3 reasons I like to go bush

3 pics I took yesterday...............







Fishberley.

great pics! I almost feel guilty when I have to whack an orchid or those honeydews to dig a nugget..

madtuna wrote:great pics! I almost feel guilty when I have to whack an orchid or those honeydews to dig a nugget..

Yeah almost

yeah almost....if it's a BB

if it's a nugget....what orchid???

Nice pics mate - ain't that orchid something

Top stuff

It's easy to slip into the "zone" when detecting and you miss seeing the small things that make up the bush that your walking around in. BUT, I am always on the lookout for those bloody Bull Ant nests, the warmer weather seems to bring out their bad attitude.

Fishberley.

I thought they jail you for Orchid bashing in Victoria.

Nice to see someone else taking pictures of flowers. My wife always beats me to it but I think the wildlife and flora is worthy of the time it takes to snap a shot. Some of the smallest plants and critters can be the most beautiful. Good job!

Gday


Thats one of the attractions of the bush for me too, I like to see the plants that appear at different times of the year, sometimes you can detect through an area and not really notice anything and then close to spring time the same area can look quite different and smell quite different with many of the shrubs also being aromatic as well.

One time in Karratha we set up camp just before dark and I noticed some low scraggy shrubs that had white largish buds on them, one was quite close to our fire place so it was the first that we noticed opening after dark, when they opened up they had large white waxy looking flowers on them, I was amazed to see that they opened after dark, I have some photos of them somewhere, someone from up that way might be able to give us some more info on them maybe.

Other areas such as Paynes Find and out towards Yalgoo come alive with flowering shrubs and wildflowers, its quite surreal detecting through a carpet of flowers, and its hard to believe its the same place when you have been there during the winter and its so barren looking.

cheers

stayyerAU

I love the bush and always have my camera with me. I also took some photos of the wild flowers the other day and the biggest echidna ive ever seen sleeping inside a hollow tree. Unfortunately i dont have photo bucket account anymore and been a bit lazy to set one up or learn how to post pics on here (bad bad me). But your right, its amazing what can be found off the beaten track when you take the time to look

Stumbled on this very large Shingleback when roaming around Dunolly this week.

fishberley Great pics mate! That first orchid pic is a ripper, Caladenia stricta, nearly as rare as the gold in the last pic. You are fortunate to have seen this in the wild these days, they are becoming very scarce. Check "Field Guide to The Orchids of NSW and Victoria" pp.138 item 338 for a detailed description.
Hotrocks

Will show my "old man" when he gets back from holidays. He is a wild orchid walking encyclopedia. That photo came out really good, wish I could take photo's like that more often.....

Fishberley.

fishberley wrote:Will show my "old man" when he gets back from holidays. He is a wild orchid walking encyclopedia. That photo came out really good, wish I could take photo's like that more often.....

Fishberley.

Fishberley Hi,

Didn`t know that detecting was allowed in the botanic gardens. LOL.

Mick,

YEs very nice pics buddy ... they be some of the reasons I go also.. view the odd snake or a bouncing bommer passing by... there be more than gold in them thar hills !

fishberley wrote:It's easy to slip into the "zone" when detecting and you miss seeing the small things that make up the bush that your walking around in. BUT, I am always on the lookout for those bloody Bull Ant nests, the warmer weather seems to bring out their bad attitude.

Fishberley.

LOL fishberley , can i get the GPS coordinates of you , I'm a orchid type of guy and would love to take some pictures of the orchids also LOL

cheers

PS by the way nice pics of the flowers

Fishberley,
Beautiful pictures, so sharp and clear.
please tell us a little about your camera

Ron

Scrubhen wrote:Fishberley,
Beautiful pictures, so sharp and clear.
please tell us a little about your camera

Ron

Hi, its a Canon Powershot SX100IS (8 megapixels and 10 optical zoom).
Got it cause I had the earlier model and was happy with it. It is a larger style digital camera which I like cause I hate those pissy little girly cameras. It take good macro pictures (just what I need for all the small gold I find ).

Fishberley.

fishberley wrote:.... cause I hate those pissy little girly cameras.

Haha, I just bought one of those pissy little girly camera's (10 mp) 'cause the expensive camera is too bulky to carry out in the elements and I'd rather damage the girly camera rather than the big manly one.

It will be interesting to see the comparison of the two when it turns up.

Cheers

G'day Fishberley.

What price can one put on beauty like that. Its sights like that,that keep me coming back for more.

Cheers kon61.

Talking about echidna's i had a massive full albino one march right up to me i thought it was going to walk between my legs, ive got footage of it on my phone camera so i have to get it off there and put it on youtube some how, on the internet i can only find three images or so of an albino echidna.

GoldstalkerGPX wrote:

fishberley wrote:.... cause I hate those pissy little girly cameras.

Haha, I just bought one of those pissy little girly camera's (10 mp) 'cause the expensive camera is too bulky to carry out in the elements and I'd rather damage the girly camera rather than the big manly one.

It will be interesting to see the comparison of the two when it turns up.

Cheers

I think I know the one you got, I saw it in a sales pamphlet. Was it the one with the bonus nail file and lipstick

Yeah mate, That's the one....also with the bonus glitter nail polish when paying with Paypal.

GoldstalkerGPX wrote:Yeah mate, That's the one....also with the bonus glitter nail polish when paying with Paypal.

You don't have to rub it in.

fishberley wrote:****, You don't have to rub it in.

No you don't.....You brush it on.

That's another reason I enjoy going bush......Staying home sends ya loopy.

GoldstalkerGPX wrote:

No you don't.....You brush it on.

That's another reason I enjoy going bush......Staying home sends ya loopy.

I'm hearing ya. Batteries are fully charged and detector ready to go.........


waiting, waiting, waiting

fishberley wrote:waiting, waiting, waiting

Bloody bucketing down in Melbourne at the mo about an inch in the last hour or so..

Hope the members of the Vic Seekers Club aren't getting too wet at Moliagul this weekend...

I was talking to one of the members of the seekers club before, it is raining and upsetting the detecting!

I am usually with them but couldn't make it this weekend, be a good weekend to get the pan out!!

GoldstalkerGPX wrote:it is raining and upsetting the detecting!

I bet it is - bugger..

GoldstalkerGPX wrote: be a good weekend to get the pan out!!

I was thinking of getting one of those Rotopans just for these wetter occasions..

Boys;under these conditions, you're better off with a canoe,paddle in one hand,pan in the other.
You'll also increase your chances of of obtaining more gold with each Eskimo roll.

Cheers kon61.