Lower Glenelg National Park and surrounds, south-west Victoria

Lower Glenelg National Park (LGNP) is near the border with South Australia. The town of Dartmoor is to the north of the park and Nelson, close to where the Glenelg River enters the sea, is to the south.

The photos on this page were taken during the Bird Observation and Conservation (BOCA) camp held at Dartmoor between Christmas 2011 and New Year 2012.  On January 1, 2012, BOCA joined with Birds Australia to become BirdLife Australia, so this was effectively the last BOCA camp and the first BL camp.

The image at the top of the page shows a scene across a track in LGNP.

Dartmoor is renowned for the skillfully-crafted wood carvings that line the main street. The snails find them most attractive, too.

    A pair of Gang-gang Cockatoos feeding in an Acacia at 
     Dartmoor. The female is on the left. The male is more
     obscured.

     Nankeen Night Heron near the Glenelg River in LGNP.

                                                                             
                                                                                                            Textured reflections in the Glenelg River.

    Featherhead Ptilotus macrocephalus in LGNP.

    Senecio in LGNP

Superb Fairy-wren in LGNP. This bird was obviously very used to people. I rounded a bend and was almost on top of it, yet it went on foraging. Nearby were the loud calls of a very well hidden Bristlebird. It stayed out of sight. Three pairs of Gang-gangs flew in, calling, and settled on branches overhead.

    Track by the river in LGNP.

     Glenelg River in LGNP.

     Xanthorrhoea fruits on flower spike.

                     Bursaria, LGNP.

     The other side of the Xanthorrhoea.

    Flies mating on an Acacia leaf.

     Crested Shrike-tit, male, high in the tree canopy.

    Eastern Yellow Robin foraging on the ground close to the above-pictured
     Fairy-wren.

     Goodenia, LGNP.