Australia - The Land Down Under

[Brickwizard]

I feel for you, we had our last dog put down over 25 yrs ago, but still think fondly of him [he made it to 18 yrs]

 

[Brickwizard]

its not very a good picture but this was our Dog [age about 5 in picture] he was a Lab x Springer
and his name...Digger
no he was not an Aussie, we got him from a rescue centre, and in the first 2 days he had turned our lawn into a bomb site, holes everywhere.

 

[sphen]

Sorry to read about your loss. We know how you feel. :-(

 

[Condobloke]

Musical dog. Loved classical music. Her favourite....she would come from the far end of the house to sit, listen and snooze, to this
Her collar carried a disc with a quaver sign on it.

 

[Brickwizard]

not available in the UK

 

[sphen]

not available in the UK

It is Ennio Morricone's soundtrack from The Mission - a quiet, peaceful oboe solo with orchestra. Here is a YouTube link of the same music. Perhaps this will work:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oag1Dfa1e_E

 

[Brickwizard]

Nope now I know what it is I can search

 

[KGIII]

It's good that you didn't let the dog suffer.

Of course it means you currently suffer, but such is the human condition. I usually prepare by getting a 2nd dog and having the elder dog help train the new dog. That seems to help me deal with it (and my dogs are working dogs). So, that might be an avenue that works for you.

 

[Condobloke]

Thanks, mate

 

[Condobloke]

Why you might see 250 's***box' cars travelling through your town this week

There are 500 people travelling in dirt cheap cars from Rockhampton to Hobart for a cause close to their hearts.

www.abc.net.au

Why 500 people are driving 's***box' cars from Rockhampton to Hobart​

"Nursing mum and dad through the last stages of their lives, taking them both down to have chemotherapy at the same time … we were a very tight family, and you wanted to do everything you possibly could for the people that you love and it was a really incredibly, horrible period," Mr Freeman said.

"Losing both of them so close to each other, it impacted me very significantly and will continue to impact me significantly for the rest of my life."

 

[Condobloke]

The Pics say it all

ABC My Photo

We're on the lookout for the best photos from around Australia each week. Show us what the world looks like where you are by using #ABCmyphoto on Instagram, or uploading your photos and you could be featured across the ABC.

www.abc.net.au

 

[guiverc]

The drive from Rockhampton to Hobart would be fun.

The photos are amazing (esp. love the various birds/animals, a proportion of them I see somewhat regularly too).

Thank you.

 

[Condobloke]

The drive from Rockhampton to Hobart would be fun

Yes !....that would be a good trip.

Thank you

My pleasure.

 

[wizardfromoz]

It's like peeling the layers of an onion - every time you click on "more finds" you are treated to a bunch more gobsmacking photos of our gobsmacking wildlife.

 

[Condobloke]

'Absolutely blew my socks off': Vibrant Aurora Australis light show may be set to continue

Tasmanian skies have lit up in recent nights with the bright pink, green and red shooting lights of the Aurora Australis, stunning many with what could be seen by the naked eye. And there may be more intense displays to come.

www.abc.net.au

....and more

 

[Condobloke]

Aboriginal people say there are six seasons, not four, and they're changing

Stunning videos and images illustrate how the First Australians rely on cues in the world around us to determine the change of seasons, but climate change is disrupting the natural order.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Condobloke]

Yunupingu trailblazing giant of Aboriginal land rights dies

The revered Elder and leader of the Gumatj clan was a master of the ceremonies and a keeper of the songlines of the Yolngu people.

www.sbs.com.au

Yunupingu with Anthony Albanese at Garma 2022. Credit: Melanie Faith Dove/Yothu Yindi Foundation

 

[wizardfromoz]

Warning to any readers from Australia's First Nation peoples that the following material contains names and video footage of deceased persons.

Curiously, any number of articles referring to his passing, including the NITV material, do not give him a first name.

It was Galarrwuy Yunupingu

Gallarwuy's younger brother, Dr Mandawuy Yunupingu, was the lead singer and writer for Australia's pre-eminent Aboriginal band, Yothu Yindi, prior to his passing in 2013.

The NITV material says, in part

Born on June 30, 1948 Yunupingu grew up around the small community of Yirrkala, 18 kilometres from the Northern Territory mining town of Nhulunbuy where he attended the community mission school.

My daughter, Rebecca, lived in Nhulunbuy for two years in the mid-1990s, and she and her mother lived in the house previously occupied by Gallarwuy's younger brother, Dr Mandawuy Yunupingu.

RIP to the deceased and best wishes to his family.

Here is the best-known song from his brother's band.

Australia has lost a great leader.

Chris Turner

 

[Condobloke]

For three weekends a year, residents on Flinders Island are 'covered in scratches' in their hunt for a delicacy

Eating mutton bird is part of a long culture in the Furneaux Island group. While the rest of Australia is enjoying the short-tailed shearwater with binoculars, island dwellers are getting out their knives and forks.

www.abc.net.au

How Flinders Island residents developed a taste for mutton bird, or shearwaters, a meat that tastes like a mix of seafood and chicken​

 

[Condobloke]

Dave 'Mudflap' Casey is race-ready, transforms beat-up 4WD into street drag machine

It's the type of event he could only dream of as a car-obsessed kid in country Queensland. Now he's one of the hundreds of people who'll be drag-racing down the streets of his hometown this Easter.

www.abc.net.au

Rockynats car festival returns for third year, brings economic boost for businesses​

ABC Capricornia
/ By Michelle Gately and Jasmine Hines