27/09/2019 My last day at Finke Gorge National Park and what a way to end it. Working in the magnificent Palm Valley. Tasked with spraying weeds. To my surprise, there was a large variety of weeds. You could see how they were competing with the native flora. Please see my […]

26/09/2019 Today we went back to the water hole to collect the four camera’s that we set up. We were really keen to see what animal life is active in this area. We went back to the office and downloaded all 4 memory card images onto the computer for analysis. […]

24/09/2019 Recording rainfall is very useful information. You can determine minimum’s, maximum’s, averages and maybe even trends. We got 9.7mm of rain in this 24 hour period. This is over half of the total rainfall received in Finke Gorge for the entire year, thus far. This could be the driest […]

23/09/2019 Rain is the stuff of all life and it has been a rare event this year in Finke Gorge NP. It usually has an annual rainfall of 350mm, which is quite low in itself. But this year in Finke Gorge there has only been 17mm to date. It is […]

22/09/2019 Even on my rest day’s I’m still learning. Whether it’s at Alice Springs Library, catching up on my studies. I learnt that you can’t pick up deoderant or mouthwash from the shelves at Alice Springs Supermarkets. You have to ask a shop attendant to unlock the cabinet. This is […]

21/09/2019 Also on my day off I checked out the Hermannsburg Historic Precinct. It is situated near the turn off to Finke Gorge NP. It was the first Aboriginal Mission in the Northern Territory. Established by the Lutheran Church in 1877. For over a century the Lutheran Church educated and […]

21/09/2019 I have the whole weekend off, so it’s off to Alice Springs again to stock up. But this time I did a bit of a detour and went to Gosse Bluff. Known to the Aboriginals as Tnorala, it is a registered sacred site. Also scientists believe that around 142.5 […]

20/09/2019 Mostly did service checks today. But in the camp ground I spotted this Western Ringneck or Port Lincoln Parrot. One of its preferred habitats is the River Red gums, Desert Oak and spinifex. Which are all plentiful in this part of Australia. This one was feeding on the seed […]

19/09/2019 The brief for today was to set up cameras at a water hole in Palm Paddock. We wanted to determine what animals were coming in for a drink. The main concern was the wild horses. We grabbed 4 motion sensing cameras and head off to set them up.  The […]