Had a chance to spend a couple of nights away to try out our newly acquired caravan. We stayed at a little van park along the Tin Can Bay road about 25km from Gympie, in S.E.Queensland.
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Our site at Standown Park, Goomboorian.
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One of the locals gave us a good looking over not long after we pulled up.
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Galah.
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There was a small dam on the property with a pair of ducks loafing around and not too concerned about my presence.
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Australian Wood Ducks
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I have seen this species nesting high up in tree hollows and although having never witnessed it, marvel at the way the chicks survive their "parachuting" jump to the ground below.
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| Female |
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Male
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They obviously weren't scared off by this other resident of the dam.
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Crocodylus Plasticus
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I went for a drive through the pine plantations of Toolara State Forest nearby and by following a mud map supplied by the van park manager, found my way to some lovely lakes hidden away in an area of beautiful natural bushland.
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| Scribbly Gum |
On our way home we stopped for a cuppa at Lake Alford Park in Gympie where we watched some of the activity on and beside the water.
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| Pacific Black Duck and Dusky Moorhens. |
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Black Swan and cygnets.
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The swans were unafraid of our presence, obviously habituated to the park visitors and virtually came right to our feet, maybe expecting a handout? The cygnets were quite clumsy on solid ground and preferred to flop down on their bellies to graze on the grass.
