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  1. 4th January 2013, 10:31 AM #1
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    Wildlife when camping

    I went away for a nice quiet night out in the bush last week, up in the Yengo NP and had 3 visitors around the fire - what I think were lace monitors? The largest of the three was an easy six feet from head to end of tail.

    I was staggered by how fast these guys are given that they wander about so slowly. One had found some leftover bits of fat and bacon on one of the barbecue pits and when the other came to investigate it was on for young and old.

    I was rather glad I was in a rooftop tent, although they disappeared at dusk and I didn't see them in the morning.

    Either way, lovely to see some local wildlife. Anybody else got any good shots of some campfire visitors?





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  2. 4th January 2013, 10:57 AM #2
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    Last time we were in Bendethera about a month ago, Tank and I had this one wandering around our feet for an hour or so.



    At one stage we had to persuade it that Mr Ploppy and his wife and children would not appreciate it climbing the screen door of their tent while they were cooling off in the Deua River.
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  3. 4th January 2013, 11:18 AM #3
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    This one came in and helped with the washing up, Guy Fawkes NP
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  4. 4th January 2013, 11:37 AM #4
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    Great pics guys... Awesome creatures
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  5. 4th January 2013, 12:37 PM #5
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    Came for breakfast and hung around all morning.
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    I have some cracker water monitor pics on my camera ile up load em
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    I had this one in the Olney state forrest, kids loved it, it visited each morning.
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    But please don't feed wildlife people! Photo's are great but remember they are wild animals. When fed, they become a pest and have to be controlled by DSE/Parks. (By controlled I generally mean disposed of in a number of unfortunate ways - bad for both the animal and parks service).

    Keep the photo's coming though. Saw a ripper of a monitor at Yando in Victoria the other day (5 points to anyone who knows where Yando is!)





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    This one wan't in the camp itself. It was on the walk back from Bendethera Cave.



    BTW, the reason the tail looks a bit strange is the refraction cause by the tail being under the water. The water in Con Creek is crystal clear.

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    Found the little bat in the camper & the goanna liked the only patch of sun around at Wreck Rock.
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