I finally found some customers
it brought a twig to exchange for seeds :)
paris over many years |
France over many years |
UK over many years |
Australia over many years |
Canada over many years |
Japan over multiple trips |
Vegas over many years |
Holland over many years |
Belgium over many years |
Belgium over many years |
Mexico over many years |
Texas over many years |
Italy in 2011 |
France in 2013 |
Indonesia in 2013 |
Japan in 2013 |
Japan in 2014 |
Taiwan in 2014 |
Indonesia in 2014 |
New Zealand in 2015 |
Japan in 2015 |
Costa Rica in 2015 |
Singapore in 2016 |
South Korea in 2016 |
Japan in 2016 |
Germany in 2016 |
Tasmania 2017 |
Japan in winter 2017 |
Great Britain in 2017 |
Australia Flying Safari 2017 |
Philippines 2018 |
Spain in 2018 |
Alaska in 2019 |
I finally found some customers
it brought a twig to exchange for seeds :)
good thing I had bird seeds with me :)
bikes are the best way to get around
As seen from the plane, Xmas Island is reasonably large, you definitely need a car to get around
Thankfully they have a real runway that allows full size jets to land (along with proper luggage)
look at the webbed feet around the branches
we missed the big crab migration, but some roads were still closed due to too many crabs
those little guys were fearless and all over, including the road
we found this coconut crab white driving back at night
this little guy went hiding in the urinal during a rainfall, maybe not the best move
coconut crabs come in different colors
the path was littered with crabs
this coconut crab found in the rocks had eggs
the ubiquitous red crabs eat all debris, vegetal or animal
we were able to feed the crabs some leaves, which they were happy to take from us
unfortunately, many get run over
we actually got to use the 4x4
remote beach we drove and hiked to
the tracks are from turtles that came to nest
these crabs can't swim, but they lay eggs in the ocean
they were underwhelming when we arrived, bad timing
I've flown the slightly faster version of this plane, I don't consider it a 4 seater
but we had 4 of us inside, it probably stretched the allowed payload
this board told us that we'd likely be out of luck for seeing dolphins that day
the dolphins swimming close to shore, but not interested in coming to see us
actually we got lucky and saw some wild emus
this looks a bit dry, and it sure was hot and dry
this wild kangaroo didn't seem to mind.
Naval museum and Fremantle in the back
the women are not impressed, tough crowd
but they could be bought with food easily :)