Travel Photos

Also a few photos especially for you @Chasingsunsets (my memory says you're the frog hotel person, yeah??) (Yes I know one is a lizard not a frog lol, but I think you & @DownMoreThanUp will like it)

😮😮😮 Amazing pics @AlwaysMyself the little monkeys are so cute. Looks like an incredible trip!

guess it's Indon re the Kimodo Dragon ? @AlwaysMyself 

Awesome photos @AlwaysMyself 😎

The Komodo Dragon was indeed Indonesia @TAB ; some of the other photos are also, whilst others are from Malaysian Borneo, and the frogs are from Bali lol.

very good @AlwaysMyself  hope you enjoyed trip

Incredible photos @AlwaysMyself . Thanks for sharing. Gosh I hope the rainforests survive.

@Dimity absolutely. I've been wanting to see Borneo island and also Komodo for 15 years since I learned about some of their wildlife. And I've always felt the time pressure to see them "sooner rather than later" in case the deforestation progresses. 

The good news is that eco-tourism is becoming popular in the areas (especially Borneo), which helps incentivise the government to protect the remaining forests and also to re-forest areas that were previously cleared.

It was interesting driving through some of the palm plantations and I did learn a little about the improvements that the change to sustainable palm industry has had. They even train the workers in what to do if they come across wildlife - to protect both the wildlife and themselves from conflict.

What an utterly random tag

I've lived in 3 states. But holidays? I used to visit dad in Casterton as a kid. I holidayed to Lake's Entrance once around the turn of the century. I've been to Sydney and Brisbane for work

@DogMan79 sorry if you wish you were not tagged - I can remember this for the future. It is OK to ignore the thread if it is not interest. Travel is my main 'interest', along with animals - hence my travels often involve viewing wildlife.

I had to look up where Casterton was 😋. I know of Lake's Entrance, but I have never been there; apparently I have some family heritage from that region though.

What do you like to do in your time when not working/studying/etc and well enough to? 😊

@AlwaysMyself  thank you so much for sharing your photos are wonderful!  my eldest was talking today about komodo dragons so have sent onto him.  it looks like you had a wonderful trip i particularly like the frogs they are adorable. 😄 xxx

@AlwaysMyself 

Thanks for the tag

when I was in Indonesia, Borneo wasn’t an option. I love that you love the wildlife , and that you bothered to go there. I can visit vicariously through your pics. Beautiful.

That sounds hopeful @AlwaysMyself .

I remember the peat fires after clearing for palm oil plantations. A swing to ecotourism and more sustainability is positive but may not be sufficient... 

Well done for pursuing your longheld interest. They're great photos.  Have you been taking many in the Australian bush?

@Shaz51 

@AlwaysMyself thankyou for the tag. Absolutely loving all the pictures 😍. Looks like such an awesome trip away ☺️

Wow wow and wow @AlwaysMyself ! Incredible! So you took all those photos?

@tyme yes, taken myself. Some are stills from video I took because sometimes that is easier/better than trying to capture them if they are moving or if it was dark (such as the barn owl and the civet).  I am not a very good photographer (at all lol! I shake a fair bit), but my camera auto-focus does a decent job (but I notice a lot are still just a tad out of focus in their high-res view) and I bought a long-length zoom (equiv of 600mm) over 10 years ago specifically for my love of wildlife viewing.

It's funny because I can see the animals clearer through the camera/photos than with my own eyes directly lol. 

It was very hard to get good photos of the monkeys in the trees because of branches & leaves. I got some great videos of them moving through trees at times though, or eating or grooming each other. 

Here's another funny monkey photo (he was eating, hence the funny face) :

The arm/hand position just made it too funny I think.

@DogMan79   Casterton hasn’t changed for decades.  I’ve got relatives Harrow to Narracorte.  

these pics are so lovely!! @AlwaysMyself 

aww the red leaf monkey looks so cute and cheeky hehe. omg how cool, you got to see the proboscis monkey!! (random story - when my sis and i were younger, i told her she looked like the proboscis monkey to annoy her - and she did indeed complain to my parents lol... but later in high school, it became my sister's fav animal!) 

haha i love the way the frog sits 😆 so glad that you had a wonderful time!!

Awesome pics @AlwaysMyself !! It looks like you had an amazing time!! Love the frog and the lizard hehe in fact all the pics are amazing!! I thought the bird with the colourful beak, thought it might have been a toucan lucky you added captions hehe.

Awesome thread!! Thanks so much for the tag!! Really cool to see all the animals you saw! I didn’t expect a pic of a mantra ray!! That’s was awesome aswell !! 

what were your favourite parts? ☀️🌈🦧

lol @rav3n 🤣. Some people in my family used to complain they had a big nose, so I had in the past said that they didn't have a large nose - a proboscis monkey does! ... they didn't think it was very complimentary though... 😅

I can totally see why your sister was upset with being called a proboscis as a child haha, but love that she has reclaimed it for herself now 😍. 

I thought the Red Leaf was pretty cute too. It actually had a baby on its belly, but you can't see it in that photo. I have one of it, but you can't see the face of the adult in it, so I posted the funny/cute face instead. 

@Chasingsunsets people often hope to see a manta ray in the Komodo region, but it's not a guarantee by any means. We were very lucky - esp as snorkelers not diving. Apparently as it approaches towards the Dec-Mar season (which is monsoon and thus not great for travelling) there is more chance due to manta ray migration. We were told it was about 50/50 chance in early November. Such a big area though, and for us to be able to find one especially in an open & not too deep (7 metres?) area was so lucky!

Not sure what my favourite part was. I like wildlife, so definitely the wildlife (not the hiking lol). I liked the ease of the car-based wildlife watching, and much easier to get focus than on a boat that is moving constantly lol. But I wish the car-based one had more roads they could go down (it was super remote, so there was literally 1 road that can be used for tourism due to the jungle). Always a delicate balance between environmental and tourism. The facilities that are there are for research and tourism is just a really new thing to the area.

@AlwaysMyself that was sweet of you try comforting them though, it's the intention that counts haha! 

aww!!! i know you mentioned have soooo many pics, must've been hard to narrow it down to these ones. there's something about nature pics that bring such a calming vibe 💚

Love love LOVE these @AlwaysMyself 

Hahaha that monkey! So silly 😂 Reminds me of the comedy wildlife awards or whatever they're called! 

@AlwaysMyself That is so awesome you got to see one!! Actually I remember you telling me now about the mantra Ray, how cool!! I love snorkelling and I’d love to see some manta rays and maybe a whale shark 😊.

Wow it sounds like a terrific holiday!! Amazing pics !! I really enjoyed looking at them all! The frog was really cute too (and yes I have a frog hotel hehe) 

Nice photos @AlwaysMyself I have for a long time wanted to go to Borneo to see orangutans. Looks like a great trip. I should look into going to Borneo in my retirement.

I'm sure you have lots of great photos and great memories I love wildlife photography. I should get back into it.

@AlwaysMyself  Wow. What amazing photos and I am so glad you did get to see a Komodo dragon too! 

Oh my gosh, what a tropical paradise! @AlwaysMyself 🤩

Hey @AlwaysMyself, I recently came back from a holiday in WA and took these photos.

Also @ENKELI, you recommended a coffee roasting place in WA to me MANY months ago and I actually went to it while I was on my holiday. It was really good! We did a "coffee tasting". It was really cool. Thanks for the recommendation 😊

great photos @0ddsidian 😍

Hello @AlwaysMyself , @AuntGlow , @Cuddlebear , @Till23 , @rav3n 

@0ddsidian I am so glad you liked it! Yahava is the best coffee IMHO. 

I hope you had a nice time while you were here in the west. It's not so nice at the moment if you prefer cool weather. Today reached 36, tomorrow 37, then 39 & 40 from Saturday to Monday. I don't have proper air-conditioning in my house so I am probably going to be standing under a cold shower a lot!

Oh, nice @0ddsidian  - thanks for sharing. 🙂

I love that because we have people from all around (plus places people have travelled to) we can get recommendations for places all over for when we visit too. 😊 Find and share the hidden gems of locations/businesses.

Hi @Shaz51 😊, hope you are also enjoying the armchair-tourism?