Tag Archives: Birds

Trekking Sherbrooke Forest in the Dandenong Ranges

About an hour from Melbourne is the bottom end of a mountain range, called the Dandenong Ranges, it is actually travels half the length of the entire east coast. One of the parks is called Sherbrooke Forest. It’s near the famous … Continue reading

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Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (Mangrove habitat in Singapore)

Even a city state such as Singapore has some natural wetland reserve. In 1989 this wetland habitat was set aside as a  nature park. Previously it had been an area of prawn and fish farms among some natural mangroves. It … Continue reading

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Mangrove Swamp in North Jakarta : Muara Angke

Much of the the north of Jakarta used to be completely covered with mangroves. Now little remains of that except for a few small pockets along the tollway to the airport. (Of course that exacerbates the flooding problem). One of … Continue reading

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