The outback

[jack404]

a few folks have asked about the bush here recently and Lee.C earlier today so heres some from my last walk about trip and a recent hunting trip and whatever else is relevant in my Pbucket account i did a season as a hunting guide up north i'll chuck them in

some i've put up on another forum or two

















































cheers

jack

[Agentwil]

WOW! looks like a great trip! I have always wanted to go to Australia.

[blackcat_attilio]

Woooooow!!!! That's great! I suppose it has been a nice trip.

[AL MOUNT]

That's a big damn bird ya got on yer sholder Jack....

Kinda hard to see yer face though.....

Yer a regular "Paul Hogan" there mate....

[jack404]

Al

yeah right

actually if i was a fit and active as him when i'm his age , if i make it to that age , i'd be real happy eh

he's in his 80's

i'm the white dude in pics 14, 15 and 16

in the pic with US Marine Commandant General Hagee the two guys to the left are friends who I went to visit after they got out of the army and the top few pics is from there place

the old gent with the Emu is thier Tribal boss ( sorta like a cheif )

if it comes to SHTF this is where i'd head these folks dont want much to do with the modern world , dont want money, dont want cars , and they are the happiest and nicest folks you'd ever meet , they join the army do 10 years or so get out and return to the land and they make great soldiers and are happy to teach stalking and tracking to anyone who'll listen

we have built two units around these folks, Norforce where i had the privaldge to serve as a CSM for a while and the Pilbra Division where i served as weapons instructor and platoon sgt

cheers

jack

[Old Grump]

Sorry but the old country boy in me has to ask. Are those cows in the last picture British White's, are they yours or aren't you into cattle?

[red14]

Looks like Eden to me. Reminds me of the Everglades 50 years ago.

[jack404]

Catlkle are a Brahman cross breed they have a few crosses they are experimenting with for high heat tollerance and pest resistance , they belong to the cattle station i was working as a hunting guide for

the station owner thought he'd bring in some extra income by offering hunting tours for big razorbacks, Buffalo etc and got me to do the guiding part for him and set up a rule book for other guides ( i had to return to the city to start some operations to repair some nerve damage had another just last week..) he has 250,000 acres or so that has some nice river flats and marsh lands that the big pigs love ( too much) and the big buff dont mind neither both the pigs and buff carry parasites so it works well for him and the visitors who wish to shoot 500+ lb bore and 1500 + lb buff ala Croc dundee ( the one in the movie is a tame pet that will do anything for beer, no foolin) and theres plenty of both

Red yeah its a nice place, just stay away from the open water as theres crocs in there as well

cheers

[BETH]

i see the house 2 guys with binoculars and hogs? what is he temp there?

[K1D_5150]

Pretty place, if I get into any of the PSC's I'm looking into in a year or two, then somewhere down the road I'll have to take a vacation Down Under and I think I know just the man to hire as 'tour guide' if he is interested. There's some mud there this country boy's boots are interested in tasting.

[jack404]

Beth the temp would have been high 80's low 90's nothing too extreame for that part of the world the gent with the shorts was from Maine in the US if i remember correctly

KID i've a place in South Australia , my own , only 5 acres but backs onto 1.5 Million acres, good hunting there too,

Goats roo's camels Dingoes pigs foxes rabbits pretty much everything we hunt is there any time you'd like to borrow the shack your welcome eh I'm stuck in sydney for a couple more months ( waiting for the results of this last op and some physio) then will head home and see about these contracts ( feral animal culls) i've been applying for

cheers

jack

[BETH]

Jack is that u next to kid with shorts? Are they boars or pigs, only 5 acreas?

[durk]

Great pics Jack!!

[jack404]

Originally Posted by BETH

Jack is that u next to kid with shorts? Are they boars or pigs, only 5 acreas?

Beth thats the Station owner , i'm behind the camera

i think US folks would call them boars we call em pigs but its all just names

my place is only 5 acres yes the place where the pic you see where shot is 100,000 plus and the place that borders mine is 1.5 million acres or there abouts ( give or take 100K ) beats the 1/4 acre block i have in the burb's of adelaide, it'd be nice to have 200 acres or so but i can only buy what i can afford and med bills have been chewing into wwhat i have and i've had to help my daughter out some , besides i really dont need much enough room for a good size vege patch, room for a horse or 3 and some room for feed for the horses (oats and lupins)
so it'll do

cheers

[Old Grump]

Brahma was my first thought but those I'm used to seeing are reddish brown and shades off of that and the humps didn't seem quite as pronounced. Figured they were some kind of hybrid because nature doesn't much care for white on prey animals, that's a man made trait we breed into them. Neighbor of mine raises long horns and a couple of others half an hour from me raise bison for market. I love the meat but a bit pricey so I mostly stick to venison when I can.

5 acres is plenty, enough to scratch what itches without offending the neighbors and taxes are lower. I only have 12 myself. I'm retired and have enough problems raising a few onions and turnips let alone trying to milk 2 or 3 times a day and grow a crop. Across the fence in my back yard is 25,000 acres of public hunting land so if I need to stretch my legs I can do it without having to take a 2 hour trip to get there.

One more silly question, the boy with the fishing spear, is that some kind of catfish he has?

[BETH]

i have a condo on a 50x100 lot wish i had some land sure looks nice there

[jack404]

Grump

thats a baby black tip shark its the mouth of the river system in north western Western Australia called the kimberly region forget the name of the river theres a few small ones up that way , that was near what they call Russian station some Russian whalers set it up in the 1830's , when the tide runs out they watch the shallows and sand banks for fish

shark has no true bones and as they eat flesh are good eating

when i get home i'm thinking of growing some chokoes along the fences then just walk around the fenceline when its picking season plenty of buyers for chokoes here for pickle making and similar and they are easy , plant and pick bugs dont bother em and its just keeping the roo's away from the ripe ones and they learn or become steaks

cheers

jack

[Maximilian II]

Grew up on 48 acres of Georgia, the red clay is quite familiar. Even though my "48" is covered with gray soil, an oddity here.
Love the countryside, glad to say I visit it at will. Free shooting range, free hunting. Small game and large abound. 2 borders are on a creek so fishing isn't a drive either. Never have had a fishing or hunting license, it's all mine if it walks or swims on it.
Glad to see the Real World exists on the other side of the world, too.
And yes, I do hope to visit it.

Good to see the natives, too. Thanks for the pix!

[Lee C.]

Great pictures Jack, I really enjoyed them. Some pretty nice looking country you got over there. If a guy could only go back and do it over agine. Owill life has been good for me just wish I could of seen more country in my time. Have a great day Jack

[Old Grump]

Looks like you do with choko's like we do with zucchini. I plant them along the fence line and forget about them till its time to pick them. Not my favorite squash but easy to grow and my sister fixes them a hundred different ways. Most of the time I don't know I'm eating them and when I do know I have to admit I like them. I suspect Wisconsin is a bit cold for chokos but it would be interesting to try a few seeds some day.

[Trouble 45-70]

Originally Posted by Old Grump

Looks like you do with choko's like we do with zucchini. I plant them along the fence line and forget about them till its time to pick them. Not my favorite squash but easy to grow and my sister fixes them a hundred different ways. Most of the time I don't know I'm eating them and when I do know I have to admit I like them. I suspect Wisconsin is a bit cold for chokos but it would be interesting to try a few seeds some day.

I have been told that you have to keep your cars locked in Vermont, not because of thieves, but to keep it from filling up with zucchini during harvest time.

[Old Grump]

Originally Posted by Trouble 45-70

I have been told that you have to keep your cars locked in Vermont, not because of thieves, but to keep it from filling up with zucchini during harvest time.

Same in Wisconsin, gave my youngest sister 3 grocery bags full and it never left the back seat of her car till it got moldy and shriveled away. What a waste.

[Deacon_Man]

What a great interesting read.
Thanks Jack

[Marlin T]

Jack you have any pictures of those dingo dogs?

What an outstanding thead, thanks for all the pictures and comments.

So when are you going to be able to make it back home? The sooner the better I'm sure, and I'll say a good prayer for you.

May God bless you with His best forever, amen.

[jack404]

well i've spent my savings on lawyers defending myself from the jihadis claims i attacked them and on medical so my plans to move home may be delayed

i need to make some $$ and thats hard back home the SA ecomony is pretty screwed thanks to some "stuff" going on
and a nice not so young lady i met sorta recently has invited me to stick around down here on the south coast of NSW

in fact she has invited me to build a workshop in her back yard and a mate this way is seeing if he can get me some work from the local shooting clubs and gun sales outfits until i learn if i have this contract for the camel cull

i have enough funds to do one or the other but not both

so i am thinking hard about sticking around the south coast here until the cull starts or something else comes along

i wont be living in Jihad city again the writing is on the wall for that one already , government housing is umming and arhing a lot and saying they cannot resolve the situation but the local arabic language news is reporting they have won and that the mosque will be extended to suit the 100% arabic area

and it's generally right,

so the government has sold me out but just dont know whow to say it and probably hoping i'll jump ship first...

but the area of Dapto and Kiama has a large ex servicxes population and bugger all ethnics of the jihadi pursuation and a large steel works in the area
so i'll see what i can see and beside with my new lady friend who likes shooting fishing hunting things aint all bad eh

pics


from my walkabout a dingo on a rock watching us ( no babies where hurt in the taking of this photo)

and another from a nature screen saver i got when i bought the laptop

looks like a frazer island dingo but who knows? ??