The Bush

Is your window up?

I went for a drive yesterday, while the boys were mustering.

It was early afternoon and we had been branding. It was hot and steamy, and I needed to do some computer stuff at my SIL’s house. I was getting ready to send my beloved Nikon digital camera away for some much-overdue maintenance (sob!) so was shooting a few final frames before packing it up for its long journey to Brisbane. (I could suffer some serious withdrawals in the very near future… don’t say I didn’t warn you.)

And as I drove back to the house, I found some very picturesque bluegum trees beside the road.

It was a bit overcast, but the soft light was not bad.
They were worth another shot surely…

Hmm, that giant knot looks really interesting…
I’ll stop beside it and get my last two frames.

Gads!!!!!!!

Now I’m not sure who was more shocked – him (I’m guessing at gender here) or me. He froze and I tried to hold my hand steady enough to shoot. After all, goannas don’t like investigating open car windows, do they?

Do they?

9 Comments

  • Bush Babe (of Granite Glen)

    Ohhhhh… sorry Debby! I nearly sent you a personal warning, but obviously I am too late! You are too funny though, and as they say in the “classics” I almost wet myself (laughing) at your response. Poor Deb… and poor goanna, just stealing some eggs from a tree and gets busted. And poor me, almost having a heart attack just 2 metres from him!

  • Bush Babe (of Granite Glen)

    The Brave – did you say “snake”… a post coming up tomorrow on this very topic. Be afraid, be very afraid!

  • A Novel Woman

    COOL! I’ve never heard of a goanna before. They look at bit like my friend’s iguana. She bought him at a pet store for her two boys, and Iggy (original, I know, but the boys named it) was orginally about 6 inches long. It ended up 6 FEET long, outgrowing every new home they built for it. She used to bring him out for parties, draped dramatically across her shoulders.

    Australia has some seriously crazy wildlife.

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