Australia started the technological revolution!

[Ralphy1]

A stone axe was found that is around forty thousand years old. This is remarkable as it is far older than any other ones. Hats off to the Aussies, but what happened after that? Not much it seems...

 

[Warrigal]

What happened after that? The boomerang and the woomera.
These plus a digging stick, a string basket and a large flat wooden bowl, are all you need for a nomadic lifestyle.

 

[Ralphy1]

Hmm, very good at being primitive...

 

[Susie]

A stone axe was found that is around forty thousand years old. This is remarkable as it is far older than any other ones. Hats off to the Aussies, but what happened after that? Not much it seems...

Is it possible you are ill-informed about Australia's technology?
Have you misjudged the highly intelligent and modest Australian who is not "loud-mouthed"
about technical advances??

 

[NancyNGA]

I think Ralphy is just teasing. :love_heart:

 

[Warrigal]

Hmm, very good at being primitive...

An American is incapable of appreciating a lifestyle that is not materialistic.
One where money is unnecessary and gold is useless.

 

[Warrigal]

I think Ralphy is just teasing. :love_heart:

So am I. Tit for tat teasing is like playing ping pong.

 

[NancyNGA]

So am I. Tit for tat teasing is like playing ping pong.

I know Warri. You are a good sport. I'm enjoying it.

 

[Guitarist]

Yet I think it is Susie who questioned Ralphy's comments, not Warrigal so much.

What is a woomera? I know I could Google it but I'd rather ask a real live person.

What about the didgeridoo? Not a necessity, maybe, but nice to have along? I love the tonal quality!

 

[Ralphy1]

Can't you tell when I am being serious? This is depressing..

 

[SifuPhil]

Go play with your digging stick in the back yard, Ralphy - it'll make you feel better.

 

[Ralphy1]

Sorry,but the shovel came along in more developed societies. And weren't digging sticks used to dig out termites? Not on my menu...

 

[Warrigal]

What is a woomera?

A woomera is a throwing stick. It gives added thrust to the spear.

And weren't digging sticks used to dig out termites?

If you must, but yams are more palatable.

 

[NancyNGA]

:lol:

 

[SifuPhil]

Ooh - chocolate-covered termites! I'm getting hungry ...

 

[Warrigal]

No cocoa plants in Australia but perhaps you would prefer honeypot ants.
You can't buy them at the supermarket though.
You need that digging stick.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwzzbjYHC3w

 

[SifuPhil]

Wow - thanks for the video, Warri!

I can see why honey ants aren't exactly in the candy aisle of the store.

But ...

KANGAROOS? THEY EAT KANGAROOS?!?

 

[Warrigal]

Kangaroo is good tucker, mate.
Beats goanna or fruit bat.

 

[Ralphy1]

And how do you prepare the meat? Roasted on one of tour sticks over a fire pit?

 

[mitchezz]

A stone axe was found that is around forty thousand years old. This is remarkable as it is far older than any other ones. Hats off to the Aussies, but what happened after that? Not much it seems...

Not much???? How about flight recorders (black box), Hills Hoist clothes line, wine casks.........need I go on????????

 

[Ralphy1]

No, you have probably exhausted the list...

 

[mitchezz]

No, you have probably exhausted the list...

Not really..............http://www.australiangeographic.com...australian-inventions-that-changed-the-world/

 

[NancyNGA]

Benjamin Franklin invented wooden swim fins in 1717.

 

[Ralphy1]

Yes, those furriners were inspired by us...

 

[Warrigal]

And how do you prepare the meat? Roasted on one of tour sticks over a fire pit?

Pit? No.

That would require a shovel which is too heavy for nomads without any domesticated four footed beasts of burden to carry around.
They must be slow roasted in the ashes.

Or if you are terribly hungry, you just throw it on the fire and burn off the fur. Very juicy, this way.

What are tour sticks anyway?