Got back from Binna Burra National Park on Friday night. The trip was alright, not as much fun as the Outback but still cool. One day we had to get up at ~4:30 am and another around 5:30 am so it was a little rough as I like my sleep, and the beds were like boards as well. So I was a little cranky for most of the trip but oh well.
We had a 15km (~9 miles) march on Wednesday which was not fun at all. The enjoyable part of the rainforest is to go out where there is no one, sit there for about an hour or longer and watch everything come out. Never got a chance to do that because we were always doing something. The forest is a lot different from the wet-tropical forest of Costa Rica but still very cool. Lots of birds, paddymelons (bush wallaby), snakes and spiders. The don't have any primates down here so the closest thing were ring-tailed possums. OK now the pictures. Hope you like the poisonous stuff Bradley. More like the Australia you see on TV.
Just some lichen
Big Monitor Lizard ~5 feet long
Possum, a little different than the ones at the house
Great view from camp. The Gold Coast is way in the background.
A view up to the canopy
Some fungus
Carpet Python
Funnel-web spider, very poisonous and deadly
Bush Rat
A species of lizard that lives in the funnel web spider burrow
Honeybee
Sun dew carnivorous plant
Natures knot
Huntsman spider
View from the long trek
Little frog
Big Monitor Lizard ~5 feet long
Possum, a little different than the ones at the house
Great view from camp. The Gold Coast is way in the background.
A view up to the canopy
Some fungus
Carpet Python
Funnel-web spider, very poisonous and deadly
Bush Rat
A species of lizard that lives in the funnel web spider burrow
Honeybee
Sun dew carnivorous plant
Natures knot
Huntsman spider
View from the long trek
Little frog
Lots of cool animals. There is a video of the funnel-web spider feeding that hopefully will be on YouTube soon. I'll post it when my mate gets it up.
Not much else going on. I have the week off of class but have to work on an assignment which is due on Monday but I might be able to get an extension because I was gone last week. We'll see.
Our new roommate moved in on Saturday. She's very cool and fits in well with the rest of the house. So there will be some party pics soon as we'll have to have a welcoming and going away party for both Emma and Nina.
Off to work on my GIS assessment. Hopefully another update soon.
Cheers,
B.
Not much else going on. I have the week off of class but have to work on an assignment which is due on Monday but I might be able to get an extension because I was gone last week. We'll see.
Our new roommate moved in on Saturday. She's very cool and fits in well with the rest of the house. So there will be some party pics soon as we'll have to have a welcoming and going away party for both Emma and Nina.
Off to work on my GIS assessment. Hopefully another update soon.
Cheers,
B.
1 comment:
YIKES!!!!! those spiders look really BIG. cool pictures though. What great experiences you are having. take care~Erin, Todd and Logan
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