Hey guys, I sent some photo's and a short report on my recent camel shoot to Matt Graham for him to post for me ,but I got lost in the computer somewhere after he kindly set it up for me,and I hope that Matt see's this and pushes the correct button for me.Regards Dhufish.

Here's the photos for Dhufish - maybe Bakesy might edit this all into one post for him??

















Thank' to Matt and Bakes, This property is one million acres , and to find the 50 or so camels that are causing trouble you can onlt cruise the bores on station tracks and shoot the camells you see or camp near the bores where there is recent activity and wait all day and flash the spotty around at intervals during the night. We were doing about 200 km's a day and mending about 2 or 3 punctures a day, We used 200 litres of diesel at $2.50 a litre.This is cruel country but very beautiful,I shot several cows and calves which were down and couldn'get up and would have died a slow death nekt to the water troughs.It would not pay for somebody like Matt to run trips to this place as there is no guarantee that you will see a camel because they move so far and follow the rainstorms.Here today and gone tomorrow, and the terrain is very hard on vehicles and distances so vast.I am thrilled to have done it but would have to think twice befof doing it again .Once again thank's to Matt and Bakes for allowing me to share it with you all .

Thanks for photos,this is must do trip of me

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Thanks for photos,this is must do trip of me

Me too... I want do do this hunt one day. Looks fun and I like the looks of that interior country. Thanks for sharing and let's hear all the particulars...whom, where, cost, etc.

Where do we sign up for this trip. Looks like fun!

Also on my bucket list ...

I guess the reason more people don't do camel hunts is that they just don't know about them. My camel hunt in Australia was one of the most fun hunts I have ever had. Those old bulls get really big, and the country is beautiful.

Sorry, Me again, Please forgiv the ''Typo's in my previous post, I didn't proof read it, I forgot to include details of my Rifle,, It is a Tikka 695 lefty in .338 Win mag. I used 225 grain Hornady's and 70 grains of 2213sc. One shot/one camel. Regards Dhuey.

missing image fixed (smaller one)

I would like to ask a stupid question. How did all these camels get to Australia?

Back in the 1800s Camel trains were used to travel across the desert's,Camels came from Afghanistan.

Def a trip to plan for the future

By boat Larry...

That was pretty funny!

My understanding is that the camels were bought here in the mid 1800's to assist the building of the north-south 'overland' telegraph line. The camels came with cameleers from Afganistan and were the main form of transport for the line builders - the line running some 3000km - mostly through desert and semi arid regions. At the completion of the line some of the camels were kept at maintenance stations along the line and would havebred and ultimately some released/escaped.

you can read more about the line at Wiki - if you search 'overland telegraph line'

I did a bit more digging on wiki and this page suggests they were bought here specifically for the Wills expedition. That said I know for certain that they were used on the telegraph line but maybe only after completion??

Anyone know???
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