Australia

Never heard of the drop bears, yikes Aussie what else is there to be fearful of. I see Kevin Rudd has given up politics.:playful:
 
Relax, Fern. It's just how we tease overseas visitors when we take them hiking.
And gullible children.

I once convinced a group of teenage girls that there was a coke machine on top of Ayers Rock (Uluru) to keep them climbing in the heat. Sometimes it is just too easy.

:giggle:
 
Coke machine on Ayers Rock?? More proof of the dumbing down of our youth...yikes. Re: the snow snakes..in the midst of Winter, the snow gets a crust on top, and the mice, voles, etc. tunnel underneath it in their quest for food. As the days warm later on, the roofs of the tunnels collapse, leaving little crooked trails in the snow.

We once convinced someone that those were snow snake trails. He didn't' believe it at first, until we asked him what on earth else did he think could cause those little trails...he gazed out the window awhile, and said, "Well, I''ll be damned - I've never seen that before."
He was from the north also; guess he never paid much attention to snow. ;)
 
The deadliest things in australia are insects, specifically ticks and mosquitos, closely followed by dogs, thousands of 'loving' pets attack people every year, no one gives a shit.
 
Build up to the wet season Joycy, no rain here for 5 months, people are going crazy. Plus i have a big lump on my arm where i was bitten by a tick 3 days ago, - the thing was only there for 10 minutes . :what::notfair:
 
Ticks! There's a specimen bottle on the counter at the local vet's and he's dropping them in as he removes them from the local dogs. It's nearly full up after 3 weeks! It's a pretty good wake up call to check pets, and ourselves over, they're reported to be plague level here too.

We got some fair to middling rain over the last few days but you still can't see where it's gone. I've never in my life seen the ground up here dry enough to crack, but it has this year.
 
maxHR said:
Build up to the wet season Joycy, no rain here for 5 months, people are going crazy. Plus i have a big lump on my arm where i was bitten by a tick 3 days ago, - the thing was only there for 10 minutes . :what::notfair:
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Have you done your will and a funeral plan?
HINT: I want your camera gear. :cool:
 
dbeyat45 said:
Have you done your will and a funeral plan?
HINT: I want your camera gear. :cool:
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Funny you should mention that, i'm de cluttering atm. Just trying to give away a Titanium mountain bike on facebook. I could be worse, a lady i know crashed her bicycle and lost 4 teeth, in hospital as we speak. a stick flew up off the road and stuck in her wheel, she was in a group at the time, so things like that are not supposed t happen, - riders normally warn each other of obstacles. :danger:
 
Warrigal said:
Relax, Fern. It's just how we tease overseas visitors when we take them hiking.
And gullible children.

I once convinced a group of teenage girls that there was a coke machine on top of Ayers Rock (Uluru) to keep them climbing in the heat. Sometimes it is just too easy.

:giggle:
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Great thinking, WG, the idea of a coke on a super hot day would inspire me to keep going as well.
 
Anne said:
Yes, how bad it that for tourism, anyway??!! Drop bears are sneaky and hideous.

Even worse than those snow Snakes in the northern USA.......:eek:mg:



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LOL I would many times over prefer to deal with Drop Bears (or any type real bear, as I'm rarely anywhere near where they are) than the amount of snow the northerners have to deal with.
 
Anne said:
OMG, is this a nightmare or what??! No, I'm not down on Australia; LOL, but these are the things that would send me living elsewhere.... :eek-new:

http://www.viralnova.com/spider-fields/
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See? SEE?!? I TOLD you that country was messed up!!! Running through fields of spider-webs, only to be run over by speeding kangaroos then crushed by an overweight drop-bear!

No, thank you - I'll go live in the worst ghetto of China before I move down-under! At least there all I'd have to worry about is getting my throat cut open ...
 
SifuPhil said:
See? SEE?!? I TOLD you that country was messed up!!! Running through fields of spider-webs, only to be run over by speeding kangaroos then crushed by an overweight drop-bear!

No, thank you - I'll go live in the worst ghetto of China before I move down-under! At least there all I'd have to worry about is getting my throat cut open ...
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LOL- still would love to visit Australia; but doubt I could ever live there. Beautiful, beautiful country from what I hear.
 
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