![]() The magnificent Victoria River carves and weaves its way through the top end of the park. This becuase it featuring open woodlands that are dissected by fantastic rugged escarpments and deep gorges. It’s was described to me by a friend of mine, Tim Bawden, as the most beautiful place in Australia. It’s ~160 km west of Katherine on the Victoria Hwy and covers 1.3 million ha, which is big. After that, I wanted to explore the region for a couple of days, look for the some of the escarpment birds such as White-quilled Rock-Pigeon, visit a few birding sites a bit further west, and see some of the regions wonderful finches, such as Gouldian and Star Finch and Yellow-rumped Manikin.That’s not asking too much.įirst, a bit of background to Gregory National Park. ![]() A stunning bird, I’d seen them before, but never in full-breeding plumage. My first was to track down some full-breeding plumage Purple-crowned Fairy-wren. I had several aims while visiting Gregory National Park. How good is that! As you can imagine, I slept well that night. Arrived in time to drink a cold beer under the shade of a flowering Desert Bloodwood (Corymbia terminalis) that’s full of Varied Lorikeet and honeyeaters such as Banded and Bar-breasted Honeyeater, all flittering about its blossoms. Drive 600 km to the Victoria River Roadhouse in Gregory National Park near the Western Australian border. Arrive in Darwin (Northern Territory) at 11:00am. Fly out of Melbourne (Victoria) at 6:00am. Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) National Park. For ease of reading, my report’s divided into three parts: 1. This report covers a trip I did there in late October (the end of the dry season) in 2015. A superb birding area – it’s a Mecca for finches for instance – these are the places ~300 to ~500 km south of Darwin. ![]() This report covers a recent trip to the southern part of the Top End. Drinking Gouldian Finch, with the odd Masked and Long-tailed Finch thrown in.
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