Emu tracks
I found these emu tracks in the wonderful Little Drift dune field at Wilsons Promontory shortly after meeting their owners.
Interestingly enough the emu is not endemic to the area and was introduced in the early days of the park. At the time national parks were a fairly new idea and were not managed in the same way that they are today. The thinking at the time was to manage them with more of an ark mentality and in accordance with this the Committee of Management introduce thirty non-indigenous species of fauna to the promontory between 1900 and 1941, including kangaroo’s wallabies, possums, wombats, lyrebirds, emu’s bandicoots and fish. Many were wholly unsuited to the habitat coming from places like Cape York (a tropical rainforest). Only the Eastern Grey Kangaroo and the Emu are known to have survived. Sixty plant species were also released. Coinciding with this was the eradication of the Dingo and the decimation of the Koala population with as many as 2,000 pelts a year being collected. Fortunately parks are managed much better these days.
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Carol & Kev Ha...
Great capture Travis, don’t they create fascinating tracks….wonder what type of creature made those little tracks going off to the right…great eye, captured beautifully!
stephaniek
How funny! Great photo!
Virginia McGowan
wow I haven’t seen emu tracks fantasitc I am really rapt in this pic.
lianne
What an extraordinary capture!!! I don’t know that I’ve ever run across anyone with as good an eye for art in nature as you have Travis! And this one is just fabulous!
Travis Easton replied
Far out, thankyou Lianne, don’t know what to say, appreciated.
Jan Piller
Oh very cool shot!!
John Pitman
Nice to see non human footprints. Nice angle as well. Wonder what the small foot prints are? John
Geoff Coleman...
What a wonderful study in composition and minimalism Travis – superb image.
Di Jenkins
this perspective makes me want to follow the emu! Love it!
Lesley Hill
Wonderful image Travis, the Prom is so beautiful, a wonder of our world, we are so lucky to be so close to it!
George Lenz
you obviously know your tracks…. nice capture….
Fremme
great depth, great colors, very well done on this one, cheers
dinghysailor1
brilliant caputre and composition ! those tracks just conjure him up !
JayVee
It’s fascinating to see how you compose your pictures travis. The perspective is great, to see the lines running diagonal and crossing each other is great.
elena7
beautiful capture! so unusual and great!
Mel Brackstone
Beautiful shot, Travis. Love all those patterns!
Rosina Lamberti
absolutely beautiful!
LindaR
sweet shot Travis, love the perspective ~ never even seen a Emu nor its tracks ~ love the rippled dune this way xx
Antanas
great capture, I like this one
Mar Silva
Wow- how perfect is this!!!! These tracks just waiting for you to discover them. And on the most beautiful landscape to contrast with!
Steven Guy
Perfect shot Travis. Great colours and fantastic angles
greenfrog153
Brilliant capture Travis.
Carmen Mandel-...
Sheer beauty, Travis. How graceful the ripples and the tracks are. Interesting and partly sorrowful narrative.
Optimalxpozure
Well Composed!
Lindsay Knowles
Great find and shot Travis
Evan Maclean
What an awesome shot!