Camping Hammock

Camping Hammock Introduction A camping hammock is a perfect solution if you’re looking for a fun and comfortable way to camp. Various cultures have used hammocks as an alternative to traditional sleeping arrangements for centuries, and camping with a hammock… Continue Reading →

Drone Fishing

Drone Fishing Drone fishing is something I took up early in 2017. I purchased a Splahsdrone with a remotely activated payload mechanism and learnt to fly it over a few weeks. In fact, I ended up completing my commercial RePL… Continue Reading →

Cactus Beach

Cactus Beach Cactus Beach was a stop-over en route from Kalgoorlie to Adelaide, a round trip of 4,200 kilometers (2,600 miles). This was my first ever independent road trip at the ripe old age of 18. The beach lies off the Nullarbor along… Continue Reading →

Platypus

Platypus Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is an egg-laying mammal living in the rivers and waterways of the eastern  Australia. As far north as Queensland and including Tasmania. When Europeans first saw it in 1798, Captain John Hunter, the second Governor of… Continue Reading →

Walpole

Walpole is a small town about 430km south-southeast of Perth and 6o odd clicks from west of Denmark. Walpole township sits on the northern edge of the Walpole Inlet, surrounded by old Karri and the giant Tingle forests. We stayed… Continue Reading →

Tailor

Tailor Fishing Tailor (Pomatomus saltatrix) is a pelagic, fast-swimming predator fish with a robust and streamlined body. They have two separate dorsal fins and a forked tail, and their large jaws stretch back beyond the eye with a single row of… Continue Reading →

Fiddler Ray

Fiddler Ray I had no idea I’d hooked up a Fiddler ray but twenty minutes later soon found out.  Given the effort pulling it in I thought I’d see how it cooked up. They seem to be know by a… Continue Reading →

Donnelly River

Donnelly River Donnelly River covers a fair size area of the South West region of Western Australia. Nearby a former timber mill town is now a heritage holiday destination. The access point to the Donnelly River boat ramp is about… Continue Reading →

Yamarna

Yamarna My father took up the Yamarna Station lease of 360,00 acres (about 140,000 hectares) in 1963. Yamarna itself had no houses or buildings. There was one Government water well about a mile from where the homestead was. The ‘Well’… Continue Reading →

Tasmanian Devil

Tasmanian Devil The Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) is a carnivorous marsupial belonging to the family Dasyuridae. Once living across mainland Australia, it is now only found in Tasmania. It is about the size of a small dog, and following the… Continue Reading →

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