just a walk in the bush turned out to be alot more better!

[Luke1]

hey all
i got a call today from a friend up the road to see if i wanted to go into the bush at the front of my house! i said well yea...and so we went...

we were walking and theres rubbish everywhere and so we decided to write a letter to council to get a grant to clean it up around the stream...anyway half down there was a big pond and we were looking for a turtle that ive seen there before and we saw this thing ledged under these rocks under the water so we checked it out and it was a water dragon, we thought he was dead so tryed to fish him out...and to our surprise he was alive :shock: scared the geebbies out of me anyway! the pics are below!

after that we kept walking and its really nive down there...we are going to try get a grant (as said) to clean it up and do some things to get rid of the un-native plants!

anyway, tomorrow we are going back down to set yabbie trapes and see if there are still eels down there! also we are going to take down bags and remove as mush rubbish as we can! its horrible!!!:evil:

 

[olivepython]

Hey mate,

thats a really good idea about the grant and wanting to clean it up etc.

Where abouts is this place in Sydney??

 

[callith]

very cool

 

[Luke1]

something random happened so not all the photos went on...here are the others!!!

oh...btw, for those interested...Hayden is the second photo...im the firsts!

 

[Luke1]

Olivepython: berowa regional park...not national just yet!

 

[Luke1]

do all you guys want pics of rubbish?!?!?!?

 

[Luke1]

ah...just one question i forgot to ask, because the water dragon was fully under water and all that in winter...does that mean that water dragons can hibernate under water through winter???

 

[Kirby]

hint: for even MORE fun.... lick the fungi. (totally joking)

looks good, EWD paradise.. although i doubt the council will grant anything.... just clean it up your selves, perhaps ask for a 'no dumping' sign, violators will be prosecuted. blah blah,

 

[dunno103]

They can't hibernate underwater, they need to breathe air with oxygen in it. Probably heard you coming at last minute and tried to hide.

I had a large male that used to dive and stay underwater for over 30 minutes I used to get him out all the time.

 

[moloch05]

Hello Luke,

Good find! My son saw an active water dragon in Wollongong last week. I did not think that these would still be active but I guess the days have not been that cold yet.

Regards,
David

 

[cement]

Hey mate, your a good kid to take care of the rubbish. I do that too, can't stand tossers.
I look at it this way, if you go bush or surf whatever and the environment shows you a good time (ie. see animals get good waves etc) then you are obligated to do something for the environment.
I may be wrong but my luck in the bush and the waves is usually pretty good.

 

[Mrs I]

Great to see some young kids out and about not inside on electronic games all day, looks like a great place.

My uncle lives in Sydney and says that there is a creek near his place that is thriving with water dragons.

Running water too, gee havent seen that in our local creek for what seems to be years!

Great work guys.

 

[Ramsayi]

Luke,
Lots of councils are involved in greenweb.Get in touch with them and run your concerns past them.They will be able to put you in touch with any local volunteers in your area.

http://www.greenwebsydney.net.au/councilinformation/index.cfm

 

[$NaKe PiMp]

they like to play dead luke!! dont be fooled though ,they can turn round and smash you if your not careful
i had one playing dead and it leapt up and latched on my finger and i couldnt get it off!
and there was alot of blood! cheeky buggers
good on you for looking after the bush

 

[pete12]

looks like you can swim can you?

 

[Luke1]

Kirby: it is EWD paradise...in summer anyway!

dunno103: i thought so...just made me curious...he wa very well wedged under the rock so just made me wonder!

moloch: thanks...i didn't think they would be out either...especially one of that size!

cement: thanks...at school (before i moved groups) i made my friends pick up the rubbish! yea, i hate it when people toss...yuck...horrible habit!

mrs I: LOL...the only electronics i like are computers...and thats mainly for buying more reptiles...and chating to people who have the same interest as i do!

ramsayi: yea, i sent them an email this morning....i'll see what happens with that first before i take matters further!!!

snake pimp: LOL...not when your holding them...this guy was trying to bite me the hole time before i could get him calm and have him sacure before i could take the photos! a person at my PS had there finger bitten off by a water dragon that was stuck in a fence!!!!

pete12: LOL...yea totally mate!!! the waters deep enough for me (im 1.60 roughly) to have to swim to keep afloat in the deep parts!!!

yea anyway we went back out today and discovered an evern bigger and deeper pool....no reptiles today but still a good walk...and i had the good cam too! post pics later...have to sort out a few things first!!!

Cheers,

Luke

 

[JKretzs613]

Hello

Hello!

That is a georgeous EWD. Great pictures of him.

Tracie

 

[springerduck]

anyway, tomorrow we are going back down to set yabbie trapes and see if there are still eels down there! also we are going to take down bags and remove as mush rubbish as we can! its horrible!!!

old thread, yep, but I hope you didn`t set any traps! I`ll see if i still have some pictures of freshwater turtles that have drowned in yabbie traps.

 

[mrmikk]

Great work Luke on getting in and doing something about the problem. Do you have any photos of the bushland?

 

[pythonmum]

Some parts of the Berowra Valley Bushland are managed by NPWS in an agreement with Hornsby Shire Council. If you are in those areas, write to both HSC and NPWS and tell them they are doing a lousy job! There's heaps of great wildlife in that parkland and it deserves a chance to live without rubbish.