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GuySmiley started the topic in Tuesday, 7 Apr 2020 at 6:11pm

In semi lockdown I'm finally sorting through a lifetime of photos and inspired by what Craig and Andy recently posted I thought why not.
We travel a fair bit and there has to be some crackers in the vaults.
Good if we follow the Swellnet tradition of not naming or being too obvious.

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blackers Saturday, 24 Sep 2022 at 6:36pm
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A great photo IB

+1.
Fun looking left in the background. :)

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blackers Saturday, 24 Sep 2022 at 6:45pm

Clouds are nice.
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seeds Saturday, 24 Sep 2022 at 9:49pm

Couple of pics of my youngest son. I used to back flip off stuff when I was young but nothing like this fella. He was 13 back when these were taken.
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Island Bay Sunday, 25 Sep 2022 at 4:47am

Nice one, seeds!

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GuySmiley Sunday, 25 Sep 2022 at 7:48am

2 real crackers blackers

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DudeSweetDudeSweet Sunday, 25 Sep 2022 at 12:44pm

Love the texture on the ocean in that first photo Blackers.

A great thing about going on walks this time of year is the reptiles are out and about and so full of testosterone that they don’t mind you getting up close and personal to check them out. They just want food, sun and sex and they don’t care about your presence when they’re on the hunt for all of the above. The bearded dragons are a bit of a favourite. They’re capable of metachrosis similar to a chameleon , though not to the same degree and they’ll often give you a show if you get close enough. Their beards will blacken if they’re a male or their body colours change to either camo or threat. Pretty cool.




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blackers Sunday, 25 Sep 2022 at 5:22pm

Nice shots blowin, awsome creatures. They have their priorities in the right order too.

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freeride76 Sunday, 25 Sep 2022 at 7:13pm

Love me a bearded dragon, loved them even more, when I discovered they ate, no devoured, stinkbugs off the citrus trees.

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Sprout Monday, 26 Sep 2022 at 6:59am

In primary school we used to wear little ones (5-10cm) on our shirts. Pop them on there and they wouldn't move, little lizard friend. We were always very gentle with them but realise now they were probably too scared to move haha. Great shots blowin.

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DudeSweetDudeSweet Wednesday, 5 Oct 2022 at 9:56am

This time of year you can always expect to come across a reptile if you’re out and about in the bush. They’re out looking for love and food , newly re -empowered by the increased warmth of the sun. It’s never a surprise to find a diamond python in a shed , yet I was stoked to come across a nest of mating pythons. The diamond pythons are different from most snakes in that the males don’t fight it out over potential mates, instead they’ll sometimes engage in a bit of a love in with one larger female surrounded by several smaller males all cohabiting. Sometimes she’ll get it on with multiple males over the period they’re shacked up.

So it was in our shed with a large female chilling with five males in the gutter before disengaging and moving around the shed roof. They were soaking up the sun and having a good time as far as I could tell. Good times for our scaled mates.

Though it’s probably not the best place to cruise around if you’re a rat.

At least three pythons visible in the first photo: one on the wall, one tucked up on the rafter above it and the female in the gutter in the background where she entertains her guests…..and herself.






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andy-mac Wednesday, 5 Oct 2022 at 10:03am
DudeSweetDudeSweet wrote:

This time of year you can always expect to come across a reptile if you’re out and about in the bush. They’re out looking for love and food , newly re -empowered by the increased warmth of the sun. It’s never a surprise to find a diamond python in a shed , yet I was stoked to come across a nest of mating pythons. The diamond pythons are different from most snakes in that the males don’t fight it out over potential mates, instead they’ll sometimes engage in a bit of a love in with one larger female surrounded by several smaller males all cohabiting. Sometimes she’ll get it on with multiple males over the period they’re shacked up.

So it was in our shed with a large female chilling with five males in the gutter before disengaging and moving around the shed roof. They were soaking up the sun and having a good time as far as I could tell. Good times for our scaled mates.

Though it’s probably not the best place to cruise around if you’re a rat.

At least three pythons visible in the first photo: one on the wall, one tucked up on the rafter above it and the female in the gutter in the background where she entertains her guests…..and herself.






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Great pics!!

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Craig Wednesday, 5 Oct 2022 at 10:15am

Wow, I missed these, awesome!

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AlfredWallace Wednesday, 5 Oct 2022 at 2:16pm
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DudeSweetDudeSweet wrote:

This time of year you can always expect to come across a reptile if you’re out and about in the bush. They’re out looking for love and food , newly re -empowered by the increased warmth of the sun. It’s never a surprise to find a diamond python in a shed , yet I was stoked to come across a nest of mating pythons. The diamond pythons are different from most snakes in that the males don’t fight it out over potential mates, instead they’ll sometimes engage in a bit of a love in with one larger female surrounded by several smaller males all cohabiting. Sometimes she’ll get it on with multiple males over the period they’re shacked up.

So it was in our shed with a large female chilling with five males in the gutter before disengaging and moving around the shed roof. They were soaking up the sun and having a good time as far as I could tell. Good times for our scaled mates.

Though it’s probably not the best place to cruise around if you’re a rat.

At least three pythons visible in the first photo: one on the wall, one tucked up on the rafter above it and the female in the gutter in the background where she entertains her guests…..and herself.






https://youtu.be/cCX5JJwkZhU

https://youtu.be/LlXXKfrM_Ow

Great pics!!

DSDS. Hi. Beautiful photos, how fortunate you are to have them at yours, conditions favourable in that Mid North Coast area. Love good wildlife photos in Oz.

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tubeshooter Wednesday, 5 Oct 2022 at 5:25pm

Awesome pics.
My relatively new neighbours just had a big local female python 'relocated' as well as a tree snake the other day. She's been doing the rounds here for years and the longer-term locals here have accepted her as part of the program. The same neighbours get a pest company to spray for spiders every few months.
Dickheads should've bought a unit in suburbia.

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zenagain Wednesday, 5 Oct 2022 at 5:49pm

Family friends had a huge Diamond in their holiday place up at Hawks Nest. She was there for years. Practically part of the furniture.

Great pics and great memories.

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tubeshooter Wednesday, 5 Oct 2022 at 6:10pm

The tree snake was actually a regular too. Used to sneakily follow you round the yard when gardening in spring. They are so inquisitive and cheeky.

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goofyfoot Friday, 7 Oct 2022 at 9:51am

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Quiet morning on the coast

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Craig Friday, 7 Oct 2022 at 9:58am

Stunning! Flat as a tack.

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Island Bay Friday, 7 Oct 2022 at 12:12pm

Yeah, nice one Goof

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DudeSweetDudeSweet Friday, 7 Oct 2022 at 12:40pm

That’s purdy

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freeride76 Friday, 7 Oct 2022 at 12:42pm

Love the python pics.

I do enjoy the pythons, just not when I have to drag them out of the chicken coop at 2am after they have strangulated and choked on a chicken.

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DudeSweetDudeSweet Friday, 7 Oct 2022 at 1:13pm

We’ve had a rat repeatedly trying to get into our ceiling of late and this morning I found a diamond cruising along the path the rat habitually runs and heading towards the general area the rat does it’s dirty work.

Sic ‘em Rex!

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H2O Friday, 7 Oct 2022 at 1:20pm

Love your animal photos DSDS - giant skink from some months ago best so far!

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freeride76 Friday, 7 Oct 2022 at 1:31pm

hahaha, thats why I'm not too bummed about the brown snakes taking up residence here.

great ratters and they don't eat chooks.

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I focus Friday, 7 Oct 2022 at 2:07pm

Great shots Blowin don't see many python around here unfortunately as there are plenty of Black Rats.

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Craig Saturday, 22 Oct 2022 at 6:20pm

I've had so much on this year that I only got to finally get out to the mountains last week.

Luckily it's been one of the biggest years for snow up high and there's the most I've ever seen out there for this time of year.

Had a little camp out with Steve Wall and we bagged 6 runs over 24 hours, totalling 27km, with 2,600m of vertical.

Here's a few moments from the wilderness.

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velocityjohnno Saturday, 22 Oct 2022 at 6:31pm

Craig that's wonderful.

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blackers Saturday, 22 Oct 2022 at 6:34pm

+1, ripper shots.

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DudeSweetDudeSweet Saturday, 22 Oct 2022 at 8:08pm

Pretty fricken amazing Craig.

Good work getting out there.

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Craig Saturday, 22 Oct 2022 at 9:56pm

Cheers, never ever gets old. So serene and peaceful as well as being a real test of fitness and mental fortitude, counting by multiples of tens/hundreds of steps while not looking up - putting out of your mind how much further you have to go.

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seeds Saturday, 22 Oct 2022 at 10:06pm

Love this!
“counting by multiples of tens/hundreds of steps while not looking up”
Where is this spot Craig? Free camping on the snow?

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Craig Sunday, 23 Oct 2022 at 9:14am

Yep, up in the Kosciuszko National Park. Can camp anywhere besides glacial lake catchments.

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zenagain Sunday, 23 Oct 2022 at 9:27am

Awesome Craig.

That's earning your turns for sure.

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I focus Sunday, 23 Oct 2022 at 10:34am

Great photos / story Craig

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GuySmiley Saturday, 29 Oct 2022 at 2:46pm

Mid winter afternoon light
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blackers Saturday, 29 Oct 2022 at 4:21pm

Lovely work. After the rains, a soccer pitch becomes a wetland ....
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GuySmiley Saturday, 29 Oct 2022 at 4:36pm

Bunyips about?

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goofyfoot Saturday, 29 Oct 2022 at 4:51pm

Not a great photo as I had my dog on the lead with me so I didn’t want to get too close, but when you see it, that’s a 1 - 1.2 meter very healthy tiger just beside the beach walking track today. Very well camouflaged

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blackers Saturday, 29 Oct 2022 at 4:58pm

Wow, big fecker. Worse than any bunyip at my waterhole. Did you spot or the dog?

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goofyfoot Saturday, 29 Oct 2022 at 5:07pm

Me, but the dog could smell it!

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DudeSweetDudeSweet Saturday, 29 Oct 2022 at 5:12pm

Tigers are kind of heavy. Not something you’d want to step on heading towards the beach. Good spotting.

Those gums look pretty amazing in that water. Crazy how the longer I live in Australia the more beautiful it appears to me, As a kid the trees and the bush were just there. It’s not that I didn’t appreciate them or realise that being amongst them made me feel happier, it’s more that these days I can easily get lost in wonderment for long periods of time when surrounded by it all.

Nice shot of the Port Phillip in winter too, Guy. Makes me want to park up next to a fire with some Nick Cave playing in the background.

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GuySmiley Saturday, 29 Oct 2022 at 5:25pm

Crikey out today on the MP with all the rain about!!

I guess it makes sense as a ParksVic ranger once told me that no local snake truly hibernates as they need to make use of any heat to thrive, good spotting GF

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goofyfoot Tuesday, 8 Nov 2022 at 7:51pm

Rye surf cam right now!

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goofyfoot Tuesday, 8 Nov 2022 at 7:53pm

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blackers Tuesday, 8 Nov 2022 at 8:04pm

Still a few coming through. Nice.

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blackers Wednesday, 9 Nov 2022 at 8:21pm

Sunset at ours.
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goofyfoot Wednesday, 9 Nov 2022 at 8:27pm

Nice blackers. How far up the bay are you?
Mordy area?

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Craig Wednesday, 9 Nov 2022 at 8:27pm

Wow. Cracker!

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blackers Wednesday, 9 Nov 2022 at 8:31pm

Thanks gents, phone cams are good these days.
Bit closer to Frankganistan GF.

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blackers Wednesday, 9 Nov 2022 at 9:31pm

Nice moon last night.
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