THE HASTINGS QUEST

In memory of Ted Giblin

Port Macquarie location on Australian map

The QUEST is a club competition initiated by the late Ted Giblin, where members compete to see/hear the most species within the Hastings Quest region during a calendar year. At the end of the year, the winner is awarded the "Louris Loughland Memorial Trophy". The table below (in alphabetical order by given name) reflects each competing member's cumulative total over the year. The monthly leader's count is highlighted in green. The Quester with the highest monthly increment is highlighted in blue. Yellow highlight indicates update pending.

Download - Hastings Birdwatchers Quest Rules 2024 (PDF)

Download - Hastings Birdwatchers Quest - Appendix 1 Quest Boundary Map (May 2023) (JPG)

Download - Hastings Birdwatchers Quest - Appendix 1a Western & Northern Boundary guides (May 2023).(PDF)

Download - Hastings Birdwatchers Quest - Appendix 1b Western & Southern Boundary guides (May 2023).(PDF)

Download - Hastings Birdwatchers Quest Species Guide (PDF)

Download - Hastings Birdwatchers Quest Land Record sheet (Excel)

Download - Hastings Birdwatchers Quest Pelagic Record sheet (Excel)

Download - The HBW Quest Boundary Map.You will need Google Earth on your laptop/pc to open. It may be used in conjunction with Appendix 1 above as it enables you to zoom into a location.

2024	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	Land	Pelagic
Alan Morris	168	183	195	202	204	209	212	216	221	241	244	244		000
Alastair Smedley	097	100	130	146	163	167	170	181	197	206	215	216		000
Catherine Shaw	000	126	133	146	148	149	149	161	171	178	189	189		000
Clive Meadows	154	182	192	197	202	203	205	211	224	229	237	240		000
Ed Louey	131	174	190	204	211	220	225	225	234	249	257	270		000
Frances Smith	141	164	180	188	192	200	204	211	214	217	225	227		000
Ian Kerr	156	178	202	215	219	222	222	222	231	231	231	229		000
James Andrews	140	161	181	184	185	191	193	196	196	204	219	222		000
James Bennett	- - -	- - -	- - -	- - -	- - -	- - -	- - -	- - -	- - -	- - -	214	217		000
James Oates	167	196	207	209	209	211	213	218	219	223	227	228		000
Julia Hudd	150	181	201	206	211	214	219	222	224	232	242	246		000
Karen Smedley	091	092	136	153	164	165	172	184	198	206	215	216		000
Laura Van Bussel	- - -	- - -	- - -	- - -	- - -	- - -	189	194	207	222	229	238		000
Lindy Frost	118	151	161	171	173	183	186	186	193	204	215	217		000
Louise Earnshaw	154	175	186	195	200	201	202	206	220	222	228	230		000
Mike Wiggins	071	119	137	138	145	150	151	162	164	168	176	188		000
Peter West	168	193	215	227	228	229	230	237	238	245	254	259		000
Rich Shaw	000	128	134	148	149	150	150	161	171	178	189	189		000
Silas Darnell	147	153	166	166	166	173	173	185	189	189	192	194		000
Team McCarthy	082	117	126	134	140	145	150	159	159	159	159	159		000
Tony Morton	120	156	174	181	186	191	193	200	211	219	223	224		000

2023	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	Land	Pelagic
Alan Morris	168	187	195	200	200	211	214	218	227	238	240	246	246	000
Alastair Smedley	086	121	152	155	168	173	174	180	193	193	201	201	201	000
Beryl Aylett	000	068	081	094	097	117	132	142	150	153	163	150	150	000
Beth Gabriel *	049	072	079	093	100	105	120	120	120	124	131	132	132	000
Clive Meadows	125	172	193	200	203	208	214	216	228	232	244	251	251	000
Frances Smith	141	163	176	190	204	208	211	211	218	224	238	242	242	000
Ian Kerr	161	176	180	191	212	214	218	221	221	221	237	241	241	000
James Andrews	000	000	000	000	000	000	000	134	144	165	189	188	188	000
James Oates	151	156	176	183	189	189	202	217	232	246	259	260	252	008
Jenny Lester *	091	105	112	129	133	134	137	140	140	140	150	150	150	000
Julia Hudd	169	182	197	199	201	201	210	220	225	235	246	254	254	000
Karen Smedley	086	119	149	153	169	175	177	184	198	198	205	205	205	000
Lindy Frost	082	082	089	132	158	176	184	187	191	197	203	216	209	007
Louise Earnshaw	118	154	180	184	187	190	197	200	207	214	223	231	231	000
Mike Wiggins	000	000	000	000	000	000	075	131	148	155	156	160	160	000
Peter West	146	187	200	215	221	222	228	230	232	238	254	258	258	000
Silas Darnell	133	139	143	149	167	176	179	199	207	220	224	225	209	016
Sue Proust	139	178	192	209	217	217	224	226	229	235	245	250	250	000
Team McCarthy	094	094	105	106	125	132	142	149	164	164	174	179	179	000
Ted Giblin	122	156	180	187	203	203	203	203	209	214	214	214	201	013
Tony Morton	106	139	158	167	179	191	194	203	211	220	227	230	230	000

* Beth & Jenny are only conducting their Quests in the Wauchope area.

2022	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	Land	Pelagic
Alan Morris	-----	159	186	201	207	208	210	220	224	228	230	231	231	000
Beryl Aylett	061	079	084	107	121	131	135	137	140	140	149	151	151	000
Beth Gabriel *	062	097	100	105	117	124	125	126	130	130	130	130	130	000
Clive Meadows	138	168	183	190	196	199	200	207	211	213	221	227	227	000
Frances Smith	148	159	176	191	198	200	200	200	205	207	207	218	218	000
Ian Kerr	157	178	198	199	206	207	211	211	211	216	225	228	228	000
James Oates	192	199	215	226	226	230	233	237	237	237	237	254	234	020
Jenny Lester *	087	106	118	120	120	126	131	137	141	142	144	143	143	000
Julia Hudd	192	200	207	213	220	224	224	229	237	239	242	242	242	000
Karen Smedley	141	173	179	183	198	202	202	204	208	210	213	213	213	000
Ken Monson	000	085	116	127	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	127	000
Lindy Frost	095	117	146	147	149	149	159	167	170	173	179	182	182	000
Peter West	-----	-----	179	202	204	214	214	214	216	237	243	263	252	011
Silas Darnell	135	150	177	181	185	201	205	212	214	234	237	239	213	026
Team McCarthy	083	115	127	151	156	165	170	172	179	179	183	185	185	000
Ted Giblin	-----	-----	-----	167	199	218	225	228	231	237	249	252	235	017
Tim Morris #	101	133	146	151	160	169	178	184	184	197	209	216	216	000
Tony Morton	133	150	161	170	185	191	195	200	206	214	218	217	217	000

* Beth & Jenny are only conducting their Quests in the Wauchope area.

# Tim is conducting his count purely within the Hastings LGA

2021	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC
Alan Morris	161	181	196	203	207	210	218	220	233	237	241	249
Beryl Aylett	000	000	000	000	000	064	076	086	103	111	112	109
Beth Gabriel *	061	063	077	095	096	097	097	109	111	112	112	114
Frances Smith	168	185	188	192	195	207	216	221	233	238	241	248
Ian Kerr	158	168	168	168	191	198	204	212	217	227	232	233
Jenny Lester *	082	092	105	109	114	116	121	133	138	144	146	147
Karen Smedley	138	171	176	177	183	191	200	204	210	217	220	224
Liam Murphy	000	000	000	000	000	000	000	000	000	187	187	187
Lindy Frost	130	148	153	153	158	169	177	191	196	204	207	207
Peter West	173	199	206	217	233	239	245	254	262	277	278	283
Team McCarthy	104	130	143	148	148	149	149	152	155	170	176	181
Ted Giblin	169	204	213	229	235	243	248	251	258	270	276	287
Tim Morris	089	120	149	159	178	181	188	190	206	215	222	224
Tony Morton	123	123	153	171	182	187	197	199	205	217	223	226

* Beth & Jenny are only conducting their Quests in the Wauchope area.

2020	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC
Alan Morris	174	193	198	202	205	207	213	213	215	227	228	229
Alastair Smedley	127	133	143	148	157	158	159	161	170	176	176	176
Beth Gabriel *	082	102	111	114	134	142	144	150	153	154	154	157
Clive Meadows	163	208	214	217	224	231	236	240	250	255	260	262
Frances Smith	165	195	202	202	204	206	212	218	222	224	233	236
Ian Kerr	149	170	170	170	179	185	188	199	200	212	222	222
Jenny Lester *	066	082	100	112	127	133	136	142	150	152	155	156
Karen Smedley	127	133	142	150	165	166	168	170	176	187	187	190
Ken Monson	140	157	178	182	193	198	202	204	207	216	219	218
Lindy Frost	090	115	133	143	147	154	154	158	164	166	166	170
Peter West	162	214	227	227	231	236	244	248	254	258	264	268
Sue Proust	161	209	221	222	227	230	237	243	249	252	261	266
Team McCarthy	084	108	131	136	149	158	165	167	174	180	186	186
Ted Giblin	120	166	180	185	205	217	218	222	227	235	240	252
Tim Morris	---	140	140	140	140	178	188	188	188	188	188	188
Tony Morton	121	145	162	170	172	173	178	183	189	199	201	201

* Beth & Jenny are only conducting their Quests in the Wauchope area.

2019	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	Land	Pelagic
Alan Morris	86	98	153	178	184	194	200	204	218	234	244	253	253	000
Alastair Smedley	131	156	166	166	166	169	174	183	197	197	200	215	215	000
Beth Gabriel *	76	92	117	121	133	139	143	148	152	154	154	163	163	000
Clive Meadows	130	156	183	197	199	199	209	221	240	251	253	262	262	000
Frances Smith	135	171	191	194	201	201	205	205	224	239	242	245	245	000
Ian Kerr	123	173	186	186	186	198	200	210	210	210	213	213	213	000
Jenny Lester *	54	77	97	100	100	115	119	120	124	126	127	132	132	000
Julia Hudd	182	212	239	246	249	250	260	261	268	273	279	282	270	012
Karen Smedley	133	160	170	170	170	172	179	188	207	207	209	216	216	000
Ken Monson	114	151	163	163	163	163	163	163	163	163	163	192	192	000
Lindy Frost	110	133	144	152	167	168	169	170	178	178	178	186	186	000
Neil Parker	082	082	082	082	082	082	082	082	082	082	082	082	082	000
Peter Hudd	183	212	239	246	249	250	260	261	268	273	279	281	269	012
Peter West	121	182	197	211	211	216	216	217	240	257	262	263	255	008
Ted Giblin	157	194	215	228	235	236	247	252	255	270	272	272	260	012
Team McCarthy	84	136	168	171	181	183	187	196	202	206	211	215	215	000
Tim Morris	123	123	174	174	189	199	199	203	217	239	244	244	244	000
Tony Morton	119	134	148	165	177	188	195	204	216	220	224	227	227	000

* Beth & Jenny are only conducting their Quests in the Wauchope area.

2018	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC
Alastair Smedley	130	153	169	170	188	201	221	224	225	226	230	231
Beth Gabriel	76	97	104	121	124	127	127	138	145	146	154	155
Clive Meadows	209	234	240	251	256	262	271	274	280	285	289	294
Frances Smith	158	180	192	201	208	223	226	228	231	237	249	252
Ian Kerr	131	131	131	142	164	178	188	196	210	214	214	214
Jenny Lester *	31	31	53	60	60	60	60	94	104	105	121	122
Julia Hudd	185	208	218	235	239	239	243	246	257	266	271	281
Karen Smedley	135	157	175	176	192	202	221	225	226	226	233	233
Kay Bassett *	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	89
Ken Monson	66	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88
Liam Murphy	247	257	269	278	284	294	295	299	303	305	315	316
Louise Earnshaw	198	221	228	238	241	248	252	255	264	272	280	284
Neil Parker	127	146	162	171	189	198	204	217	236	242	244	245
Peter Hudd	185	208	219	237	241	241	245	248	258	268	273	281
Peter West	228	235	243	252	262	273	281	286	292	302	312	317
Sue Proust	220	226	232	241	249	258	269	270	276	279	292	301
Ted Giblin	125	177	192	217	229	244	251	255	261	275	290	293
Terry & Elaine McCarthy	108	143	150	181	189	200	208	212	213	218	224	228
Tim Morris	-----	-----	-----	-----	203	221	225	227	230	245	251	251
Tony Bischoff	163	194	198	202	202	202	202	202	202	202	225	249
Tony Morton	149	174	194	216	217	226	230	233	236	246	251	251

* Jenny is only conducting her Quest in the Wauchope area. * Kay is only conducting her Quest on her farm.

Updated 02/01/2025