CNFN walks and other events: February - March 2019
All walks begin at 10:00 am. Bring warm and waterproof clothes, hat, lunch, hand lens, notebook etc.
Sunday 24th February - Penguin Shelf
Meet at the Penguin Sea Scout Hall, Johnson's Beach Road, Penguin,
next to the skate park at 9:50 am. Low tide is at 10:50 am. Please
note that the rocks can be very slippery so wear safe footwear with
good tread (which you don’t mind getting wet). Thongs are extremely
inadvisable. Leader Rod McQueen
Sunday 3rd March – Ferndene State Reserve and
Frenchs Road Nature Reserve
Meet at Ferndene Reserve, 116 Ironcliff Rd. at 10:00 am (6 km south of
Penguin). From east or west take Bass Highway to the northern end of
the Dial Range at Penguin. Exit the highway at South Road and continue
south for 0.7 km, turn right into Sports Complex Avenue and follow for
a kilometre to its junction with Ironcliff Road, turn left and follow
Ironcliff Road to the carpark at Ferndene Reserve. Leader Richard
Donaghey.
For the past 18 years Richard Donaghey has been studying the life
histories of robins in Australia and Papua New Guinea. In spring 2018
Richard has been unravelling the breeding behaviour of Pink Robins by
watching nests at Ferndene SR and FRNR. This walk provides an
opportunity to learn where they nest, what type of nest they build and
what are the roles of the male and female Pink Robins in incubation
and care of the young. Ferndene is wet eucalypt forest with lots of
different fern species and some special birds including the Beautiful
Firetail, Bassian Thrush and Scrubtit. FRNR is also wet forest with
White Goshawk, Satin Flycatcher and Olive Whistler.