Tarra/Bulga Bigfoot

Unread post by **Stormfreak** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:25 pm

I saw on the channel 10 news that several people spotted a Yowie at the Suspension bridge at Bulga National park.
Tarra/Bulga is a place I visit all the time doing photography. Located Sth of Traralgon Victoria
Anyone else see this?

Unread post by **folcrom** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:21 am

Yeah I saw it last night. Unfortunately I only caught the tail end of it and missed the location details.

Any sighting in Victoria is good news. I'd hate to think that the Victorian yowie had died off or migrated away. So the more sightings the better.

Did anyone catch the full details?

Folcrom.

Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:11 pm

I'm on it....

Have been in touch with 3AW and will hopefully have the details tomorrow after having a chat with the breakfast crew.

DMH

Unread post by **Plesiosaurus** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:01 pm

Was wondering when something was going to pop out of the bush at Tarra - Bulga; it's good habitat and plenty of tourists/potential observers.
I see there have been previous sightings north of Drouin, and it wouldnt be too hard to get from there to Tarra Bulga without breaking cover.

Unread post by **folcrom** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:14 am

Hey Dean, are we getting many Victorian Yowie reports these days.

My worry is that the Victorian Yowie population isn't viable. Seems to be plenty of past reports, but not so many recent ones.

I would have expected the Yowie population to have increased. Especially as the Aborigines dont kill them anymore and with restrictions on gun ownership, hunting is reduced, in theory leaving the Yowies plenty of game. Especially with introduced species etc. However, I'm not seeing many Yowie sightings in the news.

Is is possible the Victorian Yowie population is bottoming out?
or is it that sightings, just aren't being reported?
or perhaps the Yowies themselves are working harder to avoid detection?

Any ideas?

Folcrom

Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:12 am

Certainly not as active as the Northern States, however at least Victoria HAS reports (as sparse as they may be). Victoria is running third to NSW and QLD.

There is a 100km radius from the Alpine National Park where most of the activity is centred around, plus to the very East of the State.

I received another sighting from Cranbourne yesterday, but the encounter took place in 82'. Although it was a long time ago, it is still interesting because there seemed to be a spate of sightings from Cranbourne around that time. Possibly the same one.

Same can be said in regard to Emerald in 82'.

I believe the a population is live and well in certain areas of Victoria - very remote areas, but certainly not close to what we have in NSW and QLD. This could be for several reasons...

DMH

Unread post by **folcrom** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 2:24 pm

Cranbourne in 1982. Lot more bush around in those days. There was a sighting in Lyndhurst in 1987, very close to Cranbourne, only about 5 kms difference. That could even be the same one.

Its a far cry from back in the 1970s when Quarry Truck Drivers refused to work at night "cause of the Yowies on the road", just a few kms east of Rowville, along the Wellington Road.

I can think of a few places where Yowies would be pretty safe, I just hope they have a viable breeding popuplation down here.

With so few recent sightings, they seem to be awfully thin on the ground.

Folcrom.