Lunch at the farm of Yalatsara Reserve

... He had found a pair of Parson's Chameleons; the largest rainforest Chameleon in the world. The female was in a difficult spot to reach so we left her be, but fortunately the male, and the more colourful, was in clear view.

It was at this moment that I experienced my first horse-fly bite. I'd just put my bag down and was setting up an off-camera flash to photograph the male chameleon, when I felt a sharp sting on my leg. It felt, from what I can remember, just like a wasp sting. I shook the fly off and didn't think much more of it. Over the next few days it became apparent that my leg didn't like horse-flies much and swelled up and went the distinct colour of beetroot.