24 April
Been rather quiet over the past week or so.
Couple of days ago, Rod, the owner/manager was called
down to our little “beach” area as there was a rather large Olive Python
between a couple of logs.
Rod went and picked it up and relocated it.
However, Rod was once again called down to the beach
area as another Python had been seen nearby. Sure enough. Another one hanging
around and tried to get away into the bamboo, but Rod managed to get him and
take him up to the reception area for people to have a look.
He would have been at least 3 metres, good size.
25 April
Rod and Michelle organised for our own dawn service at
5.30, even though the sun hadn’t risen yet.
They parked their Cruiser beside the flag pole and
broadcast the ABC service from Canberra. There was a gathering of 20 people for
the service. Rod’s father was in WW2 and Rod had a very old photo of him and
placed it at the base of the pole. Good to see we had a service at least. Rod
and Michelle’s two children had put together a small wreath with the teacher
who is also living here with her husband.
We had finished dinner and headed back to our van
torch in hand so Susan can chase of the numerous toads. When we arrived at the
van and walked into the annex, Susan was chasing a toad out of the annex and
then yelled, it’s a python. Sure enough there was a rather large Olive Python
in the annex and was up in Les’s work shirt and sniffing gloves that were
hanging on the hanger.
Susan was rather distressed and headed straight back
to the dining room to phone Rod at the house to come and get it. Rod came down
with a cage and settle the snaked and put it in the cage and took it. At this
point Les had stayed at the van to monitor the snake till Rod arrived. It must
have been at least 2.5m and the body was quite thick.
Les went back to the dining room and discovered Susan
with our friends John and Dianne having a red, naturally.
Certainly an experience for Susan to say the least.
We had a couple of showers overnight, but nothing too
much.
One of the campers down in the Grove came up to the
office to advise a dead croc was wedged against a tree in the creek and was
smelling rather bad.
Rod and Keith went out in a canoe and dragged it back
up the creek and pulled it onto the bank where the pigs had been ferreting
around.
Apparently the crocs eat the toads and it poisons them, which is sad, the dwarf crocs in the Territory are eating them also and it is becoming a real issue
The owners daughter, Charlee has two pet "Childrens Pythons" which she carries around and shows guests now and again. Their names are Chocolate and Chip. This photo is her with one of them.
This one of the "great Bower Birds which is nesting near us.
And this is a "Red Winged Parrot"
Here is our Home Sweet Home
A few photos from around ADELS Grove to show a bit of the area
this one below is "The Shack" which is a takeaway which they have started this year
This is the front office, reception where Susan is working most of the time
Susan on the bridge across Lawn Hill Creek which runs through the campgrounds
Some of the tents which are semi permanent, they are taken down during the wet.
Cheers for now, will update again when we can
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