Monday, 6 October 2014

Real Aussie Men Drive Utes

More than 18,000 went to Deniliquin to enjoy good company, cold beer and great music at the 16th annual ute muster. A bit down on last years record 20,000 but with girls and families out numbering the boys in the feral utes only paddock it was a great weekend. This has to be the biggest and most successful music festival in regional Australia by far and is a must for any true blue Aussie to go to at least once.
18,000 campers
 Kanga walla foxes
Nicole and Keith ? 
 Spiderbait
 The only gays in the village
Food race 
Muster Uniform 
 who cares they look good
Mini Muster Utes 
Mmmm Yum 
OK 
 Cool misty first morning
Helicopter flight 




Warm and dusty evening 
Spiderbait 


The burbs 

Rent a Tent 


20 rows like this as far as you can see of utes in the utes only section, feral city
Trying to get back to camp before the folks work out they are not in the van? 




There was romance for everyone 




Are these yours mate? 


Whip cracking ferals, they went all day and night. 





Our Camp from the chopper 
 Evening stroll in the burbs
Feral watch 





 No idea! but they had blue singlets on.

Mobility scooters charging for the next days circle work 
Front gate 
 Front gate 2
 The site was vast.
Six chicks in a row. The irls outnumbered the boys! 



Monday, 15 September 2014

Bidgee Junction

About 5 kilometres upstream of Boundary Bend and 50 kilometres south of Robinvale is the junction of two great Australian Rivers the Murray and the Murrumbidgee. Referred to as Bidgee Junction.

Sandbank landing
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Eagle or Kite Nesting
Nikon D300 Nikkor 70-200  2.8 @ ISO 800, 200mm f16, 1/400 sec
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Freshwater Shrimp, Worms, Yabbies and these Bardi Grubs were the baits
Nikon D300 Nikkor 70-200  2.8 @ ISO 800, 180mm f8, 1/500 sec
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Hermione fireside
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Night fishing from the bank
Nikon D610, Nikkor 20mm f2.8 @ ISO 100, f8, 4 sec
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Breaky
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Yella
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Nikon D610, Nikkor 35mm f2 @ ISO 100, f3.5, 1/25 sec
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Nikon D610, Nikkor 35mm f2 @ ISO 100, f5.6, 1/8 sec
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Sunday, 31 August 2014

Wakool

Images from an overnight camp and fishing trip to the Wakool River in the Whymoul State Forest in NSW just above Barham / Koondrrok on the Murray. This area has a few rivers that form the basis of a major native fish nursery for the Murray River Basin, with major fish holding water like the Wakool River, Murrumbidgee River, Edward River and Billabong Creek all running in a generally South West direction in the region of bordered by Hay, Deneliquin, Balaranarld in the North and the Murray River from Echuca to Robinvale in the South.

Moonlight fishing
Nikon D610, Nikkor 20mm f2.8 @ ISO 100, f3.6, 35 sec
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Cooking the evening meal
Nikon D610, Nikkor 20mm f2.8 @ ISO 100, f8, 1/60 sec
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Sundown
Nikon D610, Nikkor 20mm f2.8 @ ISO 100, f8, 4 sec
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Twilight
Nikon D610, Nikkor 20mm f2.8 @ ISO 100, f22, 30 sec
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Moonshine river
Nikon D610, Nikkor 20mm f2.8 @ ISO 100, f2.8, 35 sec
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Dawn
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Get organised for breakfast
Nikon D610, Nikkor 50mm f1.4D @ ISO 100, f1.4, 1/500 sec
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Wheres my bacon toasted sandwich?
Nikon D610, Nikkor 50mm f1.4D @ ISO 100, f1.4, 1/320 sec
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P.S. no fish :-)