Monthly Archives: December 2010
Brown-backed Honeyeater
One of the most familiar Honeyeaters to Mission Beach residents is the plainly coloured Brown-backed Honeyeater. Honeyeaters are everywhere in Australia. You can find them in the middle of the Simpson Desert to the Alpine country in the south of … Continue reading
Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo at Mission Beach
Cockatoos are the largest Australian parrots and perhaps the most charismatic. Mission Beach has 2 species with others recorded as vagrants or aviary escapees. Apart from the common and widespread Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, beach dwellers in the village are most familiar … Continue reading
The Owl and the Pussycat
Edward Lear is famous for his nonsense poems but he was also a bird illustrator of some note during the Victorian era. Thus, when he penned the Owl and the Pussycat, he knew very well that he was linking two … Continue reading
Mission Beach – Birdwatcher’s Paradise
Introducing Adrian Walker, our local snake handler and birdwatching enthusiast in Mission Beach. Welcome to the Mission Beach Information Centre’s bird blog! With its long, sandy beaches and extensive fringing forests, Mission Beach is a birdwatcher’s paradise and with over … Continue reading
Dancing Queens – Cassowary Coast Celebration
Welcome to our first blog post and what better way to start than with a zany film clip – Dancing Queens, a Cassowary Coast Community Celebration. An initiative of Mission Beach Tourism with 82 individuals and more than 20 businesses … Continue reading
