bloodhound31
27-09-2011, 12:34 AM
It's been a while since I have been on an outing by myself. With my last $20, I put a few drops of petrol in the ute and I was off like a bucket of prawns on a hot summer's day!
Gudgenby Valley is a wide open, grassy flat surrounded by high hills of granite and eucalyptus. There are more rabbits and eastern grey kangaroos than you can poke a stick at. It was nice to see a few Red-Necked Wallabies though. Most of the rabbits looked extremely healthy and thriving (as bloody usual), but I did see one with puffy red eyes and matted fur around it's face, so it either had a big night on the turps or it has myxi or calicivirus.
It was interesting experimenting with my camouflage gear. I walked through several 200-strong mobs of roos and stood among them. When I do this in plainclothes, they usually all sit up and stare. Even when they finally go back to grazing, they periodically look up again, just to see what I am doing. I walked into the middle of them as usual, but this time when I stopped moving they seemed to carry on as if I wasn't there. I could see some of them sniffing the air for me, but none were staring me down this time.
The walk to the Aboriginal rock-paintings at the foot of Yankee Hat took about an hour, stopping along the way to take photos of nothing special.
I was on the lookout for snakes and dingoes, as both are residents of the valley, but I think it is still a little early in the year for snakes. No dingoes this time, but I shall return for them.
These short afternoon trips are really not very productive photographically unless I get lucky. I think I need to come and set up camp and really stake the place out.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the story and the pics.
Baz.
Gudgenby Valley is a wide open, grassy flat surrounded by high hills of granite and eucalyptus. There are more rabbits and eastern grey kangaroos than you can poke a stick at. It was nice to see a few Red-Necked Wallabies though. Most of the rabbits looked extremely healthy and thriving (as bloody usual), but I did see one with puffy red eyes and matted fur around it's face, so it either had a big night on the turps or it has myxi or calicivirus.
It was interesting experimenting with my camouflage gear. I walked through several 200-strong mobs of roos and stood among them. When I do this in plainclothes, they usually all sit up and stare. Even when they finally go back to grazing, they periodically look up again, just to see what I am doing. I walked into the middle of them as usual, but this time when I stopped moving they seemed to carry on as if I wasn't there. I could see some of them sniffing the air for me, but none were staring me down this time.
The walk to the Aboriginal rock-paintings at the foot of Yankee Hat took about an hour, stopping along the way to take photos of nothing special.
I was on the lookout for snakes and dingoes, as both are residents of the valley, but I think it is still a little early in the year for snakes. No dingoes this time, but I shall return for them.
These short afternoon trips are really not very productive photographically unless I get lucky. I think I need to come and set up camp and really stake the place out.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the story and the pics.
Baz.