Mainly Mallacoota ...

 ... but it does start with a visit to Pambula, primarily looking for Magpie Geese and an Australasian Bittern seen in that area.  We first went to a commercial area we have seen many times in the past, from the Highway, wondering why there were so many people there.  My main reason for going was the presence of the Longstocking Brewery.

They followed what seems to be a common practice (at premises aimed at tourists rather than standard retail customers) of having a fridge with 4 packs of beer.  I chose three variants on the theme of Pale Ale - they have about 6 brews in the fridge and at times offer a porter.  This IPA was not to be messed with at 6.5% ABV.  Very very tasty.

I was reminded however, a little later, of an old joke.  A bloke walked into his bedroom and poured a bottle of pale ale into the gazunder.  His wife said "Why did you do that?" "It saves me getting up at 2AM."

After visiting a small wetland area where the Magpie Geese had been photographed (not there on this day) we then went to the town centre to visit Wild Rye for a nice steak and kidney pie.  A nice mural was nearby.  

We then headed off to the main wetlands of Panboola.  We failed to find either of the target species but these fowl were attractive.  White-necked Heron (with many more colours on the neck, in breeding plumage) ....

... and Great Egret

Walking around the nearby area we did see a Yellow Thornbill (first one for years) but neither of the targets.

On the 2nd of July I started by going to the Mallacoota poo pits where the fun started with a White-bellied Sea-Eagle giving grief to the fowl on pond 1.  Measuring on Google Earth it was about 250m away from me.

After a few unproductive passes the raptor dropped down to water level and judging by both the resultant splashes and more laboured flight departed with brunch.

A flock of (mainly Grey) Teal were gathered over the main inflow pipe into pond 1.

This aggregation of fowl were over the pipe which transfers water from pond 1 to pond 2: get it while it's fresh!

There were more Chestnut Teal and a few Coots in this flock.

Shelduck, Wood Duck and Lapwings hanging out on the bank.

There was a large flock of Welcome Swallows (I wrote down 300, but that was a guess) hawking over the far side of pond 2.  Here are a few of them.

I was interested to see a distant pair of Whistling Kites get escorted from the vicinity by a very vocal Brown Falcon.  Presumably the Falcon was setting up a nest in the area.  Unfortunately they were too far away to photograph.

Walking back along the treeline the fence was tastefully decorated by 3 Eastern Yellow Robins.

In the afternoon I went to Captain Stevenson's Point.  Quite a good range of birds, plus a very pleasant chat with a birder visiting from Phillip Island.  My only photographs were of birds near y seat.  A peaceful little Superb Fairywren.

Perhaps delete the peaceful?

A New Holland Honeyeater called by.