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Platypus camp

Postby edgeau » Fri Jul 09, 2021 8:22 pm

Out for a quick weekend trip by a mountain platypus hole.

This is a wonderful spot right next to the creek. Last time we were here we saw a pair of hawks nab a hate right in front of us as we had afternoon tea.

Harder to spot the platypus. Notoriously shy creatures. The kids reckon the heard one during the night. I caught a quick glimpse of one early in the morning as it briefly broke the surface. A bit like seeing a fish jump, you see the splash but not only a flash of the creature.
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I am enjoying a winter camp. Not as cold as those if you who are out in the snow we are subtropical so even going up the mountain only gets us to single digits Celsius.

When I say mountain, not really. I recall from high school geography that the highest peak in Australia is still 4feet short if whatever the accepted height of is to be seemed a real mountain. Ancient continent here and whatever mountains may have been have long since eroded away.

Anyway still enjoy a camp fire, morning mist and seeing the damp evaporate off the solar panelsImageImage

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Re: Platypus camp

Postby MickinOz » Tue Jul 13, 2021 2:21 am

Glorious.
Got my eye on a nice little waterhole to camp near next weekend, too.
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