Thursday, May 21, 2015

DEATH OF A GERMAN RANGER WHO CAPTURED WILDLIFE ON FILM

Former  wildlife ranger , Frank  Woerle , in his 80s, died  recently  in  Darwin  . When  based  at Cannon Hill , 40kms north of Jabiru , in  the Kakadua National Park,  he  took  many  great photographs of  the  wildlife , the  rugged  country, spectacular  storms .

A close friend of his was the  top professional  photographer, Mike Jensen,  of  the  Australian  News  and  Information  Bureau , once based in Darwin , now residing in  Canberra,  whose work promoted the  Northern Territory and  Australia  generally both  nationally  and  overseas .

Frank's  extensive  photograph collection is still being  used  today , most  recently  in  the Bush Tracks autumn  edition in  a lead article  about  the Northern Quoll  at Carnarvon Station, central Queensland.  Frank  was  cited  in  various reports  about  buffaloes, crocodiles and wild  Banteng  cattle with  associated  photographs  taken  by  him .
 

Moons ago , Frank's wife, Gwen , supplied Little  Darwin with a  handwritten   recipe  for  turning   raw  fish  into  tasty  numus .