Bird Spotters Wanted

A few of us might like to help with this initiative?

I regularly see the cockatoo birds with yellow tips and tails in the heath behind Ti-Tree Ave, but think it's only spring and summer they are here. They eat the flowers in our silky oak and neighbours gum.

I've also seen the ones with the red under their wings down at the Hastings end of the land behind the beach. Near the lagoon with disused picnic tables.

Which of the birds have you seen?

Cabarita Beach to Hastings Point Bush & Beach Walk November 2008

In this post I share a video I took prior to moving over to the United States.

I used to watch this whenever I thought of home. It's about 10 minutes long.

The value I hope you get from watching is an appreciation of how beautiful and rare the space we have between Norries Headland and Hastings Point including the Caba heath is.

Hope you treasure this as much as I do.

Goanna Track, Inland and Maggies Beach Trail

(As described by Graeme, Elaine and Ron)

This track is very problematic as it cuts across both the edge of the restricted area due to sewage works and the designated caravan park precinct - BUT, here it is anyway!

Initial entry is via the Goanna Track.

Bogangar Public School students have constructed a totem pole near the track entrance.

Once halfway to the beach, take the track heading south.

The rich variety of vegetation includes Pandanas Trees.

On reaching the access road at the southern end of the walk, turn east towards Maggies Beach.

There are several points of entry to the beach.

Once on the beach travel north towards Norries Headland.

The entrance to the Goanna Track is clearly marked. Follow the track back to the starting point.

Norries Headland, Maggies Beach and Inland Trail

(As described by Graeme, Elaine and Ron)

This trail has been created to avoid any possible conflict with the location of a future caravan park precinct or the area designated as out of bounds due to sewage works.

The walk commences at the entry to Lions Park, just off the Coast Road/Hastings Road roundabout. The 1.6 kilometre walk includes the recent track prepared by Dune Care for National Tree Day.

The trail leads through an interesting variety of vegetation types.

A significant feature is the Banksia forest.

Kookaburras enjoy the forest as well.

Brightly coloured Bracket Fungi are located along the trail.

As you get closer to the beach the vegetation changes.

The entry to Maggies Beach.

Once on Maggies Beach, turn north and walk to Norries Headland and ascend the walkway.

The view from Norries is spectacular no matter which direction you may be facing. The photo shows Maggies Beach to the immediate south.

Descend the boardwalk and walk through to Lions Park and across to the point of entry for the walk.

Caba Back Track Hastings to Caba via Round Mountain Rd

Caba Back Track Hastings to Caba via Round Mountain Rd


This is an advanced / hazardous trail not for the faint hearted...

Does link with the Caba Heath to Hastings Trail to make a circuit.

I'll get in there soon and update this post with some photos and reports on the south western legs creek crossing, snakes, spiders and knee deep mud.

Caba Heath to Hastings Point Trail

8k Walk Down and Back

I regularly use this trail either running or mountain biking. A nice option on the way back is to run up the beach then up Norries Headland and back past the school to get it up to 10 klm.

Will add some photos soon.

Caba South Central 5klm Loop

Just took a ride through the southern reserve. On Google it's about 5klm.
Battery went dead on my phone so no elevation or accurate GPS.

Pretty overgrown in areas and motorbikes have been in there recently.

South Central 5k Loop

POI

Billabong just North of Les Burger Field

Full of Frogs

Southern End Connection to Caba Back Track is Blocked

NW Corner of Hastings Caravan Park

Can't cross the Creek

Too Wide

Track east is blocked by felled trees

Exit to Round Mountain Road is Opposite Pony Club

But from road you couldn't find it.

Headland Car Park to Goanna Track

Trail First Impressions

I walked this trail for the first time this afternoon.

Here are a few of the interesting things I captured.

Flora

Couple of flowers out and some amazing large banksia trees. I didn't realise they were so old and large. No wonder they are called habitat trees.

Large Banksias

Orange Fungi

Large Banksia Flowers

New from old

Fauna

There are many birds in there based  on the sound of them. I did see the Sea Eagles on the fringe but not wallabies. Just south of the trail I saw a large male Wallaby.

Trail Marking

Dune Care have done a great job lining the trail with branches to form a track. There are orange markers made up 

Good trail marking - thanks Dune Care!

Site Entrance at Goanna Track End

The entrance is a little tricky. You are very close to the beach when you walk in from the west. The track starts on the left just behind a large dead tree. Will need to be signposted in future.

Car Park End Track Entrance

Plenty of parking available and if you know where to go easy trail to walk into. Entrance on the left of the Pandanus in the shot below.

How to Label and Link a Post to a Page

South Precinct Heath biodiversity rising above past fires.

The idea of this post is to explain how the collection of posts and pages will be linked together by a labelling structure.

The analogy to think of is that of a tree.

The pages are the branches and we will stick leaves on (blog posts) using labels (sap?) to attach them to the right branch.

I expect we will have a lot of photos and videos created so it should look spectacular cataloging and capturing all the interesting bits and pieces of our unique trails.

For example the photo above is this posts feature image which I have captioned. I have added all the available labels excluding "admin" which is just for minutes and I guess training type posts like this one.

If I really wanted to label the post about the diversity of the heath accurately I would put a cross in the 3 boxes below. So it really should just be labelled "Southern Precinct", "POI", "Photos" and "Flora".

Label Structure	Lake Precinct,	Village Precinct,	Southern Precinct,	Western Precinct
POI,			X
Photos,			X
Maps,
History,
Flora,			X
Fauna,

To link the post to page I would create something called Anchor Text (say Heath Biodiversity) in three spots under each heading on the Southern Precinct page, then hyperlink the post to the page in the three  spots. See example below.

Don't worry I will need to

1. Show how to do it in person, 
2. Then do it together, 
3. Then I should watch you do it by yourself. 

After doing it three times this way together you will have the hang of it.

Regards
Anthony

PS This is only a draft structure I should add. We can change it to what ever you think best suits but I'm just taking the lead to create something to start with.