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Last week I headed out with Anonimust to a site close to where we used to live. It's a pocket of thick scrub which is being rapidly squeezed by increasing development, but does have a corridor that joins up to extensive state forestry.

Anonimust had a report of possible activity in the area and during a visit he made to the area earlier in the week he heard something big in the scrub near him at one stage. He didn't get a sight of it, so it was probably just a wallaby or something.

We followed an established track for a short distance before turning into thick scrub to break our own path up a hill. At the first clearing we crossed we saw the x formation shown below. This is probably just naturally ocurring deadfall, but we documented it because it's still the first one we've come across in any of our site visits.



After spending quite some time breaking trail through thick scrub to the top of the hill we found a circular stone structure - it hasn't been used for a while judging by the growth on it, and if it's a little cubby or somehting built by kids I commend their effort - it's a decent size, made up of many rocks, and would have taken a while to put together.



Continuing along the crest of the hill we came across this possible stick formation - it looks a lot more natural and random in the photo than it did on-site.



Following what appeared to be a game trail I also spotted this area of crushed vegetation - again, not much too look at in the picture, but standing there in front of it it was clear that it had been physically flattened by something.



All in all nothing definitive, but an interesting afternoon nonetheless.

Hey forestguy

Thanks for sharing, always love to see some pics of other people’s research areas.

Cheers

That stone circle - how far into the bush? I don't suppose you checked for tracks/imprints around it?

Good effort too! Great to see some photos.

deadpool wrote:That stone circle - how far into the bush? I don't suppose you checked for tracks/imprints around it?

Not a terribly long way in, but a pain to get to - probably took us around half an hour of heavy "bush bashing" to get to it at the top of the hill.

No chance of prints unfortunately, but yes, the eyes were peeled - also looked around it for hair/scat/etc.

looks like a nice area thx guys

Thanks for sharing the pics....I am sorry I can't see it, these all look like natural falls to me. I used to live in the bush land environment. These pictures look like anything you will find anywhere within the forest. I love seeing people pictures and hearing of their experiences. In my option these picture are natural occurrences. If you would like I could take my camera out in a non active area and show you the same thing.

Lasso wrote:In my option these picture are natural occurrences. If you would like I could take my camera out in a non active area and show you the same thing.

Hi Lasso - that'd be great, thanks - it's always handy to have comparison pics on file.

Lasso wrote:I am sorry I can't see it, these all look like natural falls to me. I used to live in the bush land environment. These pictures look like anything you will find anywhere within the forest.

Like I said, the x was probably natural deadfall, and the stack and flat area didn't come out that well in the pics. Have to say I've never seen wind blow rocks into a stacked circle though, unless they fell uphill to the crest...

forestguy wrote:Have to say I've never seen wind blow rocks into a stacked circle though, unless they fell uphill to the crest...

Someone's old fireplace perhaps?

iwanttobelieve wrote:Someone's old fireplace perhaps?

Yeah, could be, although it would have to be old - there wasn't any scorching on the rocks, or ashes/charcoal in the centre.

forestguy wrote:Yeah, could be, although it would have to be old - there wasn't any scorching on the rocks, or ashes/charcoal in the centre.

That's interesting.

If it was a fireplace you would at least expect some sort of scorching on the rocks.

Was it located in a area suitable for a fireplace (like a flat clearing) or just in some random part of the bush?

forestguy wrote:
Yeah, could be, although it would have to be old - there wasn't any scorching on the rocks, or ashes/charcoal in the centre.

Good obviation forestguy. Yowie related??? It may have been made over 100 years ago and the ash could have been long gone. I would have thought that the rocks would have displayed some sort of scorching if it was made as fireplace. A close up of some of the rocks with in the inner circle prehaps could have shed more light. If you are out that way again many you can grab a few. Can you give us some sort of idea of the location of these pictures?

Hey guys,
Just on the rock formation... we stumbled across this after navigating some rather rough terrain (up a reasonably steep hill, cutting our own path through tall grass covering large rocks (needless to say, ForestGuy let me lead the way)) this took us about half an hour to reach the crest of the hill. There was a little bit of a clearing but not really.... If you look at the top left corner of the pic, you can see that the formation is immediatly beside a VERY large and tall gum tree, my opinion is that it would be a strang place for a fire place, but having said that i really have no idea... The diameter of the circle is approximately 3m from outside edge to outside edge... Some of the rocks were split naturally in half and the overall appearance of the formation led me to remark at the time that i thought the circle had been there for a very long time... 100 years, maybe even longer. In hindsight, a few more photos definately would have been a good idea so if we go back there then we definately will grab some more...

Fireplace, bed, lookout, cubbyhouse, i'm really not sure...

Pixie- i am interested to hear your thoughts on the matter...

-Anonimust

Just on the rock formation... we stumbled across this after navigating some rather rough terrain (up a reasonably steep hill, cutting our own path through tall grass covering large rocks (needless to say, ForestGuy let me lead the way)) this took us about half an hour to reach the crest of the hill.

Pixie’s & Dean’s input would be great on this topic. They may haves seen rock formations that the yowie has constructed. Thanks for that extra information anonimust. I would still like to know a rough idea of where you are please. You don't have to give me you exact location just an approximation.

Lasso wrote:Can you give us some sort of idea of the location of these pictures?

Hi there - we're on the north side of Brisbane, on the edge of suburbia.