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	<title>Stewed Thoughts</title>
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		<title>Magnetic Island</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2012/10/magnetic-island/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 12:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend&#8217;s 40th birthday on Magnetic Island was a good excuse to head over and track down a few of the locals, including the island&#8217;s endemic skink, Menetia sadlieri. Allied rock-wallaby (Petrogale assimilis) Ctenotus eutaenius &#8211; reptick! Menetia sadlieri &#8211; &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2012/10/magnetic-island/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Townsville and surrounds</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2012/09/townsville-and-surrounds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2012 13:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I did lots of fieldwork in the second half of 2012, but most of it involved catching a select few little brown skinks. I still managed to track down a variety of interesting beasts (not all reptilian), some of which &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2012/09/townsville-and-surrounds/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Orpheus Island</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2012/05/orpheus-island/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 08:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some pics from a week on Orpheus Island, north-east of Townsville. Coastal carpet python (Morelia spilota mcdowelli) Coastal carpet python (Morelia spilota mcdowelli) Coastal carpet python (Morelia spilota mcdowelli) Northern dwarf crowned snake (Cacophis churchilli) Northern dwarf crowned snake (Cacophis &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2012/05/orpheus-island/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>North Queensland frogging</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2012/03/north-queensland-frogging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 08:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The wet season in the tropical north brings out the frogs in droves, and the wet seasons at the start and end of 2012 were no exceptions. Townsville is situated close to a number of interesting and diverse habitats, ranging &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2012/03/north-queensland-frogging/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Varanus story</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2012/02/a-varanus-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we drove back from our utter failure of a trip to the semi-arid zone, we were dejected. And wet. Very wet. Stopping in at White Mountain National Park to take a break, my cunning Swedish companion made the entire &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2012/02/a-varanus-story/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wet Winton</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2012/01/wet-winton/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What better way to celebrate the Australia Day long weekend than by getting out into the heart of this dry, dusty land and harassing some critters?!? My Swedish companion and I packed up the car on Friday and headed west. &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2012/01/wet-winton/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Going batty in Cairns</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2012/01/going-batty-in-cairns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got an email Saturday morning telling me that a rare bat species (Saccolaimus saccolaimus) had just been seen near Cairns. That&#8217;s a mere 4.5 hour drive from home, so I jumped in the car and planned to be at &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2012/01/going-batty-in-cairns/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas trip 6 &#8211; Winton</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2012/01/christmas-trip-6-winton/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Brigalow Belt, we headed north-east and spent a final night in a rocky jump-up west of Winton. Gibber earless dragon (Tympanocryptis intima). They crouch among the pebbles, hoping that you don&#8217;t see them. Didn&#8217;t work on me. Short-footed &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2012/01/christmas-trip-6-winton/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas trip 5 &#8211; Brigalow Belt</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2012/01/christmas-trip-5-brigalow-belt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Main Range, we headed to the Brigalow Belt. I&#8217;ve spent a fair bit of time in the the brigalow belt, so I was unlikely to see much new stuff. There was, however, one species found in the area that &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2012/01/christmas-trip-5-brigalow-belt/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas trip 4 &#8211; Southern Qld</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/12/christmas-trip-4-southern-qld/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Northern New South Wales proved to be very fruitful, but we had deadlines to meet so we started north. We stopped in at Girraween and Main Range. Wyberba leaf-tailed gecko (Saltuarius wyberba) displaying excellent camouflage Wyberba leaf-tailed gecko (Saltuarius wyberba) &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/12/christmas-trip-4-southern-qld/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas trip 3 &#8211; Northern NSW</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/12/christmas-trip-3-northern-nsw/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After seeing all there was to see in Brisbane, we headed down to northern New South Wales for Christmas. We stopped at a creek on the way down and found some giant barred frogs (Mixophyes iteratus). Giant barred frog (Mixophyes &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/12/christmas-trip-3-northern-nsw/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas trip 2 &#8211; Back in Brisbane</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/12/christmas-trip-2-back-in-brisbane/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After driving down from the Whitsunday region, we arrived in Brisbane. We spent a couple of days poking around and found a number of interesting frogs on the Lamington Plateau. Masked mountain frog (Philoria loveridgei) Pouched frog (Assa darlingtoni) Pouched &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/12/christmas-trip-2-back-in-brisbane/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas trip 1 &#8211; The drive home</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/12/christmas-trip-the-drive-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christmas. The season to be jolly. A time when friends and family come together to reaffirm their love for one another and spread messages of peace and joy. Plus you get time off work and you can go looking for &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/12/christmas-trip-the-drive-home/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lake Eacham</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/11/lake-eacham/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 10:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In November 2011, I was lucky enough to spend some time at Lake Eacham on the Atherton Tablelands. My main task was tracking down little brown skinks, but I managed to track down some other critters along the way. One &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/11/lake-eacham/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The look of love</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/11/the-look-of-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It had been a whirlwind three days. We&#8217;d seen one of Australia&#8217;s most recently described geckos, found a bunch of endemic species on what has to be the world&#8217;s oddest mountain, and left a friend for dead while we frolicked &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/11/the-look-of-love/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mounting Mt Lewis</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After doing pretty well in the Cooktown region, we headed south along the Bloomfield track and then back up the range to Mount Lewis. I&#8217;d been up to Mt Lewis several times, but it had always been too dry to &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/11/mount-lewis/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cooktown &#8211; a herpetological endeavour</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the parrot-viewing, we headed back south and then towards the coast and Cooktown. We&#8217;d spent longer with the parrots than we&#8217;d expected, so we were running behind time (which is to be expected when traveling with me). We had &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/11/cooktown-a-herpetological-endeavour/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Laura Sandstone</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After leaving Tully, we had to cover a lot of ground to get up to Laura before nightfall. We were looking for a gecko at Laura, but had only a rough idea of where to look for it. We did, &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/11/the-laura-sandstone/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tully Gorge</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a conference up at Paluma, two friends and I headed north to try our luck at finding some critters. One friend was from Melbourne/Adelaide, so much of Queensland&#8217;s habitats and herpetofauna would be new to him. The other friend &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/11/tully-gorge/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Missed it by that (indicates small space between thumb and index finger) much</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/11/missed-it-by-that-much-bartle-frere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 07:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCSI (Barto to his mates) was a great guy (apart from that whole Zulu war incident). Great enough, in fact, to have a mountain named after him. But not just any mountain. &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/11/missed-it-by-that-much-bartle-frere/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Around Town</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/10/around-town/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 06:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In addition to venturing further afield, I&#8217;ve been poking around some local areas of late. Living in Townsville puts me close to a variety of interesting biomes, such as the Barrier Reef, the brigalow belt, the wet tropics, and the &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/10/around-town/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mackay and Eungella</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/10/mackay-and-eungella/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The leaf-tailed geckos (Phyllurus, Saltuarius and Orraya) are amongst the most adorned and best camouflaged of the Australian geckos. I&#8217;ve gone looking for all nine Phyllurus species, but dipped out on two of them last year. I thought it was &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/10/mackay-and-eungella/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>West of Rocky</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/09/west-of-rocky/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I&#8217;ve done two stints of fieldwork out in central Queensland, between about Rockhampton and Moranbah. The first stint was in June, and the second was in September. I managed to track down a reptick on each trip, along with &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/09/west-of-rocky/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fairly old healthy passive turtles</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/09/fairly-old-healthy-passive-turtles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I helped out a friend who&#8217;s doing some work on turtles. We went snorkelling for Elseya irwini and, thanks to calm water and great visibility, tracked down a bunch of them within minutes of entering the water. Just as &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/09/fairly-old-healthy-passive-turtles/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Going Troppo</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/08/going-troppo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 05:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Failure. I don&#8217;t like it. I don&#8217;t like it at all. As my last trip was an utter failure, I had to redeem myself. Never fear &#8211; I had a cunning plan. I had been up to the Wet Tropics &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/08/going-troppo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mitchell Grass Let Downs</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/08/mitchell-grass-let-downs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 05:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sooner or later, one&#8217;s luck has to run out. Recently I&#8217;ve been having a great run, tracking down repticks left, right and centre. It should come as no surprise, then, that eventually I&#8217;d head away for a weekend and not &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/08/mitchell-grass-let-downs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mounting Elliot</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/08/mounting-elliot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 04:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not wanting to have a repeat of last year, I&#8217;ve been getting out virtually every weekend in the second half of this year trying to track down reptiles of all shapes, sizes and colours (but generally thin, small and brown). &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/08/mounting-elliot/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Torrens Creek</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/07/torrens-creek/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 01:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The weekend after our trip to Chillagoe, Zozizzle and I headed to the small township of Torrens Creek to get all up in the desert uplands and hopefully find some limb-reduced, fossorial skinks. It was a decidedly uneventful trip, for &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/07/torrens-creek/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Off to chill I go</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/07/off-to-chill-i-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The blog&#8217;s been quiet since my last posting, but the thoughts have certainly been stewing. I&#8217;ve been run off my feet chasing down little brown skinks to photograph. My goal of seeing 50 new reptiles this year, taking my life-list &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/07/off-to-chill-i-go/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Alpha, May 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/06/alpha-may-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 03:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some pics from a quick (and decidedly cold) trip to Alpha in central Queensland. Curl snake (Suta suta) Prickly knob-tailed gecko (Nephrurus asper) Common dunnart (Sminthopsis murina) footpad Common dunnart (Sminthopsis murina) Stripe-faced dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura) Stripe-faced dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura) &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/06/alpha-may-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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