The trip up there was shocking. I slipped and slid all over the road. The car handled like a boat because of the weight in the back and my shoulders and arms kept locking up while dealing with the aqua-planing, causing under steer.
First night, we found a rock structure and bare footprints on Tablelands Rd. Couldn't leave the car anywhere and trek off due to hoons breaking into cars in the area. No action during the night. Next day we went to Mike Williams house, had coffee and he gave us some great casts to take home. Mike dropped us off for the rest of the day and night and took my car home with him.
Huge hike with gear. Rounding a bend, had a feeling - went with it. Cut through the bush and found a Yowie track with snapped and twisted saplings and the track itself resembled a Hwy. We then started to find prints. Followed this track to a large rocky out-crop. A hole on the side with a large cave or lair inside. Dumped gear on top of out-crop and hiked through the tough stuff down to a creek - more prints. Up hills, down hills, through creeks, through thick bracken and undergrowth ? found plenty of evidence to suggest they were there.
A lot of Cat prints as well. Bagged 2 scats. Lots of hard yards. Buck smelt really bad which caused confusion as to whether there was a Yowie in the area or it was merely Buck?s questionable Hygiene issues?
A lot of blisters by the time we returned to base (out-crop). Lacking in water, phoned Mike and arranged further supplies. Buck Volunteered to hike back by himself due to my blisters (thankfully). While Buck was gone, I heard a noise which turned out to be Roo, but then, a smell arrived with a change of wind. It was shocking. Had to be Yowie?.. I turned to the direction of the odour. It was Buck?s shirt that he?d hung up in a tree prior to leaving.
40 minutes up hill and 40 mins back. I smelt Buck arriving back with another back pack full of gear - and my swag !! Hygiene issues now forgiven.
We hiked down to a water catchment, then back to base for the night.
Very lucky Buck returned with my swag, otherwise I would have froze solid during the night.
Buck witnessed something large with orangey brown hair push through the bush, but nothing confirmed. Whatever it may have been, it was clearly intimidated by Buck?s overwhelming pheromones and made a hasty retreat.
Later that night Buck tried to poison us both with a fine selection of Gourmet Deli selections including canned mussels, salami and pumpernickel. The sound of groaning and gurlging stomachs afterwards drowned out any other noises throughout the forest. Luckily for me, Buck ate the majority of the mussels while I wasn?t looking. During the night he threw up twice and made further un-godly noises that I never knew possible from a man.
No further movement for the rest of night, because Buck?s groaning stomach, ?air expulsion?, throwing up and B.O. issues had scared every animal off for a radius of 2 miles. Nervous that he just may explode, I hid under my swag.
Hiked out in the morning, sprayed Buck down with 'Impulse' (only thing we could find), and with windows down all the way, back to Mike and Bec?s for coffee and some hilarious conversations.
Great time. Discovered many new prints, tracks, markers, 'odours' etc Very encouraging - just the wrong night. Definite Yowie evidence in area.
Buck spots the rock formation and examines it more closely.
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On the other side of the road is bare footprints.
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Closer view of the rock formation.
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Soaking in the vastness of the Blue Mountains.
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Bucks bed buddy on the second night.
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Buck deep in the valley on the trail of more prints in a creek bed.
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Buck asks for the room service number.
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Not content with the entire Deli he brought along, Buck produces his Latte' machine.
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Buck insisted on the Penthouse Suite.
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The big hike back in the morning.
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Buck at the extraction point.
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Mike Williams arrives for the pick up, barrel rolls out the door and picks up a large stone - "Look it's one of Rex's rock skulls!" Hilarious!
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Mike and Buck view the pictures from the last two nights.