Australia

Australia

From 2007 to 2011 I worked in the outback of NW Queensland, Australia, as GM Exploration for Ivanhoe Australia and managed the Cloncurry Project southeast of Mount Isa. Wildlife-focused trips during that period and since then have included:

  • Darwin and Kakadu NP area, NT, Sep 2018; not yet reported.
  • Southwestern Western Australia, Nov 2017, with Chi Phan.
  • Melbourne area, Victoria, 2016 Feb, with Chi Phan.
  • Tasmania, 2016 Jan, with Chi Phan.
  • Bamaga, NE Queensland, 2008 Mar, with Clide Carter.
  • NE Queensland, 2007 Nov, with Chi Phan.
  • New South Wales, 2007 Oct, with Chi Phan.
  • Cloncurry area, QLD, 2007-2011.
  • Perth, Cairns, Brisbane and Tasmania regions (Nov 1982-Jan 1983).

Geological side-interest – a reference on the discovery of the Merlin deposit:
Brown M, Lazo F, Carter P, Goss B and Kirwin DJ (2010). The geology and discovery of the Merlin Mo-Re zone of the Mount Dore Deposit, Mount Isa Inlier, NW Queensland, Australia. SGA News – 2010 June – No. 27 p1, 9-15.

Trip Report: southwest Western Australia, Nov 2017

Trip Report (mammals) – southwest Western Australia – Nov 2017
Paul Carter

On a mammal-watching trip from 5th  to 22nd Nov 2017, with Chi Phan (anti-camping, non-mammalwatching Ms), I saw 23 mammals and +15 reptile species. Numbat, Red-tailed and Brush-tailed Phascogales were the highlights, and I was happy to see Quokka without having to do the Rottnest option.

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