel benieuwd naar de foto's wij zijn aan het oriënteren voor een reis die kant op. Denk dat onze voorkeur naar het Zuid-oosten is. hebben jullie tips dan zijn ze zeker welkom.

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Rens leaving Mammoth Cave	Exit of Mammoth Cave	Chocolate Wattled Bat Chalinolobus morio	Chocolate Wattled Bat Chalinolobus morio	Young Explorers
Mammoth Cave	Rick going Underground	Mammoth Cave	Mammoth Cave	Mammoth Cave
Mammoth Cave	Mammoth Cave	Mammoth Cave	Mammoth Cave	Entrance of Mammoth Cave
Entering Mammoth Cave	Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides cenchroides	Rocky Coast of Cape Leeuwin	Rocky Coast of Cape Leeuwin	Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides cenchroides
Coastal flora of Cape Leeuwin	Pigface Unknown Carpobrotus spec.	Cape Leeuwin	Cape Leeuwin	Cape Leeuwin
Australian Pipit Anthus australis bilbali	Australian Pipit Anthus australis bilbali	Australian Pipit Anthus australis bilbali	Rock Parrot Neophema petrophila petrophila	Black-Shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
Black-Shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris	Coastal flora around Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse	Ocean Collision	José & Rens on top of the Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse	Rens & José on top of the Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse
Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse	Discover the grounds of Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse	Rock Parrot Neophema petrophila petrophila	Rock Parrot Neophema petrophila petrophila	Rock Parrot Neophema petrophila petrophila
Rock Parrot Neophema petrophila petrophila	Rock Parrot Neophema petrophila petrophila	Rock Parrot Neophema petrophila petrophila	Rock Parrot Neophema petrophila petrophila	Sunrise at Greens Island Campsite
Greens Island Campsite	Numbat Myrmecobius fasciatus	Dry Forest	Western Corella Cacatua pastinator pastinator	Western Corella Cacatua pastinator pastinator
Western Corella Cacatua pastinator pastinator	Western Corella Cacatua pastinator pastinator	Hardly a road	Painted Buttonquail Turnix varius varius	Water along the Pindicup Rd
Water along the Pindicup Rd	Green meadows	Splendid Fairywren Malurus splendens splendens	Splendid Fairywren Malurus splendens splendens	Dried up Lake Muir
Thomson Rd	Colourful waters along the Thomson Rd	Rick & Rens @ Work	Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides brachypterus	Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen dorsalis
Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen dorsalis	Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen dorsalis	Galah Eolophus roseicapilla roseicapilla	Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera	Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera	Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera	Galah Eolophus roseicapilla roseicapilla	Guus meets the locals	Guus meets the locals
Rens @ Coalmine Beach	Coalmine Beach Campsite	Rens & Guus ín an Ancient Tree	Young explorer	Red Tingle Eucalyptus jacksonii
Walking the Tree Top Walk	Tree Top Walk	Walking the Tree Top Walk	Walking the Tree Top Walk	Walking the Tree Top Walk
Walking the Tree Top Walk	Walking the Tree Top Walk	Red-Winged Fairywren Malurus elegans	Red-Winged Fairywren Malurus elegans	Red-Winged Fairywren Malurus elegans
Entrance of the Valley of the Giants	Karri Tree Forest of Porongurup Range	Just live	José underneath a towering Karri Tree	Rens underneath a towering Karri Tree
Karri Tree Forest	Walking the Bolganup Trail	Rens walking the Bolganup Trail	Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius zonarius x Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus	Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius zonarius x Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus
Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius zonarius x Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus	Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius zonarius x Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus	Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius zonarius x Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus	Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius zonarius x Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus	Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius zonarius x Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus
Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius zonarius x Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus	Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius zonarius x Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus	Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius zonarius x Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus	Montane Heathland at the Stirling Range	Guus & Rick with some kangaroos
Fan-Tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis flabelliformis	Fan-Tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis flabelliformis	Fan-Tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis flabelliformis	Fan-Tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis flabelliformis	Fan-Tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis flabelliformis
Black-Throated Whipbird Psophodes nigrogularis nigrogularis	Black-Throated Whipbird Psophodes nigrogularis nigrogularis	Sunset at Cheynes Beach	Southern Right Whale Eubalaena australis	Guus & Rens
Quacking Frog Crinia georgiana	Whale Watchers	Eastern Osprey Pandion haliaetus cristatus	Eastern Osprey Pandion haliaetus cristatus	Eastern Osprey Pandion haliaetus cristatus
Guus playing on the washed up kelp	Rens & Guus playing on the washed up kelp	Rick waiting for a Noisy Scrubbird to run over... ...and Guus waiting for Rick	Arpenteur Nature Reserve	Australian Pipit Anthus australis bilbali
Australian Pipit Anthus australis bilbali	Western Whistler Pachycephala fuliginosa occidentalis	Western Whistler Pachycephala fuliginosa occidentalis	Red-Eared Firetail Stagonopleura oculata	Western Whistler Pachycephala fuliginosa occidentalis
Western Whistler Pachycephala fuliginosa occidentalis	White-Breasted Robin Quoyornis georgianus	Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera	Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera	Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
Brush Bronzewing Phaps elegans occidentalis	Brush Bronzewing Phaps elegans occidentalis	Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera	Red-Winged Fairywren Malurus elegans	Red-Winged Fairywren Malurus elegans
Western Whistler Pachycephala fuliginosa occidentalis	Western Whistler Pachycephala fuliginosa occidentalis	Red-Winged Fairywren Malurus elegans	Galah Eolophus roseicapilla roseicapilla	Galah Eolophus roseicapilla roseicapilla
Arpenteur Nature Reserve	Honey Possum Tarsipes rostratus	Black-Shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris	Black-Shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris	Black-Shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
Regent Parrot Polytelis anthopeplus anthopeplus	Regent Parrot Polytelis anthopeplus anthopeplus	Regent Parrot Polytelis anthopeplus anthopeplus	Regent Parrot Polytelis anthopeplus anthopeplus	New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae longirostris
New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae longirostris	Typical flora of Fitzgerald River NP's coastline	Fitzgerald River NP	Fitzgerald River NP	Fitzgerald River NP
Quaalup Homestead	Guus at Quaalup Nature Walk	Quaalup Nature Walk	Quaalup Nature Walk	Candle Banksia Banksia attenuata
Western Spinebill Acanthorhynchus superciliosus	Guus & Rens at Quaalup Nature Walk	Quaalup Nature Walk	Camping at Quaalup Homestead	Pacific Gull Larus pacificus georgii
Pacific Gull Larus pacificus georgii	Pacific Gull Larus pacificus georgii	Pacific Gull Larus pacificus georgii	Pacific Gull Larus pacificus georgii	Pacific Gull Larus pacificus georgii
Pacific Gull Larus pacificus georgii	Sunset at Bremer Bay	Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides cenchroides	Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides cenchroides	Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii cristatus
Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae novaehollandiae	Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae novaehollandiae	Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii cristatus	Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii cristatus	Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii cristatus
Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii cristatus	Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii cristatus	Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae novaehollandiae	Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae novaehollandiae	Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae novaehollandiae
Bremer Bay Boat Harbour	Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii cristatus	Rens & Guus having water fun	Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius zonarius x Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus	Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius zonarius x Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus