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	<title>Stewed Thoughts</title>
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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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		<title>Coober Pedy</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/05/coober-pedy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 12:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On returning to Alice Springs after my two week stint in the Tanami Desert, I had a spare weekend. Knowing that Ryan likes nothing better than to drive huge distances to find little brown lizards, we jumped in the car &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/05/coober-pedy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Tanami Desert</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/05/the-tanami-desert/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 08:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since my big trip to Alice Springs (13 repticks) and Melbourne (5 repticks) earlier this year, the only beast hunting I&#8217;d done was an accidental trip to Sydney (one reptick) and a quick dash out to the Brigalow Belt (one &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/05/the-tanami-desert/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Doing Alice</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/05/doing-alice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 06:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After my close call with trying to reach my goal of seeing 50 new Australian reptile species in 2010, I decided to start early in 2011. With the new year just days old, a mate and I packed his car &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/05/doing-alice/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sydney</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/03/sydney/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 01:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other week I tried to drive to the shops to get some milk. I took a wrong turn and ended up in Sydney. Always one to make the most of a bad situation, I decided to poke around and &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/03/sydney/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Southern Brigalow Belt</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/03/southern-brigalow-belt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 01:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, a friend of mine from Townsville visited Brisbane. It&#8217;s not unreasonable to assume that most friends of mine are also interested in wildlife, and Gus is certainly no exception. We decided to spend a few days out in the &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/03/southern-brigalow-belt/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Quest 300: done and dusted</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/02/quest-300-done-and-dusted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 02:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I got back from my big Kimberley trip in early August with my life-list of Australian reptiles totalling 291 species. That gave me five months to see another nine new reptile species if I wanted to reach my goal &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/02/quest-300-done-and-dusted/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Great Southern(er) Land</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/02/great-southerner-land/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 01:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In September 2010, I travelled down to South Australia for the Australian Society of Herpetologists&#8216; conference. This year it was held in Barmera, on the shores of Lake Bonney. It was a lovely location, and so popular that it was &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/02/great-southerner-land/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mary River</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/02/mary-river/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 01:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been to the Mary River a few times in an effort to track down the elusive Mary River turtle (Elusor macrurus). The last time I went was on December 31, 2010, in a last-ditched attempt to see some new &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2011/02/mary-river/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wallum frogging</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/12/wallum-frogging-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I spent a wet four days down in northern New South Wales looking for frogs. I was keeping my eyes peeled for creatures of the scaled variety, but only managed to see a carpet python. New species for &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/12/wallum-frogging-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gulf of Carpentaria &#8211; dry(ish) season 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/12/gulf-of-carpentaria-dryish-season-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 02:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the last two years I&#8217;ve been involved in some survey work up in the far north-western corner of Queensland. In November of this year I undertook what will probably be my final survey in the area. I didn&#8217;t get &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/12/gulf-of-carpentaria-dryish-season-2010/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Northern Brigalow Belt</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/12/northern-brigalow-belt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 02:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The northern brigalow belt will always have a special place in my heart for many reasons, but mainly because it&#8217;s home to the most ornamental of snakes (Denisonia maculata). I was poking around near Moranbah recently and found a few &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/12/northern-brigalow-belt/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Leg 8 &#8211; down the east coast</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/12/leg-8-down-the-east-coast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 01:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We made it from Camooweal to Townsville in one day, but ended up arriving in Townsville quite late. I couldn&#8217;t call on my Townsville mates at this ungodly hour, so we headed north and camped in Paluma Range National Park. &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/12/leg-8-down-the-east-coast/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Leg 7 &#8211; Katherine to Mt Isa</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 01:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Central Kimberley we headed up the Great Northern Highway and back into Kununurra. We caught up with a mate overnight, then headed towards Katherine (where we caught up with another mate &#8211; it&#8217;s good having mates all over &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/12/leg-7-katherine-to-mt-isa/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Leg 6 &#8211; Central Kimberley</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/12/leg-6-central-kimberley/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 04:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mornington Sanctuary We headed straight from the Mitchell Plateau down to Mornington Sanctuary. Mornington is operated by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) as a conservation reserve. Typical central Kimberley habitat. Guests can pay (a lot) to stay in luxury at &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/12/leg-6-central-kimberley/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pride and punnery, with added flummery</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/12/pride-and-punnery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 01:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flummery is a sweet soft pudding made from stewed fruit and thickened with cornstarch. Traditional British flummeries were, like porridge, often oatmeal-based and cooked to achieve a smooth and gelatinous texture; sugar and milk were typically added, and occasionally orange &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/12/pride-and-punnery/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Leg 5 &#8211; the Mitchell Plateau</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/12/leg-5-the-mitchell-plateau/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Mitchell Plateau is one of those places I&#8217;ve dreamed of visiting since I first heard about it. It&#8217;s an area of high endemism, meaning that there are biological entities found there and nowhere else. Obviously the endemic biological entities &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/12/leg-5-the-mitchell-plateau/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Leg 4 &#8211; Kununurra</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Kakadu, we headed south to Katherine and west along the Victoria Highway. We camped overnight on the side of the road and awoke to the sounds of purple-crowned fairy-wrens (Malurus coronatus ). This was a bird we were hoping &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/11/leg-4-kununurra/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Leg 3 &#8211; Kakadu National Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We arrived in Kakadu National Park during the day and set up camp in one of the campgrounds. Then we headed to the Bowali visitor centre to meet up with a mate. We walked into the visitor centre just as &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/11/leg-3-kakadu-national-park/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Leg 2 &#8211; Darwin and surrounds</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 12:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The goal for Darwin was to see some mangrove snakes, but we thought we&#8217;d try our luck at a real beast first: Cryptoblepharus cygnatus. We ended up finding it on a retaining wall in the carpark at the Museum and &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/11/leg-2-darwin-and-surrounds/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Leg 1 &#8211; Brisbane to Katherine</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 12:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 2010. Winter. Cold. Dark. Depressing. To maximise the chances of finding new reptiles, we decided to head north as quickly as possible. First night: on the side of the road just south of Augathella. Away from the thermal buffer &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/11/leg-1-brisbane-to-katherine/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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