Yabbies in the Cooper Creek
Submitted: Sunday, Feb 05, 2012 at 12:56
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Member - Nolo (Brisbane)
Yabbies for lunch anyone? I did not take these photos personally but they came from my brother in law.
Photos of yabbies covering the ground alongside
Cooper Creek Nth of Ballera.
They are either feeding at night, or the water they are living in is shrinking, so nowhere to live.
They are being collected with broad mouth shovels - no net needed.
Many are bigger than a Red Bull can in length.
Has anyone else experienced this?
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Greg N
Reply By: The Explorer - Sunday, Feb 05, 2012 at 13:05
Sunday, Feb 05, 2012 at 13:05
Hi
Same pictures and some discussion posted in June 2011
Thread 87181
If you do a
forum search on Yabbies some additional threads - some related to Cooper/
Birdsville.
Cheers
Greg
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Reply By: Member - Nolo (Brisbane) - Sunday, Feb 05, 2012 at 14:46
Sunday, Feb 05, 2012 at 14:46
Sorry about that! Even though I am a regular reader I do not remember that previous post. Two lessons for me here:-
1. Research my facts first (dont trust brother in law)
2. Exploroz would be the first place such a remarkable event would be published.
Oh
well
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Follow Up By: Bush Wanderer - Sunday, Feb 05, 2012 at 16:03
Sunday, Feb 05, 2012 at 16:03
Naughty you for not searching before any posts.
Don't recall seeing this one, but don't sit on the site 24/7 like some.....work needs to be done.
Great pics though. What a feast!
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Reply By: Mick O - Sunday, Feb 05, 2012 at 18:38
Sunday, Feb 05, 2012 at 18:38
Cheers Greg,
I must have missed the first post as
well but one of the highlights of life is a feed of yabbies by the Cooper. I was pleased to take the Crown Prince on a fleeting visit to the Cooper in July of last year and despite absolutely crappy weather, was thrilled to find he and his other fishing mad buddy cooking yabbies two at time, vertically in a soup tin. Great to be kids having an adventure and as I firmly believe, "Time spent by the Cooper is time not deducted from ones lifespan"!
Mick
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Reply By: Member - jlAU (SA) - Sunday, Feb 05, 2012 at 18:44
Sunday, Feb 05, 2012 at 18:44
Hi nolo
Read same post last year and where heading for cooper for a couple of days. Thinking no need for packing too much food!! We were there for three days and didn't even see a dead one? Have heard similar stories when arrived back. Makes you think if its a hoax.
jl
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Follow Up By: eighty matey - Monday, Feb 06, 2012 at 21:37
Monday, Feb 06, 2012 at 21:37
On thye way back from the
Birdsville races last year, we bumped into some people at Noccundra Pub. They'd been up to 1am that morning on the Cooper, at Durham Downs, cooking yabbies. They had 4 kilo of yabbie "meat"in their fridge.
I'm planning on having a look on the way
home from the races this year.
Hoo roo,
eighty matey
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Reply By: Roh Mel & Lleyton - Sunday, Feb 05, 2012 at 23:38
Sunday, Feb 05, 2012 at 23:38
Hi Nolo
My husand, son and myself stayed camped at the Pryors in Innimincka during September, 2010 and we were catching yabbies of this size in a milk crate. We enjoyed them with a few glasses of Moet Chandon. ( wonder what the rich were doing that day!) Most enjoyable! We can not wait to go back and enjoy some more. At the end of the month we are travelling this great land for an indefinite period of time, so hope to find lots more yabbies.
Awesome pics!
Melissa, Rohan & Lleyton
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Reply By: Member - Bucky - Monday, Feb 06, 2012 at 05:27
Monday, Feb 06, 2012 at 05:27
And don't they taste good too
Yum !
Cheers
Bucky
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