Downing ducks amid dead timber
More often than not the billabongs that abound in our area are bone dry, havens for vermin such as rabbits and foxes. Numerous drives are conducted through the heavy ground cover that seems to flourish in these spots. Foxes are usually the main targets and dogs are required to flush them from these thickets, which are an absolute nightmare if you try to work your way through them on your own.
During the dry spells, red gum saplings spring up in profusion, making your passage extremely difficult. By the time the adjacent river floods and fills the billabongs with water and that other noxious vermin, the European carp, the saplings have grown to around 5m in height and are thicker than ever. While the carp
