Before I reached the park, however, I stopped off at East and West Mary Roads to see if I could find the bustards. The area surrounding these roads is known as Bustard Downs. Luck was with me as not even 100m down the first road and there were 4 of them standing in the road. They were wet, bedraggled and looked thoroughly pissed off (as only birds can). I, however, was delighted and took some photos from the van and watched them move on.
It is a must do drive along these roads, not only for the Bustards but there is always lots of other birds like parrots, cuckoo, eagles and finches to be found.
Australian Bustard (ardeotis australis)