That's a great spot you got to. Seems like to see the platypus in the wild was worth the trip for you....but I wonder if you'd do all that driving again.
Honestly, if we ever get back to Australia (a pretty big if at this stage) I don't think we would do that part again. We may return to Cairns to stay, but might not even do that. We really felt we short-changed the Brisbane area (which I haven't gotten to) and I would want to add Uluru, Adelaide/Great Ocean Road, and probably New Zealand to another trip, and I think that whole NE section would fall by the wayside.
That said, it was still well worth the trip and we were very glad we did it.
Glad you found your way even if by different routes and had a nice meal in what looked like a typical little place. Also pleased you found Perry. They are almost impossible to photo-much like the wombats in Tasmania are-but at least it reminds you that you saw them.
Yeah, unlike PrincessInOz and Shuttergirl, I don't much go in for quality camera rigs. I actually used to have a pretty set of camera/lenses back in the days of real film, but I lost interest somewhere along the way. I don't have the patience for it is what I think it is. I just want to get the snap and move on. (Probably why i have so many blurry pictures!
)Now I tend to take more video than pictures, but have beefed that up a bit for the Trip Reports. I "only" took about 1300 pictures during the four weeks.
However, while I was here watching the Platypi (pusses) I was really wishing I had my old camera and a tripod. I spent a good hour sitting there while the sun was setting trying to get a decent shot. There was a few times on this trip when photographing wildlife I wished I had a better camera, but usually I am pretty satisfied with mine.
I was considering getting a better camera for the upcoming
ABD trip, but then it occurred to me that there will likely be several people on that trip who share there photos with the group, and at least one of them will have way better photography skills than me so I'll just let someone else do it. (I do think I am very, very good at photographic composition...ie selecting and setting up the shot...when I take the time, but that skill has become less important with photo-editing software, as you often just take a wide shot and compose the picture later.