
Our morning walk was to Hollow Grove, a Melbourne suburban park of woodlands and wetlands connected by a network of tracks, bridges and boardwalks, where we finally found a few ‘bush birds’. These included Blackbird, House Sparrow and Goldfinch – I could have been in my Cromer garden – but also thornbill, scrub-wren and fantail. On one of the pools we watched an egret being bullied by a Willie Wagtail! A late morning transfer had us lunching at Rob & Gi’s place on Wilsons Promontory, over-looking the entrance to the National Park, across to Mount La Trobe and beyond. Afternoon walks to two tidal creeks were very pleasant but relatively unproductive.


