As part of one of my subjects for my undergrad, I went on a four day fieldwork camp out to Cape Conran Costal Park. It is absolutely gorgeous out there.
But! We weren't there for the scenery. We spent the four days using things called Elliot and Cage Traps to trap and proccess mini native mammals! We learnt how to catch, bag, handle and release animals called Antechinus (which are uuubbbeerrr cute ^.^), Bush and Swamp Rats (also rather cute but dear god could they bite o_o), Bandicoots and Potoroos.
Antechinus
I also got to microchip a Eastern Brown Bandicoot! Pretty damn cool, but i felt rather evil doing it....sorry Miss Bandicoot!
We also went GPSing, Radio Tracking (me and my partener got ohhh sooo lost), bird and whale watching, Hair Tubing with people from DSE and a whooollleeee lot more trapping!
It was also one of my mates Zach's 20th Birthday on camp, so in true class, we brought a cake and some booze and had a crazy ass night!
The cabins we stayed in were pretty funky aswell!
But by the end of the four days, I will not lie i was absolutely buggered! Absolutely amazing, once in a lifetime trip (i mean, c'mon! how often does a person get to hold some of the most threatened species in Australia in their hands!) and i would do i all again in a heartbeat, but....bed sounds amazing!! But, we made do with some serious nanna naps on the 6 hour bus ride home!
All in all, an amazing trip with the bestest, loudest and craziest cabin group. Wouldn't have done it any other way!
DEAKIN TRIPS ARE THE BESSTTTT!!! <3
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