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Never Never Creek, Promised Land near Bellingen NSW


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Just a few pics from a day trip a few weeks back.

Perfect place for riffles and mosses. Plenty of freshwater smelt too.

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Micro 'fissidens' - this is about 5mm tall.

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Star moss, excuse the slightly out of focus shot

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WOW....Amazing trip!!! :) sure ill join if i was there... Love star moss and Micro 'fissidens' <3

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What a great location. It's easy to imagine spending days there just browsing along the banks,

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Awesome place, i was organising a ride from glenreagh to here on trail bikes until I broke my back at work.

I will get there one day, just gotta get an operation and recovery out of the way.

Truly beautiful part of the world.

Cheers mick

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Awesome place, i was organising a ride from glenreagh to here on trail bikes until I broke my back at work.

I will get there one day, just gotta get an operation and recovery out of the way.

Truly beautiful part of the world.

Cheers mick

Bugger. Yep there is a reason why its called the promised land.

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This is why i think the Garden of Eden, is here on earth, and so many are trying to destroy it!!!!!

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Thanks for the comments. It is a truly nice place all through the Bellinger valley and up into the Dorrigo Plateau. If you get the chance, go spend some time here.

On a different note, I've been keeping the star moss in my shrimp tank now for a couple of months. I didn't get it from the spot pictured above or even in the Bellinger valley, but I'm 99% certain it is the same species. Anyway I'm pretty disappointed with how the submersed growth looks. Anyone find this interesting?

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I have tried moss also ,with same result, i did read somewhere that if grown high up in tank under intense light it will do better,

But i have not tried this method yet.

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I have tried moss also ,with same result, i did read somewhere that if grown high up in tank under intense light it will do better,

But i have not tried this method yet.

I've heard similar things as well but I really cant be bothered messing with CO2 and high light. I've got a different species that looks similar, so far its behaving better but its really too early to tell.

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Great post. It is amazing there, my BIL had a property along Never Never Ck, I have fished for bass there a couple of years back. If only I knew about the moss!!

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Returned to the same spot recently. The water level was down so more moss was exposed. Also found some of the largest riffles I've ever seen.

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Any pics of the riffles

Yep, just gotta reduce the size of the picture files so I can upload them. Should be up shortly

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Either you have small hands or that's one huge riffle.  :stick with poke 2: 

Very dark colouration as well.

 

Large eggs in the Paratya means no dependence on brackish water for larvae stage !!

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