| Terrick Terrick National
Park is where we start our Twitchathon effort
every year. It's a small national park located in the North-central region of Victoria,
about 100km north of Bendigo. The vegetation is unusual in that it is dominated by Callitris
White Cyprus Pine; correspondingly the avifauna is also very interesting. It's a very good
spot to see Gilbert's Whistler and a host of other really good woodland
species occur. Best birds we've seen here would have to be Plainswanderer
in the newly annexed grassland area in the north-east and Painted Honeyeater,
which is the first time it has been recorded at TT. Where:
From Melbourne, take the Calder Highway up to Bendigo. Head through Bendigo to
the suburb of Eaglehawk then turn right to Mitiamo (it's signposted). Drive 65km to
Mitiamo then about 5km north of Mitiamo to the park. Altogether it's about 220km from
Melbourne.
The park is not large, with the newly annexed area I'd
guess approximately 3000ha. There is a very pleasant and well equipped picnic area where
camping is allowed. We usually try to get up there two or three times a year so here are
my records for the last 5 years, which will hopefully give you an idea of the high quality
of this park: |
A Plainswanderer!Check this page for some more photos of grassland birds during a
recent visit
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Terrick Terrick National Park
