One night at an outdoor music event near Mt Beenak, a bogong moth landed on my handbag. I think it was drawn to the beam of light coming from my headtorch. I learned that I could pick it up if I offered it my hand to walk on. I forgot all about the music event and spent a few hours walking around staring at the moth, with my headtorch beam pointed at it. It seemed quite happy to hang out with me for a long time. Afterwards I made a drawing about the experience which is in my video ‘the strange beings‘.
One morning in suburbia when I was on my way out for breakfast, I was surprised to discover a bogong moth sitting on the fence on the side of the footpath in broad daylight. This time I was able to record the experience:
Alison Lobbe 
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