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Title: Yabbies.....GAZILLIONS!!!
Post by: Toddy on July 31, 2011, 05:32:31 PM

 Got this from a mate....................

Photos of Yabbies covering the ground alongside Cooper Creek Nth of Ballera.
Apparently they are either feeding at night, or the water they are living in is shrinking, so nowhere to live, anyhow they are collecting them with broad mouth shovels, no net needed, most are bigger than  a "Red Bull" can in length

Toddy

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Post by: bushwacker on July 31, 2011, 08:37:17 PM

Bloody hell must be a dry spell comming.

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Post by: Mud-Dog on July 31, 2011, 11:41:29 PM

that is insane :thumb

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Post by: park on August 01, 2011, 09:09:58 AM

Amazing pictures, never seen anything like it, thanks for posting.

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Post by: Johnny Mitchell on August 01, 2011, 06:58:07 PM

eyes popping , speechless.

Title: Re: Yabbies.....GAZILLIONS!!!
Post by: takrat on August 02, 2011, 08:35:31 PM

I'll bet the birds were getting fat! I've seen big yabbie times out on the Bulloo River near Thargoimindah but nothing like that. After a lot of water comes down the Bulloo out there you can sometimes scoop 'em up with a prawn net, which is what a lot of the locals do. Cold beer and yabbies, it don't get much better than that.
JD

Title: Re: Yabbies.....GAZILLIONS!!!
Post by: UBK on August 04, 2011, 10:27:35 AM

jeez ya wouldn't want to be walking bare foot around there  :o
Would never go hungry there though... not much better than fresh yabbie mmmm