Monday 8th March 7.30pm - Fairy Meadow Community Hall cnr of Cambridge Avenue & Princes H’way Fairy Meadow. Guest Speaker Holly Parsons from Birds Australia, working on the Birds in Backyards Program. Holly gave us a very entertaining presentation some years ago on Fairy-wrens which she was studying for her PhD and has now completed. Holly’s presentation is to be "Birds in Backyards - What are we doing and what are our plans for the future?" Please bring a plate of goodies and a cup for supper after the meeting.

Wednesday 10th March 2010 – Croome Park. Leaders Michelle Rower and Terry Edwell.
Please meet at the Croome Road Sporting Complex, Albion Park. Note if coming from the Albion Park Rail end of Croome Rd (near the railway museum) take the turn with Tennis in the list of sports. Drive past the driveway (dirt) on the left that leads to the car park for the tennis courts and travel a further 100-150 metres to where there is a large car park near an oval on the RIGHT. Meet in this carpark at 9.00am.

If coming from Jamberoo way you go past the basketball stadium and through the roundabout into Croome Rd. Go past the cemetery on the right and take the next driveway LEFT into the Croome Rd Sporting Complex and park in the first carpark you come to on the RIGHT.

Bring morning tea and Mosquito repellent – the mozzies can be brutal here. You can contact Michelle on 0409 071 815.

Sunday 14th March 2010 Royal National Park Waterfall - Leader Betty Hudson
Meet at the car park at the southern end of Lady Carrington Drive at 8.30am. To reach this car park
travel via the Freeway to Waterfall turn left following the R.N.P. signs into The McKell Drive
continue until you reach a T junction immediately after crossing a river bridge. Turn left (Sir Bertram
Stevens Drive) and the car park is very shortly on your right. Alternatively you can travel via Stanwell Park and Lady Wakehurst Drive to the T junction where you keep straight on. Beware it is a gravel parking area on a sweeping uphill curve. Please park responsibly as there is limited space.
NOTE There is an entry fee per vehicle to the R.N.P. 2 years ago it was $11!

Bring a carry morning tea and lunch. We will walk along Lady Carrington Drive to the junction of the Walmurra track and follow this along a creek and through a rainforest area, before returning to the main track. We will then take the Forest Walk through eucalyptus forest back to the car park area. We should finish early afternoon. Contact Betty on 42360307 or mobile 0432 892 945

The March Committee Meeting will be held at 7.30pm, at the home of Barbara & Brian Hales, 32 Shearwater Boulevarde, Albion Park Rail. Ph 4257 4431. All members are welcome!

Autumn Camp Leeton Caravan Park 10th April to 17th April 2010
The IBOC Autumn camp is to be held at Leeton Caravan Park, Yanco Avenue, Leeton, NSW, Ph (02) 6953 3323. This is an outstanding birding area with the potential for new species for members.

The caravan park has 8 cabins (all identical), 65 powered sites and 100 un powered sites.

• Charges Cabins $70 per night for 2 people
• Powered sites $23 per night for 2 people
• Un powered sites $20 per night for 2 people
  

NOTE: The manager of the caravan park advised me that these charges may rise slightly in the new year.

IBOC have NOT reserved any accommodation this time. Once you have booked please let Betty Hudson know either by email or phone 4236 0307 detailing the accommodation you have booked.
Leeton is approximately 125km west of Wagga Wagga in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area.

Travel is via the Hume Hwy, Yass, & Gundagai, and then the Sturt Hwy to Wagga Wagga and Narrandera. The Caravan Park is on the right hand side of the road on the southern outskirts of the Leeton a few km after you pass Yanco Township.

BEWARE: Leeton is in the Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone. This means that NO Fruit, Vegetables or plant material may be taken more than a few km past Wagga. (Cooked items are OK) There are roadside quarantine bins between Wagga & Narrandera. You will need to shop on arrival in Leeton or if running late in Narrandera. There is a large Woolworth’s as well as an IGA store in Leeton which is a large regional centre. These are approx 1km from the caravan park.

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