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Went for a Dive and on the way home a whale breached right in front of the boat, was only 4-5m from colliding. Due to time constraints and pucker factor no photo was obtained at the time.
So I'll post a couple of less traumatic experiences i've had with them from previous encounters.
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Anywhere it is wet and damp you'll find them and any place that grows tree ferns is prime leach territory.

I was shocked the first time I seen one wiggling like a little spring on my leg.

Never seen one before that, Ireland doesn't have them, South Aus doesn't have them and I've been in a few wet places/hikes in Vic and never picked one up.

Then on one visit to Tas, we had about half dozen small ones on the boys and I. The last trip there with the Adventure company was a Derby wash out, one of the blokes got a massive one through the gap at the back of his kneepad on a quick AYG run before they took us to Blue Tier, it sucked the crap out of him for the whole bus journey then when we got to BT the amount of blood soaked into his sock, you'd have though he'd stabbed a hole in his leg.

This fat 10cm leech was then removed from the back of his knee joint 🤮
 
10cm? That was a snake mate.

Near enough, was also about 15-20mm thick with the blood it sucked from him on the 90min journey.

I usually just flaff the little ones off but the Shuttle blokes carefully removed this one for him.
 
After a couple of failed attempts finally got the sandstone blocks sited around the firepit at the Scouts. Part of the on going projects I am involved with. Too big for my Kubota but a snack for this one.



Ooooh...a yarning circle! For scouts, I'd have selected roundish bobcat rocks for all but the leaders as the squarish ones make the rank and file too comfortable...
 
After a couple of failed attempts finally got the sandstone blocks sited around the firepit at the Scouts. Part of the on going projects I am involved with. Too big for my Kubota but a snack for this one.



That's a very cheap replica of stone henge! Actually, very nice work.
 
Was digging around int he dirt under my house - at the back of the shed. Digging some holes to pour cement into for footings for a huge shelf thing I’m building. Dug these up - I’m betting they’re from when the house was being built in 1967. I reckon the small one will come good at least.
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