Classsix T Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 No doubt the Red Tape in Australia also has massive teeth and hides in the bog too..? C6T. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 5 hours ago, SHMD said: ..and just how I remembered the 70s - smudged/washed-out TV programs on a small Black & White Telly! Was that a Ford Falcon chasing? Kev. The ne"er do well was in a Falcon GT, the police pursuit was a Chrysler Valiant, which here was the poor third cousin of Holden and Ford, due to it's reputation that they were only bought by Italian and Greek 'new Australians". 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted September 7, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2020 8 minutes ago, monkeysarefun said: The ne"er do well was in a Falcon GT, the police pursuit was a Chrysler Valiant, which here was the poor third cousin of Holden and Ford, due to it's reputation that they were only bought by Italian and Greek 'new Australians". I must admit, I was only going off the flattened "speedo" display that I remembered my dad having. Kev. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, Gwiwer said: But the worst by far must be Tweed Heads where the single town has the NSW / QLD border running right through the middle. Not to mention the one hours time difference in summer when NSW goes to daylight savings while Queenslanders think its a communist plot if they were born before 1950 or something thought up by 'thebloodygreenies' to hurt 'the farmers' if they were born after. Edited September 7, 2020 by monkeysarefun 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted September 7, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 7, 2020 26 minutes ago, monkeysarefun said: Not to mention the one hours time difference in summer when NSW goes to daylight savings while Queenslanders think its a communist plot if they were born before 1950 or something thought up by 'thebloodygreenies' to hurt farmers if they were born after. And where your mates across the street or even your neighbours could be in a different time zone and be legally drinking in the pub later than you. 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 5 hours ago, Classsix T said: No doubt the Red Tape in Australia also has massive teeth and hides in the bog too..? C6T. But on the other hand we do also have Quokkas! (who will murder you in your sleep if you let them.) 5 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 1 hour ago, monkeysarefun said: But on the other hand we do also have Quokkas! (who will murder you in your sleep if you let them.) They're called quotas in the Motherland, and whilst stopping short of murderous intent, will vexate you enormously. C6T. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 7, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 7, 2020 Are Quokka's as dangerous as drop bears? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 36 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: Are Quokka's as dangerous as drop bears? Quite the opposite, they are one of the few animals that won't kill you. They'd rather photobomb your holiday snaps. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 3 hours ago, monkeysarefun said: But on the other hand we do also have Quokkas! (who will murder you in your sleep if you let them.) 47 minutes ago, DavidB-AU said: Quite the opposite, they are one of the few animals that won't kill you. They'd rather photobomb your holiday snaps. Dunno about either of those, but they'll certainly bail you up, with menaces, round the back of the bakery if you've a bag of chips in your hand. 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 5 minutes ago, PatB said: Dunno about either of those, but they'll certainly bail you up, with menaces, round the back of the bakery if you've a bag of chips in your hand. Between the quokkas and the gulls, the chips don't stand a chance! 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 11 hours ago, SRman said: Between the quokkas and the gulls, the chips don't stand a chance! You are overlooking the Kookaburra and Rosellas 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45568 Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 (edited) Don't think about climbing a tree to get away, they'll 'ave yer!!!!!!!!!! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-17/stinging-tree-toxins-similar-cone-snail-venom-queensland/12669088 Cheers from Fortress WA, Peter C. Edited September 16, 2020 by 45568 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ikks Posted September 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 17, 2020 (edited) On 08/09/2020 at 21:05, hmrspaul said: You are overlooking the Kookaburra and Rosellas one of these flew down our chimney in the lounge, was covered in soot..what a mess, two hours plus to clean up. Rgds........Mike Edited September 17, 2020 by ikks 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Even the trees are dangerous! https://www.9news.com.au/national/australian-stinging-tree-has-poison-similar-to-scorpions-and-spiders-study-university-of-queensland-finds/59942272-0ffb-43ca-8353-d2316e6a5c81 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris hndrsn Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 On 08/09/2020 at 08:57, DavidB-AU said: Quite the opposite, they are one of the few animals that won't kill you. They'd rather photobomb your holiday snaps. Don't tell the Poms that, they will all move to WA. they already have. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted September 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Chris hndrsn said: Don't tell the Poms that, they will all move to WA. they already have. Careful, most of you were Poms 1 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris hndrsn Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 (edited) On 17/09/2020 at 22:01, boxbrownie said: Careful, most of you were Poms As someone from Scottish and Irish stock that arrived in the 19th century, I feel free to mock the English, in a friendly familial way. Thankfully we are much more diverse now. I do note that whenever the WA Police step up for a media conference, it seems to be an officer with a strong English accent, often wearing UK Police medal ribbons! Edited September 19, 2020 by Chris hndrsn 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted September 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 19, 2020 27 minutes ago, Chris hndrsn said: As someone from Scottish and Irish stock that arrived in the 19th century, I feel free to mock the English, in a friendly familial way. Thankfully we are much more diverse now. I do note that whenever the WA Police step up for a media conference, it seems to be an officer with a strong English accent, often wearing UK Police medal ribbons! “A British person, especially one from England. (Originally applied to an immigrant from the British Isles.) The word pom has its origin in wordplay. An early, derisory term for an immigrant in Australia was the rhyming slang jimmygrant (sometimes written as Jimmy Grant), recorded in 1844” Not so diverse as you originally were 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris hndrsn Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 (edited) Ah, some are a bit touchy aren't they! I don't know anyone who would ever call an Irish man or woman, or a Scot, a Pom, you end up copping an earful! Edited September 20, 2020 by Chris hndrsn 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 G'Day Folks There ya go........ 1 3 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 On 07/09/2020 at 07:39, Gwiwer said: Australia, whilst politically a single nation ... behaves as though it were still a collection of separate ones. Which per federation, it technically was and is. It was (and is) my understanding that Tweed Heads is in NSW and Coolangatta is in QLD. They are separated only by the state border which runs though the urban area. North Tweed heads is the NSW part of Point Danger (prosaically so named by a 18th century celebrity Yorkshireman along with Mount Warning.) I'm surprised no one mentioned this story, or the recent spate of shark attacks in the area - Greenmount and Norrie's Head. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 On 16/09/2020 at 22:39, SRman said: Even the trees are dangerous! Gympie-gympie is less of a tree than a very leafy shrubby bush and grows from close to the ground to inconveniently human height. It is exceptionally nasty. The merest brush of the cilia (hairs) on the leaves results in welts and intense pain. I can assert this from first-hand experience. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 21, 2020 7 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said: I'm surprised no one mentioned this story, or the recent spate of shark attacks in the area - Greenmount and Norrie's Head. Thats nothing compared to this:- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-37481251 or this:- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-46996559 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted September 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 21, 2020 Hmmm: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-38592390 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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