Yogi and our first 4WD Carla in the red outback
We often tell friends how we need to rough it in the wild to be able to be at our shooting best. Roughing it means camping – sometimes sleeping in our van Carla sometimes pitching tent and camping 5✭. When the sun sets and we hardly have enough light, we sleep early and wake up early. Usually this is when we get the best soft lights and active animal activities.
Not to be trifled with – warning sign for marine stingers along the North Queensland beach in the summer
We went out to Mission Beach to continue looking for box jellyfish in clearish water. We photographed the Surf Lifesavers on duty, sieving the waterfront in and out of the fenced area for stingers. There were lots of moon jellys but hardly any stingers. Jamie Seymour did mention the fleckeri were conspicuously absent. Hmmm.
The Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) flightless bird famous in Queensland’s Wet Tropics.
But while our attention was focused on jellyfish, a beautiful male cassowary decided to divert our attention as it looked for food around the edge of the forest where we were camping. During our three days stay in Mission Beach, the same cassowary would appear at 6pm and wake us up at 7am like clockwork.
