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Originally Posted by h0ughy
Gary where did you see the snake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????
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There were a whole bunch of them slithering around the observing
field at night. It's okay though, you were probably too busy looking up.
Just kidding!
It's a non-venomous diamond python. On the Friday night, we headed-off
to view the comet some time after the main convoy had left. Rather than a 5 minute
drive, we went for about 15 minutes until we encountered a group of about
twenty AstroCamp-goers who had made the same mistake. As it turned out,
this higher piece of terrain was probably a better place to view the comet,
purely from an observing point of view, but that's another story.
Afterwards, as we headed down the gravel road, I spotted the juvenile python on
the road ahead and braked in time. He was just happy sitting on the road
soaking up its remnant heat, so we just patiently waited for him to do
his thing before he moved on. He was very pretty.
Imagine sticking him in someone's sleeping bag.
The following day, Lachlan MacDonald went for a day drive and returned
with a Bandy Bandy snake he had found dead on the road somewhere.
Very pretty.
http://lamington.nrsm.uq.edu.au/Docu...Rept/BANDY.HTM
Anyway, I thought the photo of the python would get some people's attention
as Mike had never advertised the bonus of native wildlife for campers.
Best Regards
Gary
Mt. Kuring-Gai.
In October 2008.
