Australia - The Land Down Under

[MikeRocor]

We have 'roos like that around here. They're called "whitetail deer"! Tasty, but stupid.

If one crosses the road in front of your car, don't watch where it went. Watch where it came from because they travel in groups. But watch where it went TOO because they're stupid enough to turn around and try to get you again. And watch where you're going - after all, you -are- driving a car. The good lord gave you three eyes for a reason, you know.

 

[Condobloke]

The good lord gave you three eyes for a reason, you know

i have had kids....I have a fourth in the back of my head

 

[Sherri is a Cat]

A slightly different 'take' on the establishment of Australia.

'Used and exploited': These historians want Australians to rethink the convict era

Colonial Australia was a brutal place for convicts, but it was more political than previously thought.

www.abc.net.au

Well, well, well.

This American learned of some of these things quite some time ago! I couldn't tell you specific names, but I do know that a lot of people sent to Australia were purveyors of human rights and progress.

I think it the time of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert? If so, that was quite rich considering Prince Alberts' stance as an Abolitionist and continuing slavery in the United States.

 

[KGIII]

They're called "whitetail deer"!

Around here, they get over 300 pounds.

Then, there are moose. Those are 1500+ pounds and so stupid that I'm not sure how they're not extinct.

(They are all delicious. Kangaroo is also delicious.)

 

[Condobloke]

Meet the barefoot band of outback Queensland kids on a mission to start a junior cricket team​

ABC Far North
/ By Chris Calcino and Adam Stephen
Posted Sat 20 Apr 2024 at 12:32pmSaturday 20 Apr 2024 at 12:32pm, updated Sun 21 Apr 2024 at 1:13pm

The barefoot band of bush kids on a mission to start a cricket team

Henry Land travels 400km to play cricket every weekend. But after posting hand-drawn flyers around town, the Cunnamulla kid's dream of starting a local cricket team could finally come true.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Condobloke]

Lily, 11, was playing in a park when fire ants swarmed her body

Colleen Lavender has raised her kids to love the outdoors but they no longer walk around barefoot after her daughter disturbed a fire ant nest at a park. She's worried the spread of the ants could change the outdoor lifestyle Australians know and love.

www.abc.net.au

Fire ants are a damaging invasive species that pose risks to livestock and humans.

By land and by air, baiting program combats fire ant incursion in northern New South Wales

Helicopters are being used in northern New South Wales as part of a $600 million program to stamp out red imported fire ants, after nests were detected south of the Queensland border late last year.

www.abc.net.au

 

[KGIII]

I had a very brief encounter with fire ants in the SE part of the US. (They don't survive up here, thankfully.)

They suck. They hurt - and it's the kind of hurt that lasts for hours. It's not like being stung. It's like someone put a cigarette out on your arm. Well, not quite that bad.

I had good advice and washed the bites with clean cold water. It still sucked but that made it suck less.

 

[Condobloke]

Apparently the most effective treatment for eradicating them thus far is :

The baits are made up of corn grit soaked in soybean oil and are designed so that ants collect it and bring it back to the colony for other ants to eat. It'll then kill worker ants, larvae and the queen ant, before breaking down quickly.

It's safe for humans and pets.

A mix like that can be spread via plane....taking out a huge area damn effectively

 

[Condobloke]

ANZAC DAY. 25th April, 2024

The Anzac Day Tradition | Australian War Memorial

www.awm.gov.au

Lest We Forget

How the poems of Banjo Paterson's son kept the legend of the Rats of Tobruk alive

As the German artillery, infantry, and air force unleashed wave after wave of attacks on Tobruk, Hugh Paterson wrote poems to lift the morale of his fellow soldiers.

www.abc.net.au

'An extraordinary life' recognised as NSW's last Rats of Tobruk veteran honoured at funeral service

World War II veteran Ernie Walker remembered as "a gentleman and a good bloke" at funeral service in the Southern Highlands, after passing away at the age of 106.

www.abc.net.au

One of Australia's last Rats of Tobruk dies, just shy of 101st birthday

Sydney George Kinsman was a veteran of some of the biggest battles of World War II, including the Siege of Tobruk and First Battle of El Alamein, and escaped after being captured as a prisoner of war.

www.abc.net.au

 

[KGIII]

Lest We Forget

Let's hope we don't.

Australia and New Zealand gave their share and then some.

 

[Condobloke]

Australia and New Zealand gave their share and then some.

Amen.

 

[Condobloke]

Meet the Australian Wombat

A chance encounter with a wombat in the ocean leaves experts questioning 'unusual behaviour'

A couple holidaying in Tasmania's remote north-west have captured a wombat foraging in the ocean. The footage has surprised wombat experts, who say the behaviour is highly unusual.

www.abc.net.au

 

[bob466]

Lily, 11, was playing in a park when fire ants swarmed her body

Colleen Lavender has raised her kids to love the outdoors but they no longer walk around barefoot after her daughter disturbed a fire ant nest at a park. She's worried the spread of the ants could change the outdoor lifestyle Australians know and love.

www.abc.net.au

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Fire ants are a damaging invasive species that pose risks to livestock and humans.

By land and by air, baiting program combats fire ant incursion in northern New South Wales

Helicopters are being used in northern New South Wales as part of a $600 million program to stamp out red imported fire ants, after nests were detected south of the Queensland border late last year.

www.abc.net.au

This ones good.