The Barn
was spectacular. We were sorry to leave such a fabulous place and sent some extra
time there in the morning downloading images, blogging and just relaxing. The food was all locally sourced and oh so delicious.
That included the wind.
Now on
the road again, it feels and looks fall like as we see giant sheep, elk, and
cattle ranches. It's lonely, but beautiful country. The light makes everything look like its a
water color painting.
We finally
made if to Hamilton around 2 PM and checked Into our hotel. Quickly we threw our hiking and camera gear
into the car and headed to the base of the southern Grampians. There was a very helpful woman at the info
station who helped us with choices of which hike to make.
We headed
off for Picciny and ended up doing Mt. Sturgeon. It was a beautiful hike with
ups and downs and ups and downs. As we
got to the steeper final section we were hiking quietly along and Cheri looked
up into the eyes of a Wallaby!! Holy
cow...there she was....right in the path watching us intently chewing on a
piece of grass. She looked as if she was
a toll collector and had her hand out for a $1 coin! Cheri had her small lens on and she shot so
as not to miss her. John quickly changed
out his lens to the 100-400 mm while Cheri kept her focus. John shot away! Cheri changed lens, but she hopped off into
the brush.
We kept
hiking and before we knew it we had found another smaller one. This time we were both loaded for bear and
got some great shots!!how exciting!!
The hike
was about 8 km and took about 2.5 hours. Glorious! When we got back to the car and headed off and
quickly found a large group of kangaroo in the fields. We stopped for some picies. Next thing we saw was a goshawk all lit up by
the sun. Cheri grabbed him in the
air! Next the sunset was
spectacular! What an end to the day
light hours!
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| Plover |
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| Goshawk |
Enjoy!
Cheri & John
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