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Bloomfield Track, Australia (
Center on Interactive Map
)
Map of Bloomfield Track, Australia
Map of Bloomfield Track, Australia
Whistling Kite (
Haliastur sphenurus
)
Gray-tailed Tattler (
Tringa brevipes
)
Greater Sand Plover
Charadrius leschenaultii
Siberian Sand Plover (
Charadrius mongolus
)
Horned Ghost Crab (
Ocypode ceratophthalmus
)
Gray-tailed Tattler (
Tringa brevipes
)
Light-blue Soldier Crab (
Mictyris longicarpus
)
A famous "4X4" road that I wouldn't think twice about driving in my 1979 Toyota Corolla Station Wagon.
Trips
Eastern Australia
11/10/2012
: Our next part of the journey was to tackle the famous "Bloomfield Track" which is supposed to be this rugged 4X4 track. Maybe there is something to that during the rainy season, but other than a lot of dust, there was little to stop a careful driver from driving the road in their front wheel drive economy rental car...
Anyway, Mike was in a hurry to get somewhere, and we passed up all the canned tourist destinations on the way to Cape Tribulation. We did stop for a bit on a sandy mangrove fringed area which was pretty cool. The whole "4X4" part of the road lasted for about 30 minutes before we arrived on the paved portion of the highway.
Previous Visit (Daintree River Boat Trip: 11/10/2012)
Next Visit (Lion's Den Roadhouse: 11/11/2012)
Species Recorded (17)
Birds ( 15 )
( Megapodiidae )
Australian Brush-turkey -
Alectura lathami
Cormorants ( Phalacrocoracidae )
Little Black Cormorant -
Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Herons ( Ardeidae )
Pacific Reef-Heron -
Egretta sacra
Ibises and Spoonbills ( Threskiornithidae )
Straw-necked Ibis -
Threskiornis spinicollis
Kites, Hawks, Eagles, and Allies ( Acciptridae )
White-bellied Sea-Eagle -
Haliaeetus leucogaster
Whistling Kite -
Haliastur sphenurus
Plovers ( Charadriidae )
Siberian Sand-Plover -
Anarhynchus mongolus
Greater Sand-Plover -
Charadrius leschenaultii
Sandpipers and Allies ( Scolopacidae )
Whimbrel -
Numenius phaeopus
Gray-tailed Tattler -
Tringa brevipes
New World Parrots ( Psittacidae )
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo -
Cacatua galerita
Double-eyed Fig-Parrot -
Cyclopsitta diophthalma
( Dacelonidae )
Laughing Kookaburra -
Dacelo novaeguineae
Jays and Crows ( Corvidae )
Australasian Figbird -
Sphecotheres vieilloti
Orioles ( Oriolidae )
Green Oriole -
Oriolus flavocinctus
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