Brisbane claims to love visitors, but we’re parked four miles from town that is not easy to get to. Also, port security chased everyone off the boat. Some went on tours, some waited a long time for a taxi, some used Uber.
I stayed on the island and saw wonderful birds. White pelicans, a big ibis with a long decurved bill—black head, the rest brilliant white.
Magpie larks are neither magpies nor larks, but who’s noticing. They are wildly black and white, a little smaller than crow size. Several kinds of swifts and swallows have been swooping and sailing around all day and there are
Pigeons. I traveled 6000 kilometers to see pigeons. On the other hand:
A big wedge tailed eagle soared by and a crow harassed a booby. I am happy I didn’t go to town.