So, I spent 10 days in the bushland at Edith Creek (North West Tassie) playing with wild devils. We were very busy, working 12-13 hour days, but I had a great time and got to meet 65 beautiful devils and 4 lovely spotted tail quolls. It was good news all around, with a very healthy population of devils and no sign of DFTD in the area yet.
This was the sunset view from the shack we were staying in at Rocky Cape on our first night.
One of the interesting mosses (or possibly lichens - its been a bit too long since I did botany) that were everywhere throughout our study area.
Our city-girl volunteer, Liz, and her spikey friend. Liz was far more excited about the encounter than Spike. Liz was a great volunteer to work with and along with our biologist, Bill, we formed a really good team, which was lucky considering that the three of us had to spend 24 hours a day together for 10 days.
Some more of the wildlife from the area.
A very pretty view from Stanley looking back towards Rocky Cape. We had dinner in the Stanley Pub one night, and I've decided that I want to go back and spend a lazy weekend at Stanley sometime. Liz and I decided that Stanley is the Port Wenn of Australia (Port Wenn is the cute village from Doc Martin).
And here's a quick video of one of the devils being released after its health check.
I've been home for a week now, but I've been very busy. I did get 4 days off to recover, but I spent them all being busy and travelling around the state with my family to go to my cousin's wedding. As busy as it was, I had a really good weekend (with the exception of the coffee incident) and I'm only a little bit exhausted.
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