Cairns Meet - 09...

[JasonL]

Seem everyone goes to bed in Mt Suprise pretty early, we only just managed to score dinner from the Pub at 7pm.... the weather turned up a notch whilst there with a massive storm and it didn't look good.. but it finished as quick as it came and we headed off to check what we could find... 1k out of town and a keel back was out looking for dinner

frogs were everywhere so he wasn't going to go long without a feed, Ornatus were common, both in slow and fast variations

but I was happy to find some novaehollandiae

it pays not to run over every toad!

 

[smacdonald]

It took me a few seconds to get your "slow and fast variations" line...


Stewart

 

[JasonL]

other common frogs were seen, like this old man green

and Spotted grass frogs...which had me a little confused for a bit as they look different down my way...

any of you frog nerds care to tell me what this little tacker is??? save me pulling the books apart.

 

[slim6y]

Oooooh this thread is getting exciting... I'm looking forward to what comes next

Was great to have you here matey - anytime!

 

[JasonL]

A large spider

and some other dribs and drabs, like a intergrade stim ( Oh I can see someone screaming about calling it that)

and a little BTS

 

[Australis]

it pays not to run over every toad!

They really do sit on the roads with a very toad like stance.

The Antaresia looks very nice also.. what ever it is

Great photos btw Jason, keep'm coming.

 

[abbott75]

Great pics, live the Antaresia!

 

[JasonL]

Oooooh this thread is getting exciting... I'm looking forward to what comes next

Was great to have you here matey - anytime!

I told you, I'm not posting those naked photo's of you!!!!!

 

[JasonL]

Anyhow, Mt Suprise was pretty good, seeing one of the crew drink a little too much was pretty funny, but sleeping in a swag on a hot rainy night with 10 billion mossies was neither good nor funny, worse nights sleep I can remember.....anyhow, the trip back was pretty quiet, bar a mystery agamid ( likely a frilly) darting into the bush, and a small Diporiphora sitting on his termite castle, that he refused to move off no matter what.

Anyhows.... we moved out of Magpies place to take over Slim6y's house for a few days, he has a crap view around his house, that can be a bit harsh if your not used to it.

One of the "Guest's" decided to do some decorating for him

 

[JasonL]

So one night whilst we were all taking serious measures not to become dehydrated his daughter screamed Snake!!!, It was a rather large BTS that seemingly resides in his roof.

 

[gillsy]

GOD DAMN!! Why the hell did I miss this trip.

This is loads compaired to what we got last year.

Always happens!

 

[moosenoose]

What a fantastic thread! Great photos and a good read! Cheers

 

[slim6y]

I'm so sick of my view too

Haha... when paige yells out SNAKE... I think we all thought she was talking about my coastal... NO REALLY A REAL SNAKE!!! That was when we believed her - maybe???

She still asks how come I don't pay her for finding frogs now?

Hmmmmm...

The BTS looks great in that photo - though the colour doesn't do it any justice, what an amazingly unusual coloured BTS - and quite friendly too - didn't try to snap once!

 

[sparky]

Those tube nosed bats are nothing less than absolutely BALLTEARING...

Otherwise all very nice... I'm very sorry I didn't go out, but when you're generally unemployed, you've got to take work when you can get it.


-H

Jason forgot to mention, we also saw a nothern quoll. It was soooo cute.

 

[Australis]

Jason forgot to mention, we also saw a nothern quoll. It was soooo cute.

The cuteness disappears if you pick them up :lol:

 

[JasonL]

Jason forgot to mention, we also saw a nothern quoll. It was soooo cute.

After a bit of browsing, I beleive it to be a Brush tailed Phascogale a little south of it's "known" range.

 

[JasonL]

I'm so sick of my view too

She still asks how come I don't pay her for finding frogs now?

The BTS looks great in that photo - though the colour doesn't do it any justice, what an amazingly unusual coloured BTS - and quite friendly too - didn't try to snap once!

Money is the way to a womens heart, no matter how old.
My photo's didn't show up the writhing worm load just under it's skin ... I think it was so old it had passed being angry some time back... but just as well, as our reflex's weren't as sharp that night.

 

[JasonL]

Well anyway..time went on and it wasn't looking good for finding a scrubby, I was down to my last night there and wanted to find some worthwhile critters...so I decided to head up to Cape Trib for a look - see, as I was up there a couple of years back and found quite alot. We all slept in a bit...OK, I didn't but the others..............., so we headed off a bit late and didn't get up there till the arvo... still had enough time to find a pair of Eulamprus tigrinus

and another frog if someone knows what it is please tell, it was in a salty mangrove area, living amonst the crabs, a couple of seconds after the pic was taken it jumped, croaked and pissed all at once, thus we called it the "exploding frog"

scenery pic

we drove back after dark and saw squat on the road through cape trib, but soon after crossing the Daintree river we went passed a BTS on the road

I parked the car and almost went over a juv water python

which was great for me, I hadn't even thought of finding a water python, so we were all pretty happy at that stage, also took a few more frog pics whilst stopped..L. nasuta

We were all pretty happy with how the night went and was heading for home ( slim6y's anyway)..when Jordan wanted to check out another road..so we did, 200meters up, coming out of a cane field we found this

now, at first we thought is was a scubby, but clearly not, as this sign a Cape Trib show's ...must just be one of those giant carpets hey.

 

[froggyboy86]

Great photos Jason, I think your frog is an Australian Wood Frog (Hylarana daemeli) ... surprised one would find them in brackish water though.

Aaron

 

[urodacus_au]

Nice pics mate, those fungi are hot.....not much point me adding to the thread, we pretty much saw all the same critters :lol: