Pics from Blackall

[Gringa Bows]

Stickbender (Paul ) kindly asked Keith and i if we wanted to go out to Blackall and chase some goats,we of coarse said yes so last Tuesday Keith and i headed out to blackall,took us 14hours,rained most of the way,we got to camping area at about 9 pm then Paul and Ros met us there about midnight,had a bit of sleep then travelled the 100 odd k's of muddy road in four wheel drive to get to the block a couple of million acres,well to cut a long story short the cocky forgot to mention to Paul when he rang him that the goats had been mustered,and where there was thousands of goats when Paul and Ros were there last time there was maybe 20 goats left and they were pretty touchy,seen around 30 pigs had a couple of stalks,still had a great time with great people,seen places i've never seen before,thank you Paul and Ros.........

[muntries]

wow Rod, some beautiful country about there!! Sure makes you appreciate this country where we live! Love that stove, you know those old stoves in the UK are selling for a few grand when restored, all the rich folk are wanting the old looking stoves in their kitchens.

[Stickbow Hunter]

Some good photos of great looking goat country mate. It's a real shame the cocky failed to mention the part about just mustering all the goats. I'm sure the goats will eventually wander back into country like that.

Jeff

[roscoe]

Some Interesting pics there rod, i like that old wood stove. do and hunting while you were there Rod...Roscoe

[bigbob]

Great pics Rod. Bit of a downer about the mustering, but it still beats sitting here looking at the idiot box any day

[otis.drum]

i like pic number 705. looks like a nice spot for a boar to have a little nap in.

[Gringa Bows]

Thanks,.....Munt. it sure is beautiful country alright,that stove was in good nic for its age,would love to have put it in the ute but didn't have the room Jeff, i dont know how long it will take to get any decent amount of goats back there,i think Paul and Ros were in shock at the lack of goats,they've been going there for twenty eight years and there's always been heaps of goats,Yeah Roscoe we did a bit of hunting but spent a lot of time looking for the goats,but the block was so big it was over 40k's from one area to the next to have a look ,like i said millions of acres.yes Bob definately better than watching the idiot box, yes Otis it did look promising,i expected to see aborigine drawings there in the caves but there wasn't any.

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Very picturesque! Well-done!

[stickNstring]

loveley Country. Ive never seen it so green up there. Makes a nice change from the red dust.

[Gringa Bows]

thanks blokes,............welcome to the site stickNstring

[Gringa Bows]

here's some more pics

[Stickbow Hunter]

It's good you got some good photos of the trip mate. It looks like ya just woke Keith up for that photo at the table.

Jeff

[Gringa Bows]

but wait there's more

[Gringa Bows]

Nah Jeff Keith looks like that all the time

[Nutgrass]

Looks good mate, some good pics there, shame about the goats, but at least you got to see a few pigs. Time in the bush is much better than working

[Stickbow Hunter]

me nursing a baby emu that left a little message on my camo,wonder what baby emu tastes like

As soon as I saw that photo I thought of skid marks down ya camo PJ's.

Jeff

[Gringa Bows]

You got that right Gary,............yes Jeff,he was moving around so i held him close so he did'nt get hurt,and look how he repaid me hey cut it out my como dont look like PJ's thats spear chucker

[UPTHETOP]

Great photos Rod. I may have to spend some time underneath that tree of knowledge, do you know if you are allowed to sleep under it over night at all.

Cheers Wayno

[Gringa Bows]

Thanks Wayno,i stood under the tree for awhile,but i still dont know the meaning of life there was a pub across the road so if you did sleep under it they might just think your a local

[Grunter Hunter 63]

nice shots 'Big Guy'............

[Gringa Bows]

Thanks Gruntman.

[Gringa Bows]

Thanks Darren,nothing in keiths drink he's just a happy little vegemite

[ole_silver]

hey Rod..............

great pics there mate............ good lookin country..

looks like ya had a ball... as for the goats? wid you mob standin on top o the hill in the open.. ?

no wonder they ran away............

yep, looks like ya did some wrong to Keithy..

cheers,
Steve............

[Gringa Bows]

Thanks Steve,yeah Keith thought it was funny the way i was running around after setting the timer on the camera,then trying to get into position before it went off,first two times i did'nt quite get to my seat

[ivorycollector]

Great Pics Rod. Thanks for sharing. Cheers.

[Gringa Bows]

Thank you Siewho.

[littlejohn]

great pics. I enjoyed looking at them.
peter

[Gringa Bows]

Glad you liked them,thanks Peter.....