Plenty Gorge and Mill Park Lakes – April 2018

By Peter Bennet

At the end of a dead-end road in the backblocks of Yarrambat, on a misty autumn morn, the team assembles. The fog deadens sound, not much is moving, but as we drift into the trees small cheeps and warbles begin to filter through and the first feathery flitters appear – Willie Wagtails, Grey Fantails,

Plenty Gorge / Yan Yean – October 2015

Australian Reed-warbler – Peter Bennet

We began early with a trip up Coombs Rd spur, leading from Yan Yean Reservoir up the Great Dividing Range. As promised there was a lyrebird performing just off the track when we parked, but only