There are so many things one learns in the bush when you have the good fortune to be accompanied by a host who is prepared to teach you the ways of the wild.

This morning's lesson was purely experiential (and I must be honest and say I did avoid the above outcome). I must add that I'm not your over zealous fly swatter, but blood sucking march flies really do piss me off... I'm prepared to kill to get the pain to cease.

I don't quite have the bush-gear one should, but I make do.
This and a pair of Pete's gumboots.

Besides this, in the past four days I've learned a lot to apply to my future property...
Native species names/recognition, How to prepare a bed for seedlings, How to get rid of evil vines, How to divert eyes from nude people's nude bits, How to use a machete, How to play marimba melodies, How to plant lettuce... I must start writing things down as my brain has always been far too sieve-like. Retention is around 48 hours at best.

Now, this post is what I shall coin 'combo post'. Two posts in one...

Leaf Ladies

On my rainforest walk in Bellthorpe, the leaf-carpet path would occassionally display single magestic ladies lying in a shaft of light, highlighted by their very brown surrounds. They just lay there like model species. I imagined them being replaced by stunning nude women for a photoshoot.

Let me introduce them...

Esmeralda

Glenda

Cynthia

Betty

Barbara

[current mood] 10 cent avocado from the front of a house & marimba