Tag Archives: Cooks River Cycleway

Bird Photography Bike Ride – Cooks River, Barton Park and Taren Point – 16 February 2022

I spent an enjoyable but quite tiring day cycling along the Cooks River to Botany Bay, then along the foreshore cycleway to San Souci and then over the bridge to the Taren Point Shorebird Reserve and the nearby bird observation … Continue reading

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Cooks River Bike Ride – 24 Sep 2021

Day 90 of lockdown. I was good to be able to catch up with Digi Dave for a bike ride along the Cooks River Cycleway. We checked out a few Nature sites along the way. Then had stop-off at Gough … Continue reading

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Cooks River and Barton Park Bike Ride – 10 September 2021

Day 76 of lockdown. I decided to ride down to the Cooks River and then out to Barton Park and back. As usual, I was on the lookout for birds, so packed a camera. I saw my first Sacred Kingfisher … Continue reading

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Cooks River and Barton Park Bike Ride – 7 September 2021

Day 73 of lockdown. Another beautiful day. A good day for a ride. I had arranged to meet Valerie at Barton Park, where we would walk around a look for birds. On the ride down, I stopped off at Gough … Continue reading

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Kingfisher Encounters II – Cooks River Bike Ride – 5 September 2021

Day 71 of lockdown. This was a repeat of the bike ride I had done the day before. And like that day, I was looking out for the Osprey. And like that day, no Osprey was seen, but I did … Continue reading

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Kingfisher encounters – Cooks River Bike Ride – 4 September 2021

Day 70 of lockdown. Another exercise bike ride down the Cooks River. On another previous trip down the river (a walk), I had been looking out for Kingfishers, and I had seen an Osprey, this time my main aim was … Continue reading

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Cooks River Bike Ride – 29 August 2021

Day 64 of Lockdown. I returned to the Cooks River, with a morning bike ride down to Cahill Park and back. The tide was rising and fairy high when I headed back – so I thought my chances of spotting … Continue reading

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Cooks River and Barton Park Bike Ride – 26 August 2021

Day 61 of Lockdown. For exercise, I went on a bike ride down the Cooks River to Tempe and then to Barton Park. As usual, I took a camera. On the way, I stopped off, just downstream of Illawarra Road, … Continue reading

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Cooks River Bike Ride – 25 August 2021

Day 60 of Lockdown. There had been spell of wet and windy weather – not nice for outdoor exercise. On this day, the weather had improved in the afternoon, so I got my bike out and cycled upstream along the … Continue reading

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Back to the Cooks River – 21 August 2021

Day 56 of lockdown. I decided to do another bike ride along the Cooks River. My main aim was to try and spot the Osprey that I had seen the day before, along with the usual aim of spotting and … Continue reading

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