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Inexperianced prospectors
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<blockquote data-quote="Moneybox" data-source="post: 618024" data-attributes="member: 3960"><p>I used to be proud of my natural navigation abilities in the bush but since heading out prospecting I've created a level of self doubt. I've realised that in this almost flat country with very little in the way of trees, creeks, gullies and hills navigation is difficult even on a good day. When it's overcast then my sense of direction is very poor.</p><p></p><p>I went for a walk down stream once, I think it was in NSW somewhere but I was following a creek so I considered the trip back to be straight forward. After an hour or so I started to see some features unfamiliar to me. I look for my foot prints and realised that I was actually in a different creek. I returned upstream on a different branch of the creek. Once I realised my mistake I climbed to the top of the range and looked down almost right to where we were camped. The diversion was very little in distance but I could have ended up anywhere.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Moneybox, post: 618024, member: 3960"] I used to be proud of my natural navigation abilities in the bush but since heading out prospecting I've created a level of self doubt. I've realised that in this almost flat country with very little in the way of trees, creeks, gullies and hills navigation is difficult even on a good day. When it's overcast then my sense of direction is very poor. I went for a walk down stream once, I think it was in NSW somewhere but I was following a creek so I considered the trip back to be straight forward. After an hour or so I started to see some features unfamiliar to me. I look for my foot prints and realised that I was actually in a different creek. I returned upstream on a different branch of the creek. Once I realised my mistake I climbed to the top of the range and looked down almost right to where we were camped. The diversion was very little in distance but I could have ended up anywhere. [/QUOTE]
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