A rare sighting in the wild, a Platypus going home
after breakfast. I only got one shot at him with my
hand held 300mm lens with very dull light. A Platypus
has a duck bill, webbed feet, a Beaver tail and is a
monotreme raising its young in a burrow in the riverbank
and feeding on the floor of the river.
These photos are shot at the campground in more affordable
accomodation at Carnarvon gorge than our first night.
Unfortunately we could not stay longer, but will go
back again someday to explore further. Carnarvon Nat.
Pk. is located in Central Queensland and well worth
spending lots of time in.
An Apostle bird, again at dawn with insufficient light.
It glories in this apellation since they are usually seen
in groups of twelve.
A young Painted Kangaroo, so different from those
on our farm in South Australia.
A last look back at the Carnarvon Gorge Park.
Our largest raptor, the Wedgetail Eagle with road
kill. Sorry, I only got one shot at it.
Progressing south, some Grevillea eye candy
and two Butterflies doing what Butterflies do. Note
the male is so much smaller than the female.This
was at Hebel, a tiny town in the middle of nowhere
with a cafe serving delicious home made cake.
The pretty female with red spots on her tail.
Dawn in St.George with a profusion of Dusky
Woodswallows waiting for the sun to rise.
St.George was one of our three staging posts
between the gorge and home. The return trip to
Yeppoon topped 5,000km!
The first rays of the sun saw this young Galah
training for the Olympic pole vault.
We bought two steaks in St.George which we
consumed in the cabin below and kicked ourselves
all the way home for not getting a dozen of them
since they were the best we had ever eaten.
For our last night, we lashed out again and stayed
in the luxury of a waterfront cabin at Gol Gol with
autumn colour and a view across the Murray river.
I am not sure if I will have internet access next week
as we are off on our travels to enjoy this year's autumn
colours in the high country of Victoria and to celebrate
our 51st. wedding anniversary.
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