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SW PAST AND PRESENT


Pig Hunting (Part 3)
Right Place Right Time I remember this day Bobby Carroll and myself decided to head out on a pig hunt. We never knew were we'd finish up....
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Dec 13, 202360 min read
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Pig Hunting (Part 2)
Another Day or Night Hunting I remember it was late in the evening when the dogs picked up the scent of the boar in the photo above. The...
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Dec 13, 202392 min read
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Fishing (Part 2)
Phenomenon of Maggots Contd This photo shows when the high tide takes away the big beds of seaweed and the following photo shows when...
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Dec 12, 202349 min read
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Days Gone By
Collie's Past The photo above shows Mr Baris who was our local scrap metal dealer, also he would buy cool-drink bottles, beer bottles,...
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Dec 12, 202315 min read
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Old Friends
Lofty The photo above shows my oldest boy David roughly 14yrs and Jamie 11-12yrs old and a couple of boars that we used for ding...
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Dec 11, 202346 min read
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Bush
Jarrah Forest The photo above shows the start of some of our Jarrah forest in the south-west of Western Australia and I hold grave fears...
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Dec 11, 20238 min read
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Insects
Huntsman Spider This photo shows the Huntsman, a common spider in our forests and he finds his way into many homes. My grand-daughter...
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Dec 11, 20237 min read
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Old Settlements
Cardiff's History on the River The photo above shows the life style on the South branch of the Collie River, the ladies and the kids are...
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Dec 11, 202332 min read
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Pig Hunting (Part 1)
The top photo's show the size these wild boars can get to, and a photo of myself and the rifle leaning on the tree is the ideal gun to...
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Dec 11, 2023104 min read
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Animals & Birds
The Plover Very few people would have seen this bird. You only find them on farms as far as I know. They breed in June - July. Maybe...
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Dec 11, 20238 min read
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Reptiles
Different Reptiles in our Jarrah Forest The above three photo's are Dugites. If you look at the first photo you can see that he has not...
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Dec 11, 202310 min read
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River
Stories of the South-Branch River The photo below shows the state of our once pristine River and allows me to tell you of an addiction I...
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Dec 9, 202338 min read
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Hunting
Stories of my Father Hunting Rabbits There was a big demand for Rabbits in the City, buyers would travel to many of the country towns...
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Dec 8, 202389 min read
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Camping
Boys Marroning This photo shows two of my boys, Brett on the right, his older brother Jamie in the middle and their mate Craig McCartney...
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Dec 8, 202318 min read
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Fishing (Part 1)
Nipper and Dad Looking back in the early days of camping in Augusta, at Paddy's end of the camp, we knew all the regulars and we never...
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Nov 5, 202384 min read
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Wild Flowers
The Many Varieties of Wildflowers I don't know the scientific name to the flowers that I am going to show you and it's silly me knowing...
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Oct 29, 20232 min read
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Paddy the Hermit
My father befriended one man in particular,we referred to as old Paddy. Paddy had made a makeshift camp out of some very ordinary...
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Oct 29, 202360 min read
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