Green Cape 2005
Green Cape 2005 COG visit to Green Cape NSW 25th–28th October 2005 Green Cape from Google maps Some views of the light-station buildings Ten members of the Canberra Ornithologists Group (COG) visited Green Cape from 25th – 28th October 2005. This field trip was organized following the successful one in June 2004 (See Fullagar 2004 for a report to COG). The group was again based in the duplex cottages originally used by the Assistant Lightkeepers. These buildings have been refurbished splendidly and are available for short term rental from National Parks NSW. The survey area Green Cape is within the Ben Boyd National Park forming its southern extremity. At Green Cape the vegetation is modified heathland having suffered the existence of a lightstation since 1883 but the affected area is small. There is a dirt road that provides access to the Cape. The lightstation buildings are backed to the north and west by tall Ti-tree Melaleuca sp. and Coast Banksia integrifolia. Th...