Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!ucbvax!ucdavis!csusac!unify!magpie!grp From: grp@unify.uucp (Greg Pasquariello) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: Birding in Australia Message-ID: Date: 24 Jul 90 20:59:35 GMT References: <1358@idunno.Princeton.EDU> Sender: news@Unify.Com (news admin) Reply-To: grp@unify.com Organization: Unify Corporation, Sacramento, California Lines: 42 In-Reply-To: jklee@phoenix.Princeton.EDU's message of 22 Jul 90 20:26:28 GMT >In article <1358@idunno.Princeton.EDU> jklee@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (James Lee) writes: > > Path: unify!csusac!ucdavis!ucbvax!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ncar!mephisto!udel!princeton!phoenix.Princeton.EDU > From: jklee@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (James Lee) > Newsgroups: rec.birds > Date: 22 Jul 90 20:26:28 GMT > Sender: news@idunno.Princeton.EDU > Organization: Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey > Lines: 26 > > I am planning to travel to Australia in September to stay for > about 3 weeks (attending conferences), and I was hoping to do > a bit of birding. Being totally unfamiliar with this country > (let alone, its birds!!), I was hoping if anyone had any suggestions > for: > (a) places to go > (b) field guides to get > > One conference is in Adelaide (for about 1 week), and the other > is in Canberra (also for 1 week). I also have a free week in > between the two conferences. Any suggestions for places to go > in and around these cities, as well as spots slightly further abroad > would be most welcome. I was also hoping to visit Alice Springs > and Melbourne. > > Thanks for your help. If anyone else is interested, let me know > and I'll summarize the responses. > > jim > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jim Lee (jklee@phoenix.Princeton.EDU) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > Dept. of Geological & Geophysical Sci. * THERE ARE STRANGE THINGS DONE * > Guyot Hall * IN THE MIDNIGHT SUN ..... * > Princeton University * - Robert Service * > Princeton, NJ 08544 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Talk to Rich Kane at New Jersey Audubon. I believe he led a trip to Australia about a year ago. -- -Greg Pasquariello grp@unify.com