Windy Travels

[Althus]

Greetings all from very windy and bloody cold Australia :)

I just arrived yesterday at the town of Armidale from Sydney, and it's been quite a trip. For the three days I stayed in Sydney, even though it's just getting in to Summer here, there was basically nothing to do because it was winding and raining too hard to spend much time outside. I managed to see a few sights though.

Looks like I'm not going to be able to Clan at all for the next few weeks, since the UNE@A (University of New England at Armidale) has a firewall I wasn't expecting/prepared for. This won't make a huge impact on my clanning schedule, as a few of the more astute of you may have noticed ;)

Just checking in to say that I haven't been run over by a Kangaroo yet and that I'll be returning to my position as Devil's Advocate on the Message Board.

[Konoko]

Have fun down under!
Impress all those Australians with your normal wit and charm... ;)


Konoko

[T'rr'll]

Devil's Advocate !?!

Wow, now days everyone needs a lawyer!


T'rr'll [:)]

[TerraHawk]

oh dear oh dear oh dear.

Althus, you're in for a treat.

And what's with this belief that we have kangaroos hopping down our main roads?

Really!

Althougyh, you really should watch otu for the Drop Bears! *evil grin*

If you be nice, maybe I'll tell you about them ;-)

Xeno.

[Alby]

Lol, I have a friend who got knocked out by a drop bear as a kid, and that was also the first time I ever heard about them :)

I was laughing for hours. You surely got some crazy creatures down under :)

-Alby

[Konoko]

Ok, I'll bite...

What's a drop bear?

[TerraHawk]

A drop bear looks exactly like a Koala Bear, and sits in a tree, exactly like a Koala Bear.

The only difference is, you have be careful passing under a tree with a Drop bear in it because if you make too much noise, it will Drop down on you and start goring you with it's sharp claws and fangs.

Xeno.

[Konoko]

Ahh - sounds a lot like one of the many fen attack styles. Just a little warning to any tasty sylvans out there... :)


Konoko

[Althus]

Of course there aren't any Kangaroos hopping down the roads! There's only cows. And sheep. And the occasional Echidna (fun fun fun!). Oh, and of course Dingos. Who could forget the dingos?

Drop bears, eh? Sounds like they could make for an interesting bar-be-que ;)

[Sargon]

Konoko wrote:


Ahh - sounds a lot like one of the many fen attack styles. Just a little warning to any tasty sylvans out there... :)


Ha! So far my studies of some fens indicate that they prefer to stay in the library for days and zodiacs!

/ponder At least Konoko has good taste (pun intended :)

Sargon

[Corwin]

When I was in Perth in '76, I remember the TV ads for "Joey Catchers" that one would attach to the front grill of an automobile, much like cow catches on older locomotives.

The idea was to spare damage to the front end of your car if you happened to smoosh some poor 'roo on an outback road....

Corwin
Clown what's been Down Under

[Delirium]

I remember a PBS program from the late 70's/early 80's about Kangaroos. One of the things they talked about was the high number of car accidents that involved 'roos. Apparently one insurance company saw so many claims, they sent an investigator out to investigate the fraud.... and the investigator ran into a 'roo!

[Althus]

Hmm, I just did a drive through the Outback, and I only saw 1 kangaroo. Granted, it was smooshed on the side of the road. The main thing out there are cows, sheep, and quite a few Emus. About right for shaking a stick at.

[Delirium]

I think that 20-30 years ago there may have been a Kangaroo population explosion, but some of the conditions that led to this may have changed. One of the issues I think I recall was that Kangaroos had protected status, but the plenteful water supply provided by the farmers for thier cattle and sheep removed one of the main constraints on Kangaroo population size.