Photo Of The Day.

[poledark]

Footpath to Petham

 

 

Den

[chesters1]

I dunno.

 

The area was apparently loaded with largish nuggets at or near the surface at one time. One area is know as the 'potato patch' because of the number of nuggets about the size of an irish potato that were found.

 

The serious gold was found in veins of quartz though and the main mine is all 'hard rock'. I took my grandson on one of the guided tours. The shafts were enlarged when the mine became a tourist attraction rather than a working mine from the original 2ft wide and 5ft tall that the miners dealt with but remain at the same max depth of 50 feet required since they did not have pumps and the water table there is just below 50 feet. Google for "Reed Gold Mine" if you want more info.

 

blimey Newt forget fishing i would be panning ,the largest ever australian nugget was i believe found in a spoil heap (how the heck did they miss it )

or a fleece left in the stream may catch some after a few months (where the golden fleece story came from)

[Bobj]

blimey Newt forget fishing i would be panning ,the largest ever australian nugget was i believe found in a spoil heap (how the heck did they miss it )

or a fleece left in the stream may catch some after a few months (where the golden fleece story came from)

 

Not so, mate.

 

http://www.historyhill.com.au/Gold_-_The_B...;_The_Best.html

 

http://www.geocities.com/mrgoldnugget/

[Hellbelly]

Here are a few from a day out yesterday. We're finally getting some rain over here now so there were some great looking clouds around. Still got some sunshine too.

 

 

My little beast. Tommy the Toyo.

 

 

 

 

And a HDR. Not all that impressed with it though. Will have to keep trying.

 

[slodger]

love the pics of the hares slodger.

 

I was quite surprised to see them from the road TA, only a day or too before a mate had pointed out that he'd not noticed the hares 'boxing' this year. Just prior to my taking a snap the field was alive with sparring hares. They seem to be a month or so behind. It's quite curious actually, although we've probably had the earliest spring weather for years, I've noticed several aspects of the spring actually being a little behind their normal timing. I think it might relate to how dry the spring has been so far. Maybe the hares et al have inbuilt mechanisms to tell them that the fodder plants that their new offspring will be relying on are a little backward?

 

All good pics Slodger, but no5 is a cracker it could go straight into a bird book!

 

Thanks Peter. I took this distant shot of a Marsh Harrier last weekend, I'm hoping to get a little closer later today if the light is good enough.

 

[slodger]

Didn't quite get close enough to them, but I'll be back.

 

 

[ayjay]

Twitched this obliging specimen today at Calshot. (It's a Hoopoe ).

 

 

[slodger]

Twitched this obliging specimen today at Calshot. (It's a Hoopoe ).

 

Another belter there Ayjay. I've only ever seen one at distance in Jersey.

[Snatcher]

Some amazing wildlife stuff there

 

Cannot compete with that lot but here is a record of my family day out today.We got the Metro around to South Shields.Here is young Snatcher and family

Next it was the Roman fort and reconstructed gatehouse

 

Wayne and Lewis got in on the act

 

 

 

It was the park next

 

Look out,young Snatcher is at the helm

 

Then we called in for the obligatory bar meal and a few bevvies. The kids were quite happy colouring in

 

Lewis looks fair done in on the way back!

 

Right off to my shrine for a tube

 

 

[slodger]

Also got another bonus shot of a Chifchaff.