Crikey!

Life as I know it ends mid to late October!

No more ticks

The post-Covid malaise continues but now augmented by repeated and ridiculous rate rises. The result being that there's no will or money to do much at all and so absolutely nothing is happening!

Getting into the DIY - New ensuite cabinets, mirror and lighting

Saying that, in light of the news in the post above, we'd likely be saving every penny anyway. And so we've been doing a bit of DIY here and there as some preliminary preparation and only really getting out locally for a bit of fishing and gentle strolls in the bush. I did catch a couple of new species recently though which made a bit of a change.

The ubiquitous Tarwhine

Striped Cardinalfish - apparently quite rare

Aptly named Painted Grinner

Starfish (Astropecten vappa) on a rod and line!

But we're off on a road-trip to Queensland tomorrow to see my brother-in-law and family and so a return to the mangroves and woodland around Brisbane is on the cards. A couple of possible ticks up there. They'd be the first of the year. A sorry effort.

Wildlife cam

Nothing in the Daintree except us coming back from dinner

The trail camera has been up and running in various locations over the past few months and one of the big mysteries has now been solved. Small holes were appearing in the lawns at both our place and also up at the In-laws'. It's a bit weird considering Rog and Maria haven't seen such a phenomenon in all their time at Woodford but now the holes seem to be showing up everywhere.

Our local Brush-tailed Possum

Woodford Possum

It took a while to capture the culprit but the camera got there in the end and in both locations it turned out to be a Long-nosed Bandicoot. Perhaps there's been a recent population explosion.

Tracking down our Long-nosed Bandicoot

Woodford Bandicoot

The Brush-tailed Possums also show up everywhere but a strange beast was then caught prowling along the Woodford fence-line. Most likely a fox but possibly something more sinister?

The 'Woodford Beast'

We also managed to catch the local Magpie harrassing a young Crimson Rosella. The prosecution rests...

Naughty Magpie