Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Jimmy Goes Bush Again

This is what Jimmy calls heaven. A tent set up in the middle of nowhere next to a river. He loves to take long walks and have a look around.Is this romantic? The adventurer carves our names on this tree in a land far away.Jimmy took many pictures of runrises and sunsets whilst on his long walks.

A trap door spider that Jimmy had camped over it's nest for a couple of days.



Jimmy was to come back home on the Saturday evening but this incident (see picture below) kept him there till Tuesday aternoon. During the night it had rained heavily so he packed up his gear for a hasty retreat but alas it was not to be. Even though he has a four wheel drive it was not going anywhere. He then walked three and a half hours to the nearest homestead for help. The woman there could not help him as she would end up in the same situation. She rang her neighbour to ask for help and he did so but not till the next morning. Jimmy then walked three and a half hours back to camp. He said that he had so much mud on his boots that he felt he had platform shoes on, plus they were very heavy.
Behind every cloud there is always a silver lining, and so it was for Jimmy. The chap who rescued him form the mud had this two bedroom hut for any visitor to enjoy. Jimmy made himself at home and had a hot shower and a restfull couple of days in this hut. He has been invited back anytime he wants to get away. He can still go for his bush walks and have the company of the farm animals.

This turtle climbes a tree trunk for a little sun.
Picture below: This scene is of the Arcadia valley looking down from one of Jimmy's bush walks.
This is a blue claw that are plentyfull in the river next to where he was camping. There are also fish to be caught and enjoyed over a camp oven.

1 comment:

Kate said...

Excuse me! You need to put a WARNING on your posts that have pictures of SPIDERS in them! I felt ill when I saw the trapdoor picture and then read that he CAMPED over the top of it....I mean that is just plain horrible!!!!

Otherwise the photos are FAB!!!

k8