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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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	Overview over the Stirling Range	Showy Dryandra Banksia formosa	Rick in Australia	Young explorers
Western Shriketit Falcunculus leucogaster	Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides brachypterus	Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides brachypterus	Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides brachypterus	Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides brachypterus
New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae longirostris	New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae longirostris	New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae longirostris	New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae longirostris	Typical flora of the Stirling Range
Australian Owlet-Nightjar Aegotheles cristatus cristatus	Australian Owlet-Nightjar Aegotheles cristatus cristatus	Australian Owlet-Nightjar Aegotheles cristatus cristatus	Spotted Scrubwren Sericornis maculatus maculatus	Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus leucopterus
Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta	Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang campbelli	Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang campbelli	Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang campbelli	Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang campbelli
New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae longirostris	Open Eucalyptus Woodland	Rens, José & Guus birding Stirling Range	Australian Owlet-Nightjar Aegotheles cristatus cristatus	Australian Owlet-Nightjar Aegotheles cristatus cristatus
Australian Owlet-Nightjar Aegotheles cristatus cristatus	Yellow-Plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula ornata	Yellow-Plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula ornata	Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus perthi	Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus perthi
Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus perthi	Camping at Stirling Range	Brown-Headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris leucogenys	Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang campbelli	Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang campbelli
Red-Capped Parrot Purpureicephalus spurius	Yellow-Plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula ornata	Eucalyptus Forest	Sunset at Stirling Range	Cars tractor into the Wild
Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans carteri	Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans carteri	Elegant Parrot Neophema elegans carteri	Guus in Dryandra	Dryandra Woodland
Dryandra Woodland	Dryandra Woodland	Dryandra Woodland	On the Road in Dryandra	Red-Capped Robin Petroica goodenovii
Inland Thornbill Acanthiza apicalis apicalis	Southern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon obesulus fusciventer	Southern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon obesulus fusciventer	Common Brush-Tailed Possum Trichosurus vulpecula hypoleucus	Brush-Tailed Bettong Bettongia penicillata ogilbyi
Rufous Hare Wallaby Lagorchestes hirsutus hirsutus	Rufous Hare Wallaby Lagorchestes hirsutus hirsutus	Southern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon obesulus fusciventer	Southern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon obesulus fusciventer	Brush-Tailed Bettong Bettongia penicillata ogilbyi
Brush-Tailed Bettong Bettongia penicillata ogilbyi	Burrowing Bettong Bettongia lesueur	Burrowing Bettong Bettongia lesueur	Burrowing Bettong Bettongia lesueur	Red-Capped Robin Petroica goodenovii
Red-Capped Robin Petroica goodenovii	Red-Capped Robin Petroica goodenovii	Red-Capped Robin Petroica goodenovii	Twenty-Eight Parrot Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus	Twenty-Eight Parrot Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus
Twenty-Eight Parrot Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus	Western Grey Kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus	Twenty-Eight Parrot Barnardius zonarius semitorquatus	Western Grey Kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus	Numbat Myrmecobius fasciatus fasciatus
Numbat Myrmecobius fasciatus fasciatus	Numbat Myrmecobius fasciatus fasciatus	Numbat Myrmecobius fasciatus fasciatus	Numbat Myrmecobius fasciatus fasciatus	Numbat Myrmecobius fasciatus fasciatus
Numbat Myrmecobius fasciatus fasciatus	Short-Beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus acanthion	Rick @ Work	Dryandra Woodland	Short-Beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus acanthion
Short-Beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus acanthion	Short-Beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus acanthion	On the Road in Dryandra	Short-Beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus acanthion	Short-Beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus acanthion
Short-Beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus acanthion	Short-Beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus acanthion	Buchanan's Snake-Eyed Skink Cryptoblepharus buchananii	Rens & Guus having Forest Fun	Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris rufiventris
Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris rufiventris	Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris rufiventris	Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris rufiventris	Camping in Dryandra	Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris occidentalis
The Road to Congelin Campground	Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang campbelli	Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang campbelli	Blue-Breasted Fairywren Malurus pulcherrimus	Blue-Breasted Fairywren Malurus pulcherrimus
Blue-Breasted Fairywren Malurus pulcherrimus	Blue-Breasted Fairywren Malurus pulcherrimus	Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans assimilis	Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans assimilis	Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans assimilis
Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans assimilis	Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans assimilis	Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans assimilis	Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans assimilis	Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans assimilis
Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans assimilis	Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang campbelli	Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang campbelli	Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang campbelli	Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang campbelli
Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans assimilis	Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans assimilis	Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans assimilis	Rufous Treecreeper Climacteris rufus	Rufous Treecreeper Climacteris rufus
Rufous Treecreeper Climacteris rufus	Rufous Treecreeper Climacteris rufus	Rufous Treecreeper Climacteris rufus	Rufous Treecreeper Climacteris rufus	Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica rufiventris
Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica rufiventris	Morning Fog at Congelin Dam	Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides	Brush-Tailed Bettong Bettongia penicillata ogilbyi	Guus in Dryandra
Congelin Campground	Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea westralensis	Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea westralensis	Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea westralensis	Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea westralensis
Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea westralensis	Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea westralensis	Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea westralensis	Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea westralensis	Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea westralensis
Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus moluccanus	Grey Teal Anas gracilis gracilis	Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides	Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides	Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides	Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides	Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides	Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides	Yellow-Billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
Yellow-Billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes	Yellow-Billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes	Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides	Yellow-Billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes	Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides	Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides	Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides	Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides	Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides brachypterus	Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides brachypterus	Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides brachypterus	Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides brachypterus	Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca molucca
Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca molucca	Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca molucca	Straw-Necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis	Paperbark Forest	Straw-Necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
Straw-Necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis	Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca molucca	Straw-Necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis	Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus	Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
Rens having fun in the park	Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus bellus	Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys leucophrys	Our AirBnB for the first 2 nights	Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata woodwardi
Australian Coot Fulica atra australis	Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata woodwardi	Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata woodwardi	Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata woodwardi	Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae novaeguineae
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae novaeguineae	Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae novaehollandiae	Grey Teal Anas gracilis gracilis	Wet Paperbark Forest	Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta indistincta
Australian Raven Corvus coronoides perplexus	Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis gouldi	Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis gouldi	Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis gouldi	Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis gouldi
Olive Seymour Boardwalk	Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis gouldi	Rens & Guus on expedition	Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus australasiae	Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus australasiae
Olive Seymour Boardwalk	Wet Paperbark Forest	Wet Paperbark Forest	Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus australasiae	Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus australasiae
Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus australasiae	Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus australasiae	Rens & Guus on expedition	Great Egret Ardea alba modesta	Carnaby's Black Cockatoo Zanda latirostris
Carnaby's Black Cockatoo Zanda latirostris	Musk Duck Biziura lobata lobata	Musk Duck Biziura lobata lobata	Musk Duck Biziura lobata lobata	Blue-Billed Duck Oxyura australis
Blue-Billed Duck Oxyura australis	Blue-Billed Duck Oxyura australis	Hoary-Headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus	Black Swan Cygnus atratus	Black Swan Cygnus atratus
Black-Faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae melanops	Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus bellus	Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus bellus	Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus bellus	Blue-Billed Duck Oxyura australis
Blue-Billed Duck Oxyura australis	Blue-Billed Duck Oxyura australis	Blue-Billed Duck Oxyura australis	Blue-Billed Duck Oxyura australis	Blue-Billed Duck Oxyura australis
No birds...?	Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus bellus	Eucalyptus Woodland	Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa superciliosa	Guus Down Under
Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa preissi	Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta indistincta	Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta indistincta	Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta indistincta	Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta indistincta
Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta indistincta	Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta indistincta	Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae novaehollandiae	Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata	Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen dorsalis
Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen dorsalis	Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen dorsalis	Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen dorsalis	Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen dorsalis	Magpie-Lark Grallina cyanoleuca cyanoleuca
Magpie-Lark Grallina cyanoleuca cyanoleuca	Magpie-Lark Grallina cyanoleuca cyanoleuca	Magpie-Lark Grallina cyanoleuca cyanoleuca	Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa tenebrosa	Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa tenebrosa
Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa tenebrosa	Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa tenebrosa	Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa tenebrosa	Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa tenebrosa	Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa tenebrosa
Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys leucophrys	Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys leucophrys	Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys leucophrys	Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys leucophrys	Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys leucophrys
Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys leucophrys	Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys leucophrys	Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens virescens	Western Corella Cacatua pastinator derbyi