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Giba Gunyah is on
Sapphire Coast Bird Route No 2, Bemboka
There are many drives around Bemboka and into the hills well
worth exploring.
This route is a 22 km circular drive through some typical
Bemboka scenery commencing at the Bemboka Hall in the main
street on the corner of Adams St and continuing along the
length of Polacks Flat Road. There are stops suggested
and many places to pause and look from the car, especially
at bridges. Please remember to keep one eye on the rear view
mirror and watch for local traffic. Slower cars with birdwatching tourists are not everyday drivers on these
roads. Set the trip meter, follow the prompts and enjoy your
day.
0.6
Local tip on left if you feel inclined to look.
0.7
Greens Crossing Bridge, a one lane bridge but room to pull over
on both sides of the road at either end of the bridge. Scan the
eucalypts.
1.1 Turn left to Greens Crossing swimming hole. Park here, walk down
to the river, and generally wander around.
2.0
Green’s barn on the right. Pull off on right hand
side
to get off the road.
3.3
Wilton’s bam on right and again pull off on the right hand side
of road.
4.1
Pass Sullivan’s Gap road which leads to private farms.
5.0
Slow down for small darn on left, a fair way off road.
5.4
Slow down for a small dam on the right.
7.1
Cross the one lane bridge, with not much room to pull over.
8.7
Another bridge.
9.4
Dam on the right.
9.6 From here on the Bell Miners can be heard.
10.9
Good place to pull up on the right, opposite gate 248.
Wander along roadside.
11.0 Giba Gunyah -
Picnic area on right by the river
11.5
No room to park
properly with the road close to the river but good birding if
you can manage to get there and walk about.
11.9 Room to pull over here, but almost back to
farmland after the river.
13.3 Bock on to Highway at Morons Crossing
13.5 Plenty of room on the left to park.
17.2 Cross the Eighteen Mile Bridge and prepare to
turn hard left to a track JUST passed the cutting and overlook
Carpenter’s barn.
20.4 Near the cemetery turn in to the left or walk
through cemetery to the old road behind which leads down to
Colombo Creek.
20.9 The Football Ground on the right is home to
many birds, again right beside the creek with amenities, picnic
tables and camping.
22.3 You will be back to the Hall, having passed
the pie shop
- or did you?
If not wishing to return to Bemboka a left turn when reaching
the Highway will take drivers 27 kms direct to Bega.
Birds to look out for
around Bemboka
Stubble Quail
Brown Quail
Musk buck
Australian Wood buck
Pacific Black buck
Australasian Shoveler
Grey Teal
Chestnut Teal
Hardhead
Australasian Grebe
Hoary-headed Grebe
Little Pied Cormorant
Little Black Cormorant
Great Cormorant
White-faced Heron
White-necked Heron
Great Egret
Cattle Egret
Australian White Ibis
Straw-necked Ibis
Black-shouldered Kite
Whistling Kite
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Swamp Harrier
Brown Goshawk
Grey Goshawk
Collared Sparrowhawk
Wedge-tailed Eagle
Little Eagle
Brown Falcon
Nankeen Kestrel
Dusky Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Lathams Snipe
Black-fronted Dotterel
Masked Lapwing
Spotted Turtle-Dove
Common Bronzewing
Crested Pigeon
Peaceful Dove
Wonga Pigeon
Glossy Black-Cockatoo
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Gang-gang Cockatoo
Galah
Little Corella
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Rainbow Lorikeet
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Australian King Parrot
Crimson Rosella
Eastern Rosella
Pallid Cuckoo
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Channel-billed Cuckoo
Barn Owl
Tawny Frogmouth
White-throated Nightjar
Australian Owlet-Nightjar
White-throated Needle Tail
Dollarbird
Superb Lyrebird
White-throated Treecreeper
Red-browed Treecreeper
Superb-Fairy-wren
Spotted Pardalote
Striated Pardalote
Pilotbird
White-browed Scrubwren
Brown Gerygone
White-throated Gerygone
Brown Thornbill
Buff-rumped Thornbill
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Yellow Thornbill
Striated Thornbill
Red Wattlebird
Little Wattlebird
Noisy Friarbird
Bell Miner
Noisy Miner
Lewins Honeyeater
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
White-eared Honeyeater
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater
Brown-headed Honeyeater
Crescent Honeyeater
New Holland Honeyeater
Eastern Spinebill
Scarlet Honeyeater
Jacky Winter
Scarlet Robin
Flame Robin
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Rose Robin
Eastern Yellow Robin
Eastern Whipbird
Spotted Quail-thrush
Varied Sittella
Crested Shrike-tit
Golden Whistler
Rufous Whistler
Grey Shrike-thrush
Black-faced Monarch
Leaden Flycatcher
Satin Flycatcher
Restless Flycatcher
Magpie-Lark
Rufous Fantail
Grey Fantail
Willie Wagtail
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Cicadabird
White-winged Triller
Olive-backed Oriole
Masked Woodswallow
White-browed Woodswallow
Dusky Woodswallow
Grey Butcherbird
Australian Magpie
Pied Currawong
Grey Currawong
Australian Raven
Little Raven
White-winged Chough
Satin Bowerbird
Skylark
Richards Pipit
House Sparrow
Double-barred Finch
Red-browed Finch
Diamond Firetail
European Goldfinch
Mistletoebird
Welcome Swallow
Tree Martin
Fairy Martin
Clamorous Reed-Warbler
Rufous Songlark
Golden-headed Cisticola
Silvereye
Bassian Thrush
Common Blackbird
Common Starling
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Information has been provided by the
Far South Coast Birdwatchers Inc. PO Box 180 Pambula NSW
2549 Enquiries to 6495 7390 or 6495 6592.
ENQUIRIES AND
BOOKINGS or Ph: 02 6492 8404
Last updated
10/8/2010 |
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