Fitzroy River Estuary
Fitzroy River Estuary
The Fitzroy River Estuary can be reached by Thompsons Road, off the Great Ocean Road near Tyrendarra. Take the road to the end where you will find a boat ramp and picnic ground. A path leads from the picnic ground through coastal dunes, a 15 to 20 minute walk will take you to the mouth of the Fitzroy River. Ducks, Cormorants and other water birds were seen in the river, a group of around 30 Masked Lapwings were huddled together in the sand dunes, its unusual to see such a large group together. Looking out onto the open beach from the sand dunes it appeared there were no birds present, however we noticed a few plovers fly up from the beach. On giving them 
Tracksa closer look we could then see what looked like hundreds of Red-capped and Double-banded Plovers huddling behind clumps of seaweed sheltering from the wind.
This area is definately worth a look with the type of habitat some really interesting birds might turn up in.