Biggest mob of rain yesterday arvo...

Ben and Gabby were keen to get outside, anyway...

Here's Princess Gabby waiting to be lifted out of the ute (crook hips and no jumping on vet's orders):

The plan was to walk along a little creek and check-out a new swamp, stump-shooting along the way...

But to get to the swamp, we had to go through, well, more swamp; the whole countryside is swamp at the moment, and the creek is there somewhere under water:

Carrying a beaut little collapsable tri-pod made self-timed photography much easier than it has been in the past, when I've had to balance the camera precariously on a termite mound or too low in the grass on my pack...



Gabby spectates:


Gabby looks displeased with me dropping my bow arm, and is probably embarrassed by my plumber's crack, hoping to herself that I won't stoop so low as to show the pictures on TradGang:


She seems happier in this one:


She's shot-through, obviously having found something more interesting:

Finally we reach the swamp, such as it is...

Throughout the area, there was fair swine-sign, not big mobs, but the work of a few nevertheless; due to the recent rain, none was very fresh:


Almost every step was like this:

We had a good day...

nice dog Ben    

Excellent!  Thanks for sharing...

awesome !
go the plumbers crack !

Ben, great pics. Those arrows look good with the bow. What woods are in your bow? Tripods sure do help. Nice to hang with the dog out in the bush.    

Thanks, fellows! Jerry, the riser is bubinga, and the limbs are yew. Cheers!

THX for sharing!
Gabby is a beauty, and seemingly wonderfull company.

Very nice! Good stuff Ben.

Hope it drys out some before we get up there, i don't like caping buffalo in the swamp.

Thanks for sharing Ben.

     Nice Ben!

The last pic says it all, both smiling and happy!!  Fun times are priceless aren't they!

Great pics Ben.  Hope the scouting contributes to a successful pig hunt one day.

Beautiful country, and not too far away..........perhaps someday........!

Thanks Ben.  Great pictures, looks like you had a lot of fun!  Beautiful dog and bow.

Thanks Ben! great pictures, I hope someday I get to know Australia