Wow! What a video! What a trip! You have lots of really beautiful footage here. I was going to say, especially the male Ruff, but really, there was so much to enjoy and take in all the way through. Some of those Sand Martin stills were quite stunning. Thanks again, Pia, for all the trouble of sharing with your viewers. Loved it.
Hi Joan! It was a wonderful day! Weather was perfect, albeit a tad hot for our taste... We told ourselves it was a necessary "practice run" for our Aussie trip, but knew 27 C isn't much practice for northern Australia. We northerners aren't really made for temperatures/climate like that. Hopefully we'll get used to it, or we'll have to plan our days wisely. Getting more south at the end of October should give us more "Swedish" temperatures, we'll see. The countdown is down to single digits now, only 4 days left... I'm buzzing with a low-level, but almost constant, stress now, to fix the last big things before departure. Early Wednesday morning (Sep 4) I'll take the car to the shop to shift the tires to winter tires (too early, but when I arrive back home on Nov 13 it will be hard to get time to do it in time before the mandatory date, and I'll have to make a long drive to get my parrotlets back from the babysitter). I'll go directly home, put the car to bed in the garage, then just check the bags so everything that's supposed to come with, is packed. Tidy the apartment, change to travel clothes, call a cab and off to the airport. We'll spend the night there since the flight is early Thu 5. Tuesday Sep 3 is the day dedicated to take the parrotlets to the babysitter.😬 Edit: I'm also fixing my upload for next Saturday, and will schedule a few of the remade Ecuador-videos for a few other upcoming Saturdays. I suspect I won't have that much time (or energy) to remember what weekday it is, while gallivanting all over Northern Territory and N QLD, so it's probably wise to have a few week's videos queued up.🤔
Wow! What a video! What a trip! You have lots of really beautiful footage here. I was going to say, especially the male Ruff, but really, there was so much to enjoy and take in all the way through. Some of those Sand Martin stills were quite stunning. Thanks again, Pia, for all the trouble of sharing with your viewers. Loved it.
Hi Joan! It was a wonderful day! Weather was perfect, albeit a tad hot for our taste... We told ourselves it was a necessary "practice run" for our Aussie trip, but knew 27 C isn't much practice for northern Australia. We northerners aren't really made for temperatures/climate like that. Hopefully we'll get used to it, or we'll have to plan our days wisely. Getting more south at the end of October should give us more "Swedish" temperatures, we'll see.
The countdown is down to single digits now, only 4 days left... I'm buzzing with a low-level, but almost constant, stress now, to fix the last big things before departure.
Early Wednesday morning (Sep 4) I'll take the car to the shop to shift the tires to winter tires (too early, but when I arrive back home on Nov 13 it will be hard to get time to do it in time before the mandatory date, and I'll have to make a long drive to get my parrotlets back from the babysitter). I'll go directly home, put the car to bed in the garage, then just check the bags so everything that's supposed to come with, is packed. Tidy the apartment, change to travel clothes, call a cab and off to the airport. We'll spend the night there since the flight is early Thu 5. Tuesday Sep 3 is the day dedicated to take the parrotlets to the babysitter.😬
Edit: I'm also fixing my upload for next Saturday, and will schedule a few of the remade Ecuador-videos for a few other upcoming Saturdays. I suspect I won't have that much time (or energy) to remember what weekday it is, while gallivanting all over Northern Territory and N QLD, so it's probably wise to have a few week's videos queued up.🤔
Wishing you both safe travels and a wonderful time. I feel sure you will love us Aussies. And Pia, don't forget your monopod :)