FAUNA & DETECTING
Camping, treasure hunting & metal detecting
Kangaroos, Emus & lots more in the Australian bush.
In the Australian Bush
"What are you looking at ?"
One of the joys of mineral prospecting, metal detecting or just getting out into the Australian bush, is the characters, both human & animal that we meet. Like this emu (at Left) in Coral Bay in Western Australia or the spiders in the goldfields and wallabies in Exmouth to name just a few of God's wonderful creations that one meets on the coast or inland areas of this beautiful land .
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I LOVE AUSTRALIA!
WHITE DINGO
Below: A poignant scene at a freshly erected memorial to guides from the Whale watch centre Nullarbor Plain, South Australia. (2010)
DON'T FEED THE EMUS
Try telling the emus in Monkey Mia, Shark Bay!
"Hey! where's mine?" In Coral Bay Western Australia
the Emus don't know, we are not allowed to feed them.
the Emus don't know, we are not allowed to feed them.
WEDGED TAILED EAGLE
''The Eagle has landed!" Photo by Lynette Woodmore
"The Eagle Has Landed!"
We saw this big handsome bird in the beautiful surroundings of Cape Range National Park Western Australia.
WALLABIES
AND 'WALLA' BABIES
Wallabies Exmouth
Photo by Lynette Woodmore
Camping in Cape Range National Park. After a day of detecting for coins on the beach & snorkeling with stingrays, sharks, turtles and dozens of species of colourful fish, the grass lands and bush around us come alive with many wallabies and other creatures. Followed by a magnificent sunset over the sea.
ECHIDNA - (No kidin' ya)
Photo by Lynette Woodmore
Only a few days before we saw this Echidna in Cape Range National Park, Lyn said that she had seen most Australian creatures in the wild (including a Platypus, which I have not yet seen) but she had never seen a wild Echidna. And there it was! Late in the afternoon I saw it silhouetted on top of a hill in the middle of the road infront of us. "Surely not! " said Lyn. She was delighted to not only see one, but to be able to photograph it before it waddled into the undergrowth.
HAIRY, SCARY, SALT LAKE SPIDER
Salt Lake Wolf Spider. Photo by Janine Guenther
A close encounter of an alien kind!
While camping & metal detecting for gold in the Yalgoo Goldfields of Western Australia, my brother & I were accompanied by Janine Guenther and Jens Mohr, German authors & publishers of superb books on Australian travel, flora & fauna.
Thanks to Janine Guenther for her photography, especially the spider photos.
Two or three species of spider are endemic to salt lakes in Western Australia. Commonly called Salt Lake Spiders or Salt Lake Wolf
Spiders, including Lycosa alteripa & Lycosa eyrie. Janine captured some great photos of these very aggressive, yet loveable characters.
While camping & metal detecting for gold in the Yalgoo Goldfields of Western Australia, my brother & I were accompanied by Janine Guenther and Jens Mohr, German authors & publishers of superb books on Australian travel, flora & fauna.
Thanks to Janine Guenther for her photography, especially the spider photos.
Two or three species of spider are endemic to salt lakes in Western Australia. Commonly called Salt Lake Spiders or Salt Lake Wolf
Spiders, including Lycosa alteripa & Lycosa eyrie. Janine captured some great photos of these very aggressive, yet loveable characters.
A MUST HAVE - SUNGLASSES on THE SALT
Salt & Sunshine Photo by Janine Guenther
It was the end of summer and the water had evaporated leaving a thick crust of pure white glistening salt crystals over the surface of the lake. (Sunglasses were a must!)
I had heard about salt lake spiders but none of us had ever seen one.
I had heard about salt lake spiders but none of us had ever seen one.
With salt crunching under foot and my inexperience with my new
Garrett AT Pro detector, causing a constant loud crackling noise in my headphones, optimistically I waved its coil close to the surface of the lake. I first noticed a dead, mummified lizard and thought to myself “Nothing could live here” then I was startled by a sudden movement of something on the salt in front of me. A small creature, alien like, stopped me dead in my tracks, with its aggressive, animated body language.
Garrett AT Pro detector, causing a constant loud crackling noise in my headphones, optimistically I waved its coil close to the surface of the lake. I first noticed a dead, mummified lizard and thought to myself “Nothing could live here” then I was startled by a sudden movement of something on the salt in front of me. A small creature, alien like, stopped me dead in my tracks, with its aggressive, animated body language.
While standing its ground and looking me defiantly in the eye, it stood up and threw its front legs, like arms up in the air, waving at me to stop me from proceeding. When I poked toward it with the detector it leaped twenty or thirty centimetres (12in) and grabbed onto the coil.
Little guys don’t usually scare me, but this one certainly startled me and I quickly flicked it off. Later we found a web covered entrance to a burrow in the salt covered mud, presumably the ‘nest’ of the
Hairy, Scary, Salt Lake Spider.
Hairy, Scary, Salt Lake Spider.
BEAUTIFUL BOOKS by Janine Guenther & Jens Mohr.
DID I FIND GOLD?
.....before you ask "No I did not find any gold on that trip"
Perhaps now that I am far more experienced with the Garrett AT Pro Metal Detector & my Garrett Pro Pointer, more success next time?
Perhaps now that I am far more experienced with the Garrett AT Pro Metal Detector & my Garrett Pro Pointer, more success next time?
I thank my brother Frank who made the trip possible & introduced me to
Janine & Jens who's love and enthusiasm for Australia is amazing.
I thank them both for their pleasant company & for sharing their wealth of knowledge (my own knowledge paled into insignificance, by comparison).
Janine & Jens who's love and enthusiasm for Australia is amazing.
I thank them both for their pleasant company & for sharing their wealth of knowledge (my own knowledge paled into insignificance, by comparison).
BIRDS TAKING AN INTEREST
IN METAL DETECTING
WILDLIFE YouTube
The fauna of Australia
consists of a huge variety of animals; some 83% of mammals, 89% of reptiles, 90% of fish and insects and 93% of amphibians that inhabit the continent are endemic to Australia. |
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