Month: March 2023 (Page 3 of 4)

Ive now developed three separate sit spots. One in particular is just to watch the flying foxes or fruit bat colony near my home. It takes me a 4kms bike ride to reach it and I can only watch from the opposite side of the river. I’m hoping to try and find an alternative route to the other side to capture closer pictures. I’m finding them absolutely fascinating.Ive also found a burrow I believe belongs to a fox. Ive placed a stick over the entrance to see if its still being habitated. There are lots of signs in the area saying snakes live in this area. Particularly Tiger Snakes, so holes in the ground are no go zones. I wasn’t sure what species of fruit bat they were until looking up my area and found them to be an actual tourist attraction of the township. Pictures below.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-headed_flying_fox

If you don’t think this applies to bushcraft then try using a firebow for the first time! Amor fati = Acceptance + Patience + Action. Be present and check your perception. I probably read too much however I find things that I apply outside the box that I think others may find of interest. When your stuck in the bush for the first time and out of your comfort zone. Mindset is the key to making it an enjoyable experience!

https://www.omaritani.com/blog/amor-fati

https://www.orionphilosophy.com/stoic-blog/amor-fati-meaning-stoicism

https://www.spiritualityhealth.com/four-tips-for-practicing-amor-fati

The first season of Alone Australia is premiering in 2023, in which ten people are dropped in the Tasmanian wilderness, totally alone and with only a handful of equipment and tools, and forced to survive. 

Three women and seven men make up the first Alone Australia cohort, hailing from NSW, ACT, TAS, SA, and VIC (our theory is that it’s too cold for Queenslanders, Territorians, and West Aussies). 

Walked out the front door to have breakfast after my morning bike ride and a magpie flew down and sat on the hand rail. The baby maggie walked along the hand rail toward me and came to a stop at the upright and peered around the post looking at me. Then hopped down to the table and back up and again onto the opposite side of the post. Then I thought alright here’s a piece of toast and placed it a foot away from me. I didn’t look at the maggie, only out the corner of my eye until he finally grabbed the toast and promptly dropped it off the side into the garden bed. Where I had to fish it out with a tent pole until he could reach it from behind the plants.

Magpies are smarter than most people think. I was telling this story to a mate that does voluntary work for wildlife rescue and he told me that many people feed mince to wild birds.However the mince doesn’t have enough calcium in the meat and the birds beaks eventually break down. Your better off feeding them dog biscuits with a higher calcium content. The larger ones soaked in water. I saw a bin at the local supermarket for donations of pet food to the dog rescue in the town. I was going to grab a cheap bag of feed to place in there next shopping day but I think Ill grab a second bag for the magpies. Last night they flew down wanting to be fed. I hadn’t given them any left overs for two days and they seemed starved. They usually leave bread alone for the smaller birds but they actually fought over a few slices of bread. There’s been no rain in a few days maybe the worms and bugs have gone to ground.

Update 07 MAR

Brought the dog biscuits, $13 for a large bag of no brand name. Two bags one for the rescue donation bin and another for the birds. I tried throwing out a handful for a test but they were too hard and had to soak them.

Tracking Arachnids and Insects. If you had of asked me 3 months ago if this is something I thought Id be going out of my way to do I wouldn’t have believed you. However the more I learn about tracking the more you see the world in other ways.

In the last post I was making char cloth and while I was standing there waiting for the smoke to stop I noticed Spider Excrement or as we say in Australia Spider Shit, and sitting above me was a web. When you see those little black dots on a window sill look up next time.

The bad guys never thought of this to catch Spiderman.