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4 September 2022 Sunday – Christmas Island day 6 Sue takes us on a crabbing & Brown Booby tour this morning & our first stop is not that far away, just near the residence of the Christmas Island Administrator. The … Continue reading →

3 September 2022 Saturday – Christmas Island day 5 Chris is guiding us today in his small bus to look for the Abbotts Booby.  After another good breakfast we head off.  We stop at the National Park entrance just outside … Continue reading →

2 September 2022 Friday – Christmas Island day 4 It is Goshawk day today & Mark, our guide, takes us through the technique of luring & catching a Goshawk. Mark is a leading researcher & has specialised in the study … Continue reading →

1 September 2022 Thursday – Christmas Island day 3 Another early start with breakfast again at the Golden Bosun where we chat with a few different travellers. A Nankeen Kestrel is sitting on the radio tower across the road also … Continue reading →

31 August 2022 Wednesday – Christmas Island day 2 Up at 6am for a 7am start to breakfast at the nearby Golden Bosun Tavern. There are frigate birds & bosun birds flying overhead & out the front of our unit … Continue reading →

30 August 2022 Tuesday – Perth to Christmas Island Up at 7am for breakfast & pack again for our flight to Christmas Island. The shuttle bus from the motel departs at 9.30am & takes us all the way to the … Continue reading →

29 August 2022 Monday – Perth Today is a day of leisure, we spend most of the day sitting & chatting with Denise after Craig goes to work. We put the washing on & hang it out then collect after … Continue reading →

28 August 2022 Sunday – Perth Denise cooked us a delicious pancake & fruit salad breakfast this morning & we sat & chatted for ages.  Craig & I mounted a new weather station for Denise on the back fence then … Continue reading →

27 August 2022 Saturday – Perth Up at 6.00am & no breakfast as we are off to the Jarrahdale Parkrun, Denise is an avid Parkrunner & is out running every Saturday morning with Craig typically volunteering. Jarrahdale is around half … Continue reading →

26 August 2022 Friday – Rottnest Island to Perth A more leisurely start this morning with breakfast at Lontara, again in the sunshine at the front of the restaurant. Another couple wanted to sit in front of us at the … Continue reading →