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February 2 years ago while setting out the tripod, battery box's etc at our usual observing site, went back to the van, about 3 mtrs away, to get more gear , turned around and took a step when I realised that something was wriggling away from the gear I had just put on the ground.
A 400 / 500mm Eastern Brown, juvenile obvioiusly, that when persuaded to vacate my area decided that a safe hideaway was wrapped around a companions tripod leg and battery box's etc.
Could not be encouraged to move elsewhere, plenty of long grass and shrubs nearby, so ended up knocked on the head. Not the most desirable outcome but how it came to be amongst my gear is most curious considering the gear had been in the back of my van for a few days after a trip out to the back of Goulburn !!!
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