Dingo bites Croc. Jabiru, NT

Ah ha, I bet that got your attention!

One evening I mentioned to Paul that I had not seen the Dingo that strolled through the park each evening, I was feeling deprived! Anyway, we decided to cook our steaks that night on one of the BBQs, a bit of a walk across the park, from our caravan.  While standing around the BBQ and chatting to a fellow camper, we noticed a very healthy looking Dingo amble past us.  I thought I would try communicating with the animal and let out a Dingo like howl. Well, that stopped the dog right in its tracks, it turned round and looked at me for a while, then carried on it's way. 

Later that night, I was sitting at the PC, Bucko was in bed asleep, the outer door of the van  was open, with the screen door closed.  I heard noises outside the door, so opened it up and looked out.  Did I get a fright, a Dingo was moving very calmly away from the door, he was in no hurry, obviously not afraid of humans.  My heart was going pitter, patter, then it went into overdrive, I heard a growl and looked to the left of the open door and there was another Dingo there!!....... I tell you, I closed that door quick smart, my heart was racing,  and my hands were shaking.

When I told Bucko in the morning, he said to "Maybe the dingo was coming looking for his Bitch!!!! and the howl I had let out the night before must have got the dog excited" - ha, ha,  Bucko. 
Later that morning, Bucko noticed teeth marks in his Crocs, obviously the shoe was not to the Dingos liking, so he dropped it, hence the title of this posting - Dingo bites Croc.

Kangaroos in the park – Halls Gap, VIC

Halls Gap is a very small town nestled at the base of The Grampians in the Nth West of state of Victoria.  A town with a population of 600 and beds for 6,000. Backpacker Hostels, B&Bs, Motels, Lodges and Caravan Parks abound.  Along with the few essential commercial businesses ie General Store, Petrol Station, Camping goods store, Food shops, they line one side  of the main road in the village.  The opposite side of the road is the National Park of The Grampians.  The village is literally  at the base of the huge rock face, and many walking tracks lead off into the park from Halls Gap.

Bucko and I stayed at a caravan park about three minutes from the village, far enough from civilisation for Kangaroos to feel comfortable about coming into the park to graze, and to leave their calling cards!  Big Western Greys would be bounding around the place at dawn and dusk.  I awoke about 7am one morning, dressed in my warm ‘flanno’ shirt, tack pants, joggers and beanie and went out camera in hand to record a few pics of the ‘roos.  By the time I returned to the ‘van my hands, feet and nose felt like ice – no wonder, I had been outside for an hour! 

At first I was a fair distance from the Kangas.  I was peeking my head around a high timber paling fence, but, those critters still heard and saw me.  Standing on their hinds legs, heads turned, and eyes gazing directly at me, I just froze as I did not want them to take off.  After a while the ‘roos went back to grazing and ignored me, until I took a quick step towards them, the up they would stand and ster at me again.  Eventually, I was able to creep within approximately 20 metres of them. 

I have taken a few videos of 2-3 Kangaroos boxing (they looked very friendly to me), once I learn how to upload them to the Blog I will let you know, in the meantime time I hope you enjoy the photos.

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