Four seasons in two weeks
I just returned from two weeks of fieldwork in the Macquarie Marshes. The full spectrum of rain, wind and heat was present - the only thing missing was snow. We caught a new species (silver perch), touched base with some golden perch that were hatched last Christmas and tagged a few large European carp and Murray cod.
From top left to bottom right:
- Just 10 mm of rain makes driving impossible.
- Launching our boat is tricky in places.
- Keep on trucking.
- The first silver perch of the project.
- Electrofishing a waterhole.
- Sparks fly into the night.
- An adult golden perch
- An apocalyptic landscape in the Marshes.
- A male emu with 19 little ones.
- Fire & thunder.
- A red-bellied black snake.
- Storm clouds brew to the North of the Marshes.
- A potential paddock-basher.
- Juvenile golden perch that hatched last Christmas.
- A humungous European carp. Note the belly full of eggs.
- Sampling a small creek with fyke nets.
October 21st, 2008 at 8:22 am
Four corners was interesting last night. I thought Penny Wong needs to be a little bit more informed and Dr Tom Rayner was fucken choice n that ay?!
October 21st, 2008 at 11:22 am
Some text messages I got were:
“Old School!”
“The pH should’ve been 6.2!”
“Yeah nah fucking the old school fucking guys were catching buggers THIS BIG! And now look how shit the c**ts are.”
“The camera adds 10 pounds bro.”
October 21st, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Nothin’ like taking yer pants off on prime TV
October 21st, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Especially if they’re rubber pants!
October 29th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
Hey Tom,
Are you on for New England this season?
How about early December?