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funghi

Macro mushroom fun in Kinglake

Plenty of rain = plenty of mushrooms 🍄

wildlife

Sacred Kingfisher! Goulburn River, VIC

Camping on the Goulburn river around Murchison, I was stoked to see Sacred Kingfishers for the first time. Loads of them! They're so much smaller than I realised, very difficult to photograph! I really enjoy the head/beak to body size ratio on these little guys 😂

australia

Walhalla to Licola via Burgoyne's Track [Club 4x4 Trip]

My nan used to take us to Walhalla when we were kids, The 3 things I mainly remember are; -We stayed in an old cabin with no electricity. -My sister got leeches on her in the creek that runs through the town. -There's a cricket pitch on top

4x4

Notes: Drive through Rubicon State Forest into Eildon National Park, VIC

Quick notes from a drive into/out of Eildon. Herbs track - easy, borderline 2wd accessible. Morris look-out is well worth a look, beautiful view of Eildon and surrounds. Royston Range track - easy, but newtracs doesn't seem to have it plotted correctly. I ended up having to

wildlife

Summer = Gang Gang Season

Our third summer in Hurstbridge saw a very good turn-out of Gang-Gang Cockatoos for around 2-3 months. Some evenings we had up to 40 of the creaky lil' guys enjoying our bird baths and the hawthorn berries by the creek across the road. One family lingered far longer than