Gympie NP

Regional Ecosystem 12.11.5e Spotted Gum forest - site recommended by David Tucker Latitude 26deg 3min 49.6sec Longitude 152deg 42min 42.3sec Elevation 225m.

A continuous recording with the SM2+ (Wildlife Acoustics) recorder commenced at midnight on the 22 June 2015 and concluded on the 23 July 2016. This recording recorded 24 hours a day for a period of thirteen months.

After a short break in recording with a new schedule commenced on the 8 August 2016 and concluded at 2 pm on the 20 July 2017. The schedule for this recording was three 4-hour blocks consisting of the first recording commencing 2 hours before and continuing until 2 hours after sunrise, a second recording commencing at 10 am and concluding at 2 pm and a third recording commencing 2 hours before sunrise and concluding 2 hours after sunset. This recording was recorded in stereo, sampled at 22 050 Hz and saved in .WAV format. There is some data missing on each of the following dates: 11-13 November 2016; 14-21 December 2016; 18-19 January 2017 and the 23-28 March 2017.

A short 15 day higher frequency recording also using the SM4 recorder commenced on the 31 July 2017 and concluded on the 15th August 2017. The schedule for this recording was 6 pm until 6 am the next morning. The sampling rate was 96 000.