Today I was lured away from my crochet and a comfy spot with Pip by the fire with promises of rock hunting!
We just drove down one of the local roads (Calder Rd… Calder River & am am dreaming of Calder River Agate)
We even saw blue sky once!!
Actually, Jeff’s main ambition was to get into one of the pine forests and hack away at tree stumps looking for ‘fat wood’, which, if you are like me and hadn’t heard of that, is the resin soaked wood that isn’t good for any structural purposes, but it burns like a demon! (awesome fire starting material)
With Jeff in his manly element, I looked for photo opportunities and the river so I could look for rocks
I got to a sub river that was running over the ground before the real river – definitely no rock hunting here!!!
Still – I found some cool things – like this land jellyfish.
I found a few of these – totally no clue what they are. But the husband/wife conversation goes like this
Husband: Don’t touch it! (Still suffering from the ‘not ambergris incident’)
Wife: Ooookaay
Husband: You touched it didn’t you!!??
Wife: I couldn’t help it
Husband: Don’t come complaining to me if you break out in a rash….
🙂 He is so sweet!
I also found the weirdest fungi yet… a ball that emerges from a petal-like arrangement!
I was keen to walk down to the bridge, so Jeff chucked all his fat wood into the car and we wandered down
Luckily this bridge held up to the flooding… one not so far away ended up in a farmers paddock…. the sheer force of the water and whole trees smashing into it did the trick!
Clearly we are not the only creatures using the under-the-bridge-not-quite-a-path way…
We ended up fossicking by the roadside… I suspect a lot of the gravel has come in from the local quarries. I found a couple of really nice pieces of agate that I have high-tumbling hopes for!! (Photos at later date)
Oh – just to give you an idea of the height of the flood waters… have a look and see where the grassy debris is caught in the trees above Jeff’s head!!! Insane!!
By this time we were pretty soggy and getting slightly cold, so it was time to bail out, go to Ruby’s for a cuppa, then get home and get the fire roaring!
We did make one final stop on the way home as I had spotted this old shed that was surrounded by the beginnings of spring!
Hope your weekends are brilliant!
Cheers!
With all those planted bulbs, that spot once was loved by someone.
You are probably right – Its a sweet little spot! And for sale!!! 🙂