Rats of the Sea

Olympus OMD EM1 Mark II,  Olympus 40-150mm 2.8 PRO lens with 1.4 Teleconverter. Continuos auto focus tracking, 10 frames per second.

Hunt Catch Cook

Recently in the Riverina area of NSW hunting ducks to prevent damage to new rice crops reminded me of the need for the sustainable utilisation of wildlife.

Wild harvested game is infinity more preferable to processed meat. Farmed animals are confined, fattened, transported and processed sometimes in horrific and cruel conditions that may last as long as 48 hours waiting at a processing plant. Wild taken game is ideally enjoying a free and natural life in the wild unaware and in the next second quickly and ethically taken. I do not hunt any animal I can't utilise and mostly they are feral (introduced pests). Ducks in this case are native but with an appropriate NSW hunting license, landholder permission and in a NSW game management program to assist farmers.

Here is a great way to utilise wild duck. Faux Peking Duck

 Tortilla

 hoisin sauce

 Lettuce

 Spring Onion

BBQ'd Duck

 Whrap

 Eat

Duck Breast Kebabs

Adelaide December 2016

October Snapper Fishing and Piggin Back 'O Bourke

 Port Phillip Bay Victoria Snapper

Uncle Kens birthday Robinvale Victoria

Bourke provisions and capture 

New mate

 Water flowing in a paddock

 Matty being a hoon

Portland to Melbourne by Sea

I had the opportunity to take a 400Km sea journey from Portland Victoria to Melbourne by sea.

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Portland Victoria the start of the sea journey

Portland Harbour

 Barrel Buster

 The crew

 The skipper

 Maryanne

Ginger