The last formal COG outing for 2008 will be held in this popular nature reserve to the south of Canberra, and will be a repeat of the highly successful 2006 trip. We will again be parking and using the toilets at Yankee Hat car park, then walking in. Entirely within COG grid cell H25, we'll do a longish circular or figure-of-8 walk following both the road and the creek, lunching on the creek again at the 'historic' c1966 Hospital Creek Hut. We can be flexible about the exact route, which will depend on where the birds are and the weather on the day.
On the previous walk to this area we dipped on the Turquoise Parrots that had been seen a week before, but were treated to a Brush Cuckoo that sat in full view of the lunching crowd for a considerable time. Other highlights were Brown Treecreepers and Dusky Woodswallow with dependent young, two Australian Hobbies, Rufous Songlark, Brown-headed and Fuscous Honeyeaters, Satin and Leaden Flycatchers, Fan-tailed Cuckoo and for a lucky few, a Red-browed Treecreeper.
The walk will be around 11 km and some of it cross country, so you will need to be moderately fit. If you are interested in participating, please contact Julian Robinson (6239 6226 or by E-mail on julian.robinson@internode.on.net). We will meet at the Kambah Village shops at 7:30 am, so we can consolidate cars and get to the Yankee Hut car park well before 9 am.