Swan Hill Field & Game 30th Anniversary Red Gum Cup

Clay target shooting is a way for hunters to maintain their marksmanship out of season. Targets, which are saucer shaped discs of breakable ‘clay’, are thrown in varying trajectories, distances and speeds, with the shooter scoring points for each target they hit. Swan Hill Field & Game 30th Anniversary Red Gum Cup was a 2 day 150 target event over the weekend 4-5th of august.

The camp for the two days 3 nights.

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 Some of my squad, Rachelle Payne, Robert Hall, Peter Mitchell and Jarred Brown. Craig Payne and Wayne Ryan not shown.

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Shooting from a stand.

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Chasing a fast moving clay.

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A target thrower.

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 Action.

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 waiting for a target.

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 The event grounds.

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Rose River Alpine National Park

The Rose River is located in the Alpine National Park Victoria, Australia. It flows from the northern slopes of the Mount Buffalo  joining with the Dandongadale River in remote national park territory.

While there is a huge number of Sambar deer in Victoria the areas in which you can legally hunt if you are a stalker range from national parks to most state forests.

Winter is best I think when the tracks are closed and the 4X4 thrashers and crazy hunters from Melbourne are more likely to be dealing with smashed avocado and poached eggs with dakka than hunting, and especially mid week.

While it was wet and below freezing even at modest 700 metre altitude it was beautiful and serene in the bush.

 Entering the valley

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 The camp

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 Bed

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 Sambar Deer country

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 Moss carpet

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 The Rose River

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 Wet

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 The sun peeks out.

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 Moss

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 Resting

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 Hmmm can you see a deer?

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Devils cave.

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Japan - Tokyo summed up

Japan Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden

Just a few hundred metres off the hustle and bustle of Tokyo's Shinjuku shopping and tourist Mecca is the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden. A very quite and beautiful garden where despite the 36+ C temperature was a calm and cooling contrast to the rest of the area.

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Japan Food

If you don't like seaweed, fish, noodles or rice you may struggle. But its all reasonably priced and delicious. You can always go to Macca's or KFC.

The obligatory sushi, even cheaper than Oz.

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Yes, you can but and individual soft boiled egg in 7-Eleven.

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Wagu Beef set in a Tonkatsu style,panko crumbed deep fried served with shredded cabbage, rice, miso soup.

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Udon noodles

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Ramen

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Just a few of the many flavours of Kit Kat, Baked Cheesecake, Strawberry and Saki.

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A fish restaurant.

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Meals are very reasonable, $10 to $15 for a main course.

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