The Richmond Range National Park was pretty much the 1st national park I came to on my escape day & was a sweet find.
The trees are absolutely teaming with wildlife.
I set up camp not long before the sun set for the day, and as the full moon rose shortly afterwards the night air was absolutely filled with raucous bird calls and cicada sounds.
In this funny little video clip in which I manage to get donked on the head by my awning, you can hear the bell birds singing in the background.
Listen to the daytime cicada sounds in this little video below.
A gloriously intense and wonderful sound.
Some of the birdlife was so friendly, approaching so close to me that in order to capture a photo of them I had to swap out my telephoto lens for a wide angle lens. !!! What a great thing to have happen.
I spent several hours attempting to capture images of butterflies, wow... it is incredibly difficult to do!!...
Despite only managing to capture some of the wonderful creatures on 'film' I enjoyed watching them flit around me and through the forest with ease.
I have tried to identify these butterflies, but at the time of writing am still looking into that.
The one butterfly that I did not manage to capture on film was the largest of all, seriously this black-winged creature was as big as a sparrow, but despite my best attempts I did not manage to get a photo of one to share with you.
I also was very privileged to have this marvellous Lace Monitor (the lizard in the pics below) run across the road and race up a nearby tree, before very graciously posing for me.
Apparently these can reach 2 metres (6.6 ft) in total length and 14 kilograms (31 lb) in weight.
I enjoyed my time in the Richmond Range National Park.
Yorumlar