Posted 2015-10-24 8:51 AM (#516599 - in reply to #516596) Subject: Re: Aussie Gathering Jan 2016
Joined: December 2014 Posts: 1713
Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota
BanjoJ - 2015-10-24 3:30 AM
elginacres - 2015-10-24 4:53 PM
wow...I try to go to most of the OFC stuff....Brisbane from Denver is according to Google.....8002 miles....better check my frequent flyer account
When you get your frequent flyer miles sorted out, swing by Minnesota and bring Nancy with you.
That is So Sweet Banjo! I am afraid that I would be *detained* leaving Australia. They would find little joeys, and cockatoos, tiels, King Parrots, platapus's, and all sorts of delightful critters in my suitcase and pockets, maybe a couple of brightly colored parrots disguised as Hair Decorations standing on top of my head! LOL!!! I would Love to visit Australia someday, I would love to hear the Aboringinals play a dingeridoo, and see their cave paintings too, so much to see and do down there! And I would love to hear you play one of your outdoor concerts!
They showed on the News last night where someone in Texas, had their EMUS get loose and were running down the streets. I was wondering if they were Beal's, and he was getting used to local wildlife before he went down on his trip! LOL!!! They were eventually herded into a yard and caught. LOL!!
Posted 2015-10-24 10:28 AM (#516603 - in reply to #516506) Subject: Re: Aussie Gathering Jan 2016
Joined: January 2002 Posts: 14127
Location: 6 String Ranch
I just have to deal with cattle and a long horn. He has to go, anyone want a long horn? This trip was 380,000 miles and even then I had to buy the US to Austrailia part. Once in a lifetime.
There are llamas and alpacas right down the street. They are getting ready for Cliff.
Posted 2015-10-24 10:45 AM (#516604 - in reply to #516603) Subject: Re: Aussie Gathering Jan 2016
Joined: December 2014 Posts: 1713
Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota
Spray paint him Blue, he would fit right in up here in MN with Paul Bunyan!
If you are in Texas, you *have to have* a long-horn!!! Kind of a prerequisite isn't it???
Posted 2015-10-24 7:23 PM (#516618 - in reply to #516616) Subject: RE: Aussie Gathering Jan 2016
Joined: December 2014 Posts: 1713
Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota
BanjoJ - 2015-10-24 4:23 PM
Hey Nancy.
Don't forget our cute snakes and spiders.
LOL!!!! (Singing) I don't like spiders and snakes, and that ain't it what it takes.."
You can keep those down there Banjo, Ewwwwww!!! Those pesky Great Whites too...
Posted 2015-10-24 7:51 PM (#516619 - in reply to #516506) Subject: Re: Aussie Gathering Jan 2016
Joined: November 2005 Posts: 4832
Location: Campbell River, British Columbia
"It has more things that will kill you than anywhere else.
Of the world's ten most poisonous snakes, all are Australian. Five of its creatures - the funnel web spider, box jellyfish, blue-ringed octopus, paralysis tick, and stonefish - are the most lethal of their type in the world.
This is a country where even the fluffiest of caterpillars can lay you out with a toxic nip, where seashells will not just sting you but actually sometimes go for you.
... If you are not stung or pronged to death in some unexpected manner, you may be fatally chomped by sharks or crocodiles, or carried helplessly out to sea by irresistible currents, or left to stagger to an unhappy death in the baking outback. It's a tough place.”
Bill Bryson, In A Sunburned Country
Posted 2015-10-24 8:01 PM (#516621 - in reply to #516619) Subject: Re: Aussie Gathering Jan 2016
Joined: December 2014 Posts: 1713
Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota
Sometimes the hardest and harshest things in life are the most Beautiful, and make you feel the most Alive.
And Australia has some of the nicest people you would ever want to meet, the most stunning scenery, and the most colorful critters, it is a good balance!
Posted 2015-10-24 9:03 PM (#516623 - in reply to #516622) Subject: RE: Aussie Gathering Jan 2016
Joined: December 2014 Posts: 1713
Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota
Our State Fair is famous for having really odd food served on a stick (I don't know why...)
Last year they had Alligator on a Stick, it was a big hit - everyone said it tasted like Chicken!
(Brain Freeze???)
Posted 2015-10-24 9:42 PM (#516629 - in reply to #516506) Subject: Re: Aussie Gathering Jan 2016
Joined: September 2006 Posts: 10777
Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR
Aussie and Cajuns would get along splendidly.
I was talking to locals in Baton Rouge LA and the subject turned to cooking Nutria...
When I expressed disdain for eating huge water rats I was told,
"We're Cajun... If we can Kill It, we'll Eat It."
Posted 2015-10-25 6:32 AM (#516630 - in reply to #516619) Subject: Re: Aussie Gathering Jan 2016
Joined: September 2012 Posts: 811
Location: Thredbo, NSW, Australia
fillhixx - 2015-10-25 12:51 PM
"It has more things that will kill you than anywhere else.
Of the world's ten most poisonous snakes, all are Australian. Five of its creatures - the funnel web spider, box jellyfish, blue-ringed octopus, paralysis tick, and stonefish - are the most lethal of their type in the world.
This is a country where even the fluffiest of caterpillars can lay you out with a toxic nip, where seashells will not just sting you but actually sometimes go for you.
... If you are not stung or pronged to death in some unexpected manner, you may be fatally chomped by sharks or crocodiles, or carried helplessly out to sea by irresistible currents, or left to stagger to an unhappy death in the baking outback. It's a tough place.”
Bill Bryson, In A Sunburned Country
Hey Fill.
I used to ski with a Canadian guy who worked in your forests in the summer. He was comfortable there with the bears and other huge wildlife that can tear you apart, but when he visited Australia with his Aussie wife, he was terrified in the bush (which is what we call forests) because there are so many sneaky little creatures that can kill you before you know anything's happened.
I guess I'm more comfortable with funnel web spiders than grizzly bears.
Posted 2015-10-25 3:54 PM (#516635 - in reply to #516619) Subject: Re: Aussie Gathering Jan 2016
Joined: January 2009 Posts: 4535
Location: Flahdaw
fillhixx - 2015-10-24 8:51 PM
... If you are not stung or pronged to death in some unexpected manner, you may be fatally chomped by sharks or crocodiles, or carried helplessly out to sea by irresistible currents, or left to stagger to an unhappy death in the baking outback. It's a tough place.”
Bill Bryson, In A Sunburned Country
Not to mention choking to death from eating Vegemite sandwiches.
Posted 2015-10-26 4:26 AM (#516650 - in reply to #516619) Subject: Re: Aussie Gathering Jan 2016
Joined: September 2012 Posts: 811
Location: Thredbo, NSW, Australia
fillhixx - 2015-10-25 12:51 PM
"It has more things that will kill you than anywhere else.
Of the world's ten most poisonous snakes, all are Australian. Five of its creatures - the funnel web spider, box jellyfish, blue-ringed octopus, paralysis tick, and stonefish - are the most lethal of their type in the world.
This is a country where even the fluffiest of caterpillars can lay you out with a toxic nip, where seashells will not just sting you but actually sometimes go for you.
... If you are not stung or pronged to death in some unexpected manner, you may be fatally chomped by sharks or crocodiles, or carried helplessly out to sea by irresistible currents, or left to stagger to an unhappy death in the baking outback. It's a tough place.”
Bill Bryson, In A Sunburned Country
Here's a very topical news story from today. According to The Brisbane Times, 'A man has died and two others are in a stable condition after being bitten by venomous snakes across Queensland yesterday.' ... '954 people were admitted to hospital in Queensland in 2014 after being in contact with or bitten by a snake.'
If the snakes don't get you the sharks or Queensland beer will - or both.
Posted 2015-12-22 2:51 AM (#519666 - in reply to #519664) Subject: RE: Aussie Gathering Jan 2016
Joined: September 2012 Posts: 811
Location: Thredbo, NSW, Australia
Teach Beal Goanna's Solid Rock or the Diamantina Drover, Eagle Rock - or anything by Paul Kelly!
Well for that matter: AC/DC, Easybeats, INXS, Jimmy Barnes/Cold Chisel, Diesel, Bee Gees, Little River Band, Richard Clapton, The Saints, Midnight Oil, Silverchair, Savage Garden, Australian Crawl, Men At Work, Hoodoo Gurus, Chain, Billy Thorpe, Skyhooks, Russell Morris, The Church, Nick Cave, The Go-Betweens, Normie Rowe, The Triffids, You Am You Am I, Hunters & Collectors, Regurgitator, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, The Masters Apprentices, Vanda and Young, Johnny Young, Mental As Anything, The Models, Kids in the Kitchen, You Am I, The Cruel Sea, The Dingoes, Double Time, Rose Tattoo, Baby Animals, Jet, Parkway Drive, Wolfmother, Divinyls, Eurogliders, and Crowded House, Dragon - well the last two are sort of Kiwi bands that made good in Oz.
Aussie Gathering Jan 2016
