Author Archives: Dan Lynch

6000km’s of Queensland

Morelia spilota cheynei

Considering I live in Queensland, it’s the most readily available state to herp in, unfortunately it wouldn’t be my 1st choice, but with 6 days off at a time, it’s the best I can do for now. All these Qld … Continue reading

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5 days in the tropics

Carphodactylus laevis

One cold winters day in early July, I rose at 3am to run away from the frosty days and fly northward. I jumped on a plane to Townsville, where dear old Hank the Yank (aka SMZ4, or Zozzizle) was to … Continue reading

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Kakadu Weekend Blitz

Varanus baritji

I was recently lucky enough to spend 4 weeks in Darwin in April for work. We usually only had Sunday off each week, but we managed a 2 day weekend due to one Monday being a public holiday. Another friend … Continue reading

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Whirlwind Weekend in Western Queensland

Nephrurus asper

First of all, I would like to apologise for the excessive writing in this post, but I’m bored. I doubt anyone will be silly enough to read it, I usually just scroll down to the pictures, although there won’t be … Continue reading

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Herping the Top End, Darwin, NT – Kununurra, WA

Varanus kingorum

After 10 days in the southern end of the NT around Alice Springs, we powered north from Uluru to just past Elliot, where we spent a sleepless and sweaty night in the car due to a severe storm preventing us … Continue reading

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Desert Delights – Uluru sand country, December 2011

Nephrurus laevissimus

After 10 nights in Alice Springs, we were well and truly ready for a change of scenery and reptile species, one can only handle so many Fat & Spiny-tailed Geckos! So we headed for the big rock surrounded by pretty, … Continue reading

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Alice Springs, Round 2 – December 2011

Acanthophis pyrrhus

We’ll start near the Qld/NT border on the Barkly Tablelands. At about 7am in the morning after a fairly unproductive night, we were cruising the Barkly Highway heading west in hope of some interesting elapids crossing/basking before it got too … Continue reading

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Western Qld December 2011

Egernia stokesii

Early December, myself and a few friends loaded up the car, and headed our favorite direction – West! We were heading for the Northern Territory for about 5 weeks, where we would spend Christmas and New Years driving over 16,000km … Continue reading

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Cape York Peninsula, June 2011

Morelia viridis

With winter being a boring, and painfully slow season for herper’s such as myself, a few friends and I decided to head north, way north! We thought a trip up Cape York Peninsula would suffice to shake the winter blues! Up … Continue reading

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In search of the Brigalow Woma

Aspidites ramsayi

Myself and a group of friends recently spent the weekend in the Brigalow Belt in southern Queensland. By now you should be familiar with Matt, who is the other member of ‘we’ or ‘us’ on these herping trips. Him and … Continue reading

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