The Doc has been a bit quite because he has been indexing 300,000 images for AWC and also preparing some images for photo competitions.
Here is a selection of the images The Doc will shortly enter into an Australian competition (you get the low res versions, some images are over 350 megapxiels). Click on each images to see the correct size.
Wildlife
Landscapes
Female and joey, Brachina Gorge, Flinders Ranges NP, Flinders Ranges, SA.
I was tracking Yellow-footed Rock Wallabies at their colony in Brachina Gorge in the Flinders Ranges. I had walked up a steep incline to follow the wallabies, the female with the joey hopped over the top of the ridge and I thought it was over for the day. A minute of two later the female and joey came back and took a second look and seemingly said good bye before she hopped away.
These wallabies are something to behold when they hop across cliff faces like a kangaroo on flat ground.
On Kangaroo Island Westerns Grey Kangaroos are brown in colour not grey, having been cut off from the mainland for some time. Early one morning a mother and her joey were browsing on the shrubs at the Remarkables.
The Island named Kangaroo Island by Matthew Flinders who could see large numbers of kangaroos (and Tamar Wallabies) all over the Island.
This is sunrise at West End Bay, Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island (KI).
The Doc waited 2 1/2 weeks for a decent sunrise on KI. When it came it was a cracker. It was hard to post process this image, as I could only make very subtle changes or it looked fake.
About 9 years ago a large wildfire burnt out over 80% of the National Park. The fire was so intense that many of the mature trees were killed. There is now a double canopy, the dead upper layer and the regrowing green layer (actually black in this image). Click on image to see correct size.
Over the last few days Lake Eyre is filling up again. Great report from Australian Wildlife Conservancy’s Kalamurina Sanctuary on the north edge of Lake Eyre, with pictures, click here.
On the last trip The Doc and his friend Tony travelled around outback NSW, Queensland and South Australia. Places like the Warrumbungles, Broken Hill, Marree, the ochre pits at Lyndhurst, ruins at Farina, Arkaroola Wildness Sanctuary, Innamincka, Brachina Gorge in the Flinders Ranges, Epsilon in outback Queensland, Cameron’s Corner, Tibooburra, Menindee Lakes and lots of others.
Characters like Talc Alf, roadtrains and huge coal carrying locomotives, the odd emu and even some water in this parched part of Australia.
A collection of photos from that trip.
The Doc is back home after a recent road trip with a friend across outback New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland. All up over 6,000 kilometres.
A new record on this trip, the most number of people talking about AWC . It seemed everywhere we went someone knew AWC or was keen to learn. At least a dozen people in about 2 weeks.
Since returning The Doc has been scanning AWC slides from years past. The scanning is complete but some post processing and indexing remains to be done. The quality of the slides does vary, but there are some great shots of animals like bilbies, woylies and boobies. Sorry no pictures are they are copyright. But the AWC website has a lot of great photos now.
On the trip The Doc also tested a new trailer, which has an issue or two that needs to be sorted. The car needs a service, some new tyres and some work done.
The Doc hopes to take a few trips closer to Sydney over the next few weeks. He is also booking some trips next year to Tasmania, The Kimberley and Cape York.
Lastly, a picture from Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary in the Flinders Ranges, a place we visited. Click on the picture to see a bigger version.
A map of the last road trip. The course is marked in blue.
This time Arkaroola in the Northern Flinders Ranges. The Report and pictures are here.
The Doc was told a couple weeks ago the camper trailer would not be delivered. Despite paying the deposit 12 months ago, the first trailer was then stolen and now the replacement will not be delivered. The Doc has been been urgently modifying the car and organising a replacement trailer.
The Patrol now has a fridge installed and a couple of other modifications.
The new trailer has been ordered and will be picked up next month, with any luck. The Excellent Venture is back on course.
The Doc is back on the road today. Out to AWC’s Scotia Sanctuary then into South Australia, mostly the Flinders Ranges and Wilapena Pound, perhaps Eyre Peninsula.
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