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[trout]

I didn't see a single person in 2 days, Perfect:yahoo:

[ausjack]

:swoon: gee Jeff you can have that and winter isn't really here yet..kill me now

Lovely trout, beaut fish and fantastic pic's, what a top spot to be :drooling:

[Goldseeker]

A lonely spot to do some detecting in.

Might find a lost fortune.

Nice pictures though.

[robbiegal]

love flathead good eating fish  indeed

gee that water is spectacular
spose it you jumped in for a midnight skinny dip the sharks would consider you good eating

beautiful location to take some time out, enjoy the camping toys and reflect on yer navel for a bit


enjoy and those photos are marvelous mate

[Robster]

Superb spot! :ok:

[trout]

Sadly on the way home yesterday I hit a couple of sheep at about 80kph.
They decided to jump out of the bushes and sit in the middle of a cattle grid so I had absolutely NO where to go to get out of their way, The Disco fully loaded is nearly 3 tonne and regardless of how good your breaks are you are not going to be able to pull up in 50m on a dirt road at speed.
I hit them about 500m short of home and when I looked back in the rear view mirror both animals had gotten up and moved off the track so I assumed that they were just shaken and bruised and would be OK.
I also checked the bullbar and front of the truck for any damage and there wasn't even a scratch to be found.
When Mrs Trout went to town this morning she rang me to tell me that the sheep were still on the side of the road and didn't look too flash.
When I went down to check on them both animals were badly injured and I had to euthanize both animals, I feel pretty awful that I didn't take the time to check on them after the impact and that they had to suffer all night because of this.
I always carry a firearm when I travel away just for this purpose But as I could see home after several hours of driving I got lazy and neglected my responsibilities and the animals suffered because of this.
It will NEVER happen again.

[Goldseeker]

It sounds like to me you're having a bad trot there trout.

Don't forget, bad things come in three's.

[robbiegal]

i suppose if you saw them move off the track you'd think that even if they were injured they were still able to move and maybe OK in the long run

must have been horrible to do

but tough love is sometimes the only way to go

sorry that both yourself and the neighbours' sheep had to go through that
i guess that fatigue as well can blurr things

sheep as well as being soft and fluffy, are incredibly tough animals too

[trout]

All I had to do was stop and go back and shoot the poor buggers But the rifle was buried under a mountain of gear and they seemed to be moving OK anyway.
I simply got lazy because I was pretty tired at the time  and the animals suffered because of this, Not acceptable behaviour and I will certainly not do this again.

[robbiegal]

yep
can't do much more than that mate

don't be too hard on yourself

we all make mistakes

[robbiegal]

found a cool campavan for you Trout

http://inhabitat.com/sydney-opera-house-inspired-camper-combines-luxury-tiny-on-the-go-living/

[JeffH]

And whatever caravan trout purchases he should make sure to get one of these nifty covers for it.

[trout]

And whatever caravan trout purchases he should make sure to get one of these nifty covers for it.

HeHe, Love it. :laugh2:

[robbiegal]

gorgus
i have dug out my outstanding crocheting jobs just recently

had put it away and promptly forgot that I was making the granddaughter a doll

[trout]

Some of the Grandkids came out last weekend so we went out to one of the back paddocks and I did some Bush cooking for lunch.
I did a bit of a roast and baked some bread for the little beggers.
They had a ball collecting the firewood and I let the older ones shovel the coals on top of the camp ovens.

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