We sailed on the loch for seven years before we saw a live one. You sailed for seven days and managed to photograph one.
BTW - We plucked up the courage to anchor here in The Narrows. It was great - 2 boats could happily swing to the anchor. This put us ashore at the right area to see the wallabies.
Ash
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When we saw the beastie we walked East along the South of the island, then headed uphill North. When we got to the top and the exclusion zone, there it was. It was rough ish skirting the exclusion zone back to the West and we ended up at the narrows.
We saw a herd of deer on Inch(the other one to the South we anchored off when you were there)in. It was a bit of a wildlife spotting trip all in all.
Then there was the Greater Pissed Red Breasted Glaswegian at Rowardenen too, truly wild, an interesting mating ritual though.
When we saw them during the evening, it was by walking NE from the house. During the day it was E to the top of the hill and on to the Osprey bay. By the amount of droppings, it would appear that they lie up during the day on the higher ground. It's great that they don't bolt immediately, but happily watch the watchers as long as you don't get too near.
The herd of deer on Inchtavannoch include a white one. We once saw them running N up Inchtavannoch, then soon appeared running S on Inchconnachan - they must have swam accross the narrows. They had been startled by a dog.
As for the GPRBG, we didn't tell you our story about when someone stole our dinghy off the beach at Rowardennan. We were stuck ashore, with the boat on a swinging mooring!
Ash
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ash wrote:
I have a book on board which has information on the islands of Loch Lomond. It mentions a story which had been in the papers about a tanker driver who had reported to the police that he had hit and killed a 'kangaroo' whilst driving on the A82 down the side of the loch. I can't remember the date, and at the moment I can't find the details online.
On October 16, 1982 the following news item appeared in the Glasgow Herald "Police are investigating a claim by a tanker driver that he had collided with a kangaroo about a mile south of Luss on Loch Lomondside"
Ash
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