Just a few from Down-under but not upside down
Jan 22, 2018 06:17:37 #
AK
Loc: Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Have just registered in the last 24 hours and thought I would show you a few shots I took last week, just showing a little something different.
Property was about 100 acres and is used for 4WD training; and camping if you want.
In South Australia, there are about 1.3m people, 3m red kangaroos, 1.5m grey kangaroos (smaller) and 1.5m euros (a smaller type of kangaroo again).
The galahs are a native bird and can be caught and trained to talk like a cocky. In the 1950s and 1960s when people were doing it tough they used to catch, shoot these birds and cook and eat them. An old joke was "How do you know a galah is cooked ready to eat? Throw the galah and a stone in the pot and boil it for a long time, when the stone is soft enough to eat then throw the galah away and eat the stone, it will be more tender.)
The red kangaroo buck can grow to nearly 7' high and can be quite vicious.
We are currently experiencing days in excess of 40 degrees centigrade, country is tinder dry and everyone is on alert.
Thank you for allowing me to participate in your forum. Hopefully these photos are able to be viewed ok. Adrian
Property was about 100 acres and is used for 4WD training; and camping if you want.
In South Australia, there are about 1.3m people, 3m red kangaroos, 1.5m grey kangaroos (smaller) and 1.5m euros (a smaller type of kangaroo again).
The galahs are a native bird and can be caught and trained to talk like a cocky. In the 1950s and 1960s when people were doing it tough they used to catch, shoot these birds and cook and eat them. An old joke was "How do you know a galah is cooked ready to eat? Throw the galah and a stone in the pot and boil it for a long time, when the stone is soft enough to eat then throw the galah away and eat the stone, it will be more tender.)
The red kangaroo buck can grow to nearly 7' high and can be quite vicious.
We are currently experiencing days in excess of 40 degrees centigrade, country is tinder dry and everyone is on alert.
Thank you for allowing me to participate in your forum. Hopefully these photos are able to be viewed ok. Adrian
Just a landscape near our home
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Red Kangaroo
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Timid mum with Joey in her pouch
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An inquisitive pair
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These galahs (native birds) watched us
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More galahs
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Grandson's swag set up for the night
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Jan 22, 2018 06:21:52 #
Jan 22, 2018 06:28:28 #
Welcome aboard Adrian! I love that you gave us details of what goes on "down under". I am from St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada and it is always fun and interesting to know what goes on elsewhere.
Also thanks for using download when you post! I hope everyone who sees this click on it! The detail of your photos are fantastic! I look forward to seeing more and I hope the rains come soon for you! It would be the middle of summer there. We are anxiously awaiting spring. We have had an exceptionally hard winter in that it there has been a lot of snow and storms and very cold for our area. But despite it all we still get out and take photos! LOL! Again, welcome! Clicker/Sharon
Also thanks for using download when you post! I hope everyone who sees this click on it! The detail of your photos are fantastic! I look forward to seeing more and I hope the rains come soon for you! It would be the middle of summer there. We are anxiously awaiting spring. We have had an exceptionally hard winter in that it there has been a lot of snow and storms and very cold for our area. But despite it all we still get out and take photos! LOL! Again, welcome! Clicker/Sharon
AK wrote:
Have just registered in the last 24 hours and thou... (show quote)
Jan 22, 2018 06:32:35 #
...looks like some beautiful but rugged terrain...what are the kangaroos feeding on...?
Jan 22, 2018 06:35:23 #
I have been to the land of OZ twice, like going to a different planet... toured the east coast... Consulted in Brisbane for two weeks.. then came back for a vacation.
Great photos... thanks for sharing. To be appreciated they must be downloaded to enlarge.
When I was there, significant forest fires near Sydney.
Great photos... thanks for sharing. To be appreciated they must be downloaded to enlarge.
When I was there, significant forest fires near Sydney.
Jan 22, 2018 06:40:44 #
AK wrote:
Have just registered in the last 24 hours and thou... (show quote)
Adrian, welcome aboard the UHH site. We have a couple of regular posters here from Australia and I am sure your photos will be enjoyed.
Greg
Jan 22, 2018 10:14:21 #
Jan 22, 2018 16:39:05 #
AK
Loc: Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Hi, just feeding on natural grasses; we are too far south for growth like spinifex and salt bush which is their normal environment nearer the centre.
Jan 22, 2018 16:43:56 #
AK wrote:
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Interesting scenes Adrian.
Jan 22, 2018 16:59:07 #
AK
Loc: Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Thank you all for making me feel welcome; we have, as do you, a wonderful country and this is an opportunity for me to share a very small part of it. I have yet to dabble in Lightroom or Photoshop and just for information only I shoot all photos in raw, do any minor adjustments using Canon's DPP4 which I find quite easy to use with some limitations eg focus stacking and layering, but it has a few pros in lens distortion correction etc. I also try to shoot a significant photo once a week.
Jan 23, 2018 09:01:48 #
Welcome to the Ugly Hedgehog.
I had to do the conversion of the temperature. I'd be sitting inside my house with the air conditioning blasting if it was 104° outside!
Love your pictures. The galahs are very unusual looking birds.
I had to do the conversion of the temperature. I'd be sitting inside my house with the air conditioning blasting if it was 104° outside!
Love your pictures. The galahs are very unusual looking birds.
Jan 23, 2018 09:11:45 #
Welcome to UHH. The photos are very interesting. it does look very dry and warm in the photos.
Jan 23, 2018 11:00:06 #
Thanks for a very interesting and informative post. I love seeing other parts of the world and photos are the only means for me to see them.
Jan 23, 2018 20:59:11 #
Welcome to the forum and thanks for posting. Not knowing Celsius, I looked up what 40 degrees was - ouch, that is HOT! Here "up top" we are looking forward to having warmer weather return, as I am sure you will be glad to see it go. Love the photos of your part of this planet of ours.
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