8 DAYS exploring EAST COAST birds & wildlife | we saw PLATYPUS!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- We had a mission: to see Pademelons & Platypus. Did we see them?? You’ll have to watch!
We take you on a journey to see magnificent coastal scenery & natural attractions seen on the Tasman Peninsula, the Bay of Fires and across to the Tamar Valley.
We visit Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary - www.bonorong.c...
And we saw 29 wild birds & animals on this trip:
• Yellow-throated Honeyeater
• Non-native (but super cute) Bumblebee
• Superb Fairywren
• Silvereye
• Eastern Rosella
• Short-beaked Echidna
• Laughing Kookaburra
• Pied Oystercatcher
• Sooty Oystercatcher
• Kelp Gull
• Grey Fantail
• Crested Tern
• Silver Gull
• Brown Thornbill
• Yellow Wattlebird
• Black-headed Honeyeater
• Green Rosella
• Short-tailed Shearwater
• Australian Fur Seal
• Tasmanian Tree Skink
• Eastern Spinebill
• Bennett’s Wallaby
• Red-bellied Pademelon
• Grey Currawong
• Tasmanian Native Hen
• Black Swan
• Southern Brown Bandicoot
• Platypus
• Social Huntsman Spider
And one big footed puppy dog!!
We stayed in some amazing accommodation surrounded by natural bushland and we travelled to some stunning pristine locations. We even saw a seal!
Pelicans Rest, Tasman Peninsula - www.airbnb.com...
Ormley Cottage on the Bay, Stieglitz - www.airbnb.com...
Dragonfly Cottage, Deviot - www.airbnb.com...
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What a magnificent view of the diving AND scratch-pausing Platypus! I'm officially envious 🙂
We were pretty lucky to see the Platypus pause for a scratch (got to see a bit more body). I just would have loved him/her to stop scratching for two seconds & sit still for a photo 🤣 (but you can't have everything!) Actually the whole experience was absolutely fabulous! Neither of us had ever seen a wild Platypus before so everything was a highlight! 😄.... just a bit of a bummer that it was so windy watching the platypus that my tripod blew over & broke my zoom lens 🤪 Oh well... time for an upgrade!! ~ Karen
@@naturephotographychallenge Well (about the subject of ones interest keeps moving) that's why taking video can be considered a leg up from photographing sometimes!
About the lens:😧Uhm... good grief! Was it your bird-photo zoom? Or a "social photo" zoom? Did it happen at the end of the trip, so you didn't miss TOO many shots? (One missed can easily be considered to be too many!)
@@Hummingbirder1 Yes it was my bird photo zoom lens! 😕I got distracted for a second and the wind just blew the whole tripod over... and crash! Fortunately we'd just about finished up on the last day with the platypus so I didn't miss out on anything. Now I'm home I'm back having fun with my 12-100mm pro lens which I love! The zoom that broke was a bit of a let down since I got it anyway! It was so stiff I was always missing shots!
Thank you both- I enjoy your videos very much. It’s a big help when you mention your accommodation as we hope to follow in your footsteps when time allows. Peter.
Brilliant! 😀 I hope you get there one of these days! The accommodation we chose ended up to be really good (Stieglitz was the nicest but we couldn't get the car up the steep gravelly driveway. Deviot was a little small & not as private as it looked in the video as the owner lived on the same property but the surrounding bushland was great). I just booked through Stayz & Airbnb. If you need any details or tips, feel free to ask any time! ☺ ~ Karen
Amazing captures.❤
Thank you so much 😀
great video, cant wait to see your next adventure,
Thanks! 😀 I think the next one will be the Elegant Parrots. Should be much quicker to get out! 😀 ~ Karen
Stunningly beautiful photography and film. 💚
Exemplary spider relocation skill Nimal!
Thank you so much! 😀Nimal was fabulous relocating our spider friends! Very handy skill to have! ~ Karen🕷
❤😮tTassie is beaut
It is so wonderful!! 😀
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much for watching 😀
Loved it...!
Thank you so much! 😀
Always enjoy your videos.thanks for showing your adventures.
Thank you so much! We're not the quickest to get them out but we do have fun making them! 😀
Wonderful as always!
Thank you so much! 😀
Love following your adventures!
Thank you so much! We are really enjoying our travels & seeing as many birds & animals as we can 😀
And about time! ;) hahaha just teasing as we have been missing your updates. Tassy is certainly on my agenda this year all being well. Great video, as usual, Cheers, Michael :)
And shared the video...
@@michaelthornley haha!! Yeah we've been a bit slow getting these videos out. Too much travel & not enough skill to edit quickly (not the worst problem I suppose!) 😅 Thanks so much for sharing! I don't think anyone has done that before! 😀 ~ Karen
Honestly your videos are THE BEST ❣️Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful journeys and all the gorgeous wildlife you encounter. Sooo good.🫶🇦🇺✌️
@@NannyLyn53 Thank you so much! 😊❤️ Just knowing that our videos are being enjoyed out there means everything to us! ~ Karen
❤❤luv Tassie
@@zonabrown9241 yes it’s a lovely place to visit
Nice video. Makes me definitely want to include Tasmania whenever I return to Oz. Small correction: there are more than one species of echidna. There's three Zaglossus species in New Guinea and one Tachyglossus in Oz and New Guinea.
Ah yes!! I meant to say 2 animals not species so you are totally correct! 😀 (Nimal said the same thing after I'd published the video..and he's supposed to be my video checker before it goes out! He missed that error!🤣) ~ Karen
Tasmania doesn't like us
WOW! What an epic holidays. You covered so much and so many beautiful birds, marsupials and wonderful coastline.
I know who to call when I get rid of Huntsman Spiders.
Thank you Karen for taking me along, loved watching this and brought back some memories of some of the places we have visited when in Tassie.
I am glad some one still calls it the "Apple Isle".
🍎 Have a great week guys.
It's still the Apple Isle to us! 🍏 Though we could have renamed it the Windy Isle when we were there. So much wind in the second half of the trip that my tripod blew over at the Platypus spot and I broke my zoom lens. ... so to feel better, we bought an expensive local bottle of bubbly on the way back and farewelled Tassie
Nimal is great relocating spiders. Huntsman spiders are awesome creatures. They're actually called Social Huntsman Spiders as they are gentle and friendly. 😀
I need to hold a huntsman to get over my Phobia.
Oh No, Lenses are so expensive to replace.
Have a great day Karen and say hello to Nimal. 👍🏼🤠
@@naturephotographychallenge
@@CowboyJojosAdventures Best tip to get over a phobia is to give a spider a name so they become your friend coz they're just as afraid of you as you are of them. 😊 Have a great day!
isn't it funny Snakes don't bother me, but Spiders EEEEK! 🥹@@naturephotographychallenge
Very beautiful shots ❤️❤️ would have loved to see a platypus!!! Now I want an even bigger lens haha
I wish you had seen the platypus while you were in Tassie!! We only found where it was from another local person who told us where to go. We were so excited as we'd never seen one before (and we're Australian!! 🤣... they are so rare!!). Hoping the last trip back to Melbourne went well. Looking forward to your next video!! We'll miss your videos from Australia after you head off to your next adventure. It's been really fun watching your trips here. Very inspiring! 😀 ~ Karen
I believe that Tasmania actually came from near the North American continent and isn't connected to mainland Australia(except for 'some' flora and fauna that snuck across!). Although I respect all nature, those Huntsman spiders still give me the.....!!!! Especially with surprise appearance whilst driving in heavy traffic! Great video as always. p.s where is best location around Westernport bay to see migratory birds? Thanks.
Oh yeah... you don't want a surprise Huntsman walking into view when you're driving!! 🤣 That did happen to us once but lucky we'd just been given some glasses as a present so we stopped the car & got the little guy relocated thanks to the glasses! 😀
The best spots around Westernport to spot migratory birds is (1) Reef Island at low tide... make sure you get back before the tide starts to come in & (2) Stockyard Point (far end of Jam Jerrup)... can be difficult to get back along the beach when tide comes in though
Thank you for caring about the huntsman x 2 🤎
@@micheledamschke2441 We love all creatures!! 😊❤️
Another great video of your adventures, keep them coming !!!
Thank you! It was a fun trip! 😀
Lovely vidoe! Is there a contact for the Dragonfly place you stayed. Looks lovely!
Thanks for reminding me to put links to where we stay!! I always forget so thank you!! 😀 I've put up all the links to where we stayed in this video in the description below the video. Hope that helps! 🙂 ~ K
Great video ! Are you guys coming for the Bruny Island Bird Festival ? Cheers
Thanks! 😀 Wow that would be a great festival. I've never heard of it! Unfortunately, no chance of getting back to Tassie just now but next time we go back we have plans on staying down on Bruny Island to do a proper bird trip 🦜 ~ Karen