The whales really were the highlight of this part of the trip!! I absolutely love whales so seeing them so close was such a treat we will always remember! 😀 ~ K
Thanks Roger! Great spot over there with lots to see. Wish we'd seen all 3 of the famous skulkers but we were pretty happy with a good view of the Western Bristlebird 😀
Thanks Steve! 😀 The Western Bristlebird was quite a highlight!! Just lucky that he popped up & sat on that bush. Even better when he started to sing ~ K
Western Australia is such a magical state!! So much diversity and amazing wildlife & wildflowers!! I would love to see more, particularly the wildlife we missed out on. But the whales were just so special!!! We see them from land over here in Victoria but not nearly that close!! We will always remember Cheynes Beach with such fondness!! 😀 ~ K
Love the tree top walk and then how beautiful is the walk. Great bird capture. Did you feel the tingle 😅 Simple, clean and comfortable is good! Great log book on birds. That thong tree is hideous 😮 Your caravan park was not short of a Kangaroo. Wow! Whales 🐋🐳 How awesome was that! What a great show and even some breaching and tail slapping 😊 Great adventure Karen and Nimal. Great wildflower pics. That bird was gorgeous, whistling away. See you on the next episode ❤❤❤😊
What great views of the Southern Right Whales!!!!! (I was at Cheynes Beach in March 2023 specifically to see Honey Possum in the banksia scrub at the caravan park entrance)
oooh were you lucky enough to see the Honey Possum?? We tried but no luck which was a bit sad. We were told to go & hang out at the back Banskias... didn't know about the entrance location!! 🙃
Yes! Saw them briefly on first day and then good long views and photos the next morning. So small!! (I saw Pygmy blue whale the day before when I went out on an orca watching tour, so I saw one of the biggest mammals on the planet and then one of the smallest very next day 😃)
Thanks K&N, another great video. I was doing the Christmas Bird Count around my area today and we had a Humpback Whale in the strait, and last week Orcas. Birds and whales, what a combo! Looking forward to your next one.
@@naturephotographychallenge the Salish Sea is the collective name for a series of marine areas around Vancouver Island's east coast. Mountains, old growth temperate rain forest and the Pacific Ocean, it all makes for divine scenery and places to bird and enjoy nature.
@ Gorgeous!!!! You live in such an amazing region!! My favourite part of Canada ❤️❤️❤️ (I haven’t been there in decades but I adored BC). I did the usual Aussie year in the early 90s working at Whistler).
@@naturephotographychallenge my niece just arrived last week for the same thing. Working at Whistler until April and then back to Melbourne (Whistler's Hill).
The video was great. Its interesting to me, living in Perth, that Bristlebird was the last one of the three sculkurs to get. They all are difficult but they all have particular tricks to see them. For the whipbird the trick people talk about is go when they are calling for breeding season they apparently can often call from the top of the bushes, although I have never been there at the right time to verify. But I would advise that when you hear one calling and have nailed it down to a particular bush you should try and look at bare parts of the bush near the bottom and near the trunk which is where they will drop past as they move to the next bush. For the Bristlebird you just find a long section of track and wait. For the Scrubbird they consistently cross the one of the roads at dusk, at least they did the best part of 10 years ago when I saw it cross that road. But the best trick for all of them is to be lucky and patient.
We found the other two skulkers to be quite difficult!! The Bristlebird was the only one that popped out onto a bush. It was kind of funny though as Nimal likes to walk around & he usually does see everything but, on this occasion, when we both heard the Bristlebird, Nimal went off again walking up the track. But I hung back when I heard it again & just waited to see if it would appear. And my plan worked! Yay!!
@@naturephotographychallengeI think most people feel like walking is often more productive and get used to doing it especially when we are on holiday far from home. But at times it's very good to slow down. Congratulations on seeing it, it's a very cute bird.
Been a while since we've been to the Valley of the Giants and Cheyennes beach. If you keep going you will get to Quagi beach one of our favourite places. But you will need a tent to stay there. You might even get to see some whales there too👍
I wish we could have stayed & explored more around this area. Quagi beach sounds great too. I hope we will get back to SW WA again in the future & see way more 😀 ~ K
I think it's a Cormorant. It appears to have a long thin neck as it dives (and there were Cormorants on the rocks). We didn't see any seals but that would have been amazing!!
This was September, right? As for your other recent WA posts? (Can you please note the dates of your trips in the Description -? to help in others planning? Thanks, Craig).
No worries!! I've just added the date into our descriptions for FNQ & WA. I used to do that & have forgotten over time. I'll remember to keep doing it as I know it really helps anyone who is interested in visiting these locations. 😀
Oh my! Those whales were awesome to watch. Thanks for sharing.
The whales really were the highlight of this part of the trip!! I absolutely love whales so seeing them so close was such a treat we will always remember! 😀 ~ K
Absolutely wonderful! Love your videos, thank you!
Thank you so much!! 😀 We really appreciate it!
Another fab video from WA. Thanks for sharing our wildlife from the other side of the country
Thanks Roger! Great spot over there with lots to see. Wish we'd seen all 3 of the famous skulkers but we were pretty happy with a good view of the Western Bristlebird 😀
Thank you very much for sharing your very interesting video. Have a nice day!
Thank you so much! 😀 Wishing you a wonderful day too!
Well done guys. Western bristlebird images are superb. Top shelf. Excellent effort. Thank you. Steve.
Thanks Steve! 😀 The Western Bristlebird was quite a highlight!! Just lucky that he popped up & sat on that bush. Even better when he started to sing ~ K
What an enjoyable trip. Some great footage of everything.
Thank you so much 😀 We wish we'd seen all the 3 skulky birds but we were pretty happy with everything we saw
Wow, that whale session was pretty special!!!!!❤
It really was such an amazing experience! 😀 We weren't expecting to see whales on this trip so this encounter was just magical
Another awesome video! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much for watching & commenting! 😀❤
What a special time - those whales were amazing! and the birds weren't too bad either! Glad you enjoyed our state.
Western Australia is such a magical state!! So much diversity and amazing wildlife & wildflowers!! I would love to see more, particularly the wildlife we missed out on. But the whales were just so special!!! We see them from land over here in Victoria but not nearly that close!! We will always remember Cheynes Beach with such fondness!! 😀 ~ K
Amazing video. So much to enjoy.
Thank you so much! 😀
Fantastic ep guys, looks like a great place to visit, will have to add it to my bucket list !!! 🤠😎
It's a great place to stay! Lots to see so I would definitely pop Cheynes Beach onto the bucket list if you are ever around this way
Thank you for this great video
Thank you so much for watching! 😀
Love the tree top walk and then how beautiful is the walk. Great bird capture.
Did you feel the tingle 😅
Simple, clean and comfortable is good!
Great log book on birds. That thong tree is hideous 😮
Your caravan park was not short of a Kangaroo.
Wow! Whales 🐋🐳 How awesome was that!
What a great show and even some breaching and tail slapping 😊
Great adventure Karen and Nimal.
Great wildflower pics.
That bird was gorgeous, whistling away.
See you on the next episode ❤❤❤😊
It was a great part of the trip 😀 Thanks for watching!
What great views of the Southern Right Whales!!!!!
(I was at Cheynes Beach in March 2023 specifically to see Honey Possum in the banksia scrub at the caravan park entrance)
oooh were you lucky enough to see the Honey Possum?? We tried but no luck which was a bit sad. We were told to go & hang out at the back Banskias... didn't know about the entrance location!! 🙃
Yes! Saw them briefly on first day and then good long views and photos the next morning. So small!! (I saw Pygmy blue whale the day before when I went out on an orca watching tour, so I saw one of the biggest mammals on the planet and then one of the smallest very next day 😃)
@@warrengilson1835 Wow!! That would have been amazing!! Such a great experience!! Cheynes Beach really does put on a show!!
Great as usual!
Thank you so much! 😀
@@naturephotographychallenge You're welcome!
Thanks K&N, another great video. I was doing the Christmas Bird Count around my area today and we had a Humpback Whale in the strait, and last week Orcas. Birds and whales, what a combo! Looking forward to your next one.
Wow! What a wonderful area to live where you can see so much amazing wildlife so close to home! Bass Strait?? or another part of the world?? 😀 ~ K
@@naturephotographychallenge the Salish Sea is the collective name for a series of marine areas around Vancouver Island's east coast. Mountains, old growth temperate rain forest and the Pacific Ocean, it all makes for divine scenery and places to bird and enjoy nature.
@ Gorgeous!!!! You live in such an amazing region!! My favourite part of Canada ❤️❤️❤️ (I haven’t been there in decades but I adored BC). I did the usual Aussie year in the early 90s working at Whistler).
@@naturephotographychallenge my niece just arrived last week for the same thing. Working at Whistler until April and then back to Melbourne (Whistler's Hill).
@@uur602m She'll have so much fun! 😀
Nice video well done
Thank you so much! 😀
The video was great. Its interesting to me, living in Perth, that Bristlebird was the last one of the three sculkurs to get. They all are difficult but they all have particular tricks to see them.
For the whipbird the trick people talk about is go when they are calling for breeding season they apparently can often call from the top of the bushes, although I have never been there at the right time to verify. But I would advise that when you hear one calling and have nailed it down to a particular bush you should try and look at bare parts of the bush near the bottom and near the trunk which is where they will drop past as they move to the next bush.
For the Bristlebird you just find a long section of track and wait.
For the Scrubbird they consistently cross the one of the roads at dusk, at least they did the best part of 10 years ago when I saw it cross that road.
But the best trick for all of them is to be lucky and patient.
We found the other two skulkers to be quite difficult!! The Bristlebird was the only one that popped out onto a bush. It was kind of funny though as Nimal likes to walk around & he usually does see everything but, on this occasion, when we both heard the Bristlebird, Nimal went off again walking up the track.
But I hung back when I heard it again & just waited to see if it would appear. And my plan worked! Yay!!
@@naturephotographychallengeI think most people feel like walking is often more productive and get used to doing it especially when we are on holiday far from home. But at times it's very good to slow down. Congratulations on seeing it, it's a very cute bird.
Been a while since we've been to the Valley of the Giants and Cheyennes beach. If you keep going you will get to Quagi beach one of our favourite places. But you will need a tent to stay there. You might even get to see some whales there too👍
I wish we could have stayed & explored more around this area. Quagi beach sounds great too. I hope we will get back to SW WA again in the future & see way more 😀 ~ K
at 8.51, is that a seal in the water behind the pacific gull? it looks like a seal resting when they have one flipper out of the water...
I think it's a Cormorant. It appears to have a long thin neck as it dives (and there were Cormorants on the rocks). We didn't see any seals but that would have been amazing!!
This was September, right? As for your other recent WA posts? (Can you please note the dates of your trips in the Description -? to help in others planning? Thanks, Craig).
No worries!! I've just added the date into our descriptions for FNQ & WA. I used to do that & have forgotten over time. I'll remember to keep doing it as I know it really helps anyone who is interested in visiting these locations. 😀