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Australia - The Land Down Under
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Condobloke
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Australia, home to the world's largest camel herd
Kangaroos and koalas are possibly the best-known Australian wildlife, but thriving in the outback are more surprising residents - camels. There are now thought to be 750,000 roaming in the outback, making it the biggest wild herd in the world.
www.bbc.com
10 Incredible Facts About Camels In Australia - The Daily Wildlife
Australian feral camels currently live in the Australian wilderness after they were released there by humans in the 1930s. Here are 10 fun facts about them.
thedailywildlife.com
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Mobile Phone carriers in Australia...no escaping the big three.
There are only three mobile networks in Australia: Telstra, Optus, and Vodafone. If you choose a plan from a different provider, it will still use one of these 3 networks.
These smaller providers - known as Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) - can often offer cheaper plans because they aren’t paying to manage a network.
There are only three mobile networks in Australia: Telstra, Optus, and Vodafone. If you choose a plan from a different provider, it will still use one of these 3 networks.
These smaller providers - known as Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) - can often offer cheaper plans because they aren’t paying to manage a network.
| Telstra network | Optus network | Vodafone network |
| - ALDI Mobile - Belong - Boost Mobile - Lycamobile - Pennytel - Southern Phone - Tangerine Telecom - TeleChoice - Woolworths Mobile | - amaysim - Coles Mobile - Dodo - Exetel - iiNet - Jeenee Mobile - Moose Mobile - OVO - Southern Phone - SpinTel - Vaya - Yomojo | - Hello Mobile - Kogan Mobile - Lebara Mobile - TPG |
Oh, I'm sure there are some there, but my point was that they're not native and, presumably, not all that common.
It's not uncommon to see moose on my lawn. When I go for a drive, it's often an exercise in moose avoidance. Tourists go 'moose spotting'. Residents go 'moose avoiding'.
They're basically as stupid as cows except we can't fence them in. It's about 24 miles to a sizeable village. I'll often see more fury woodland critters than I'll see cars. Those furry woodland critters get pretty large. Hitting a moose with your car is likely to hurt you. In fact, I have a friend who once hit a moose while on his motorcycle. He survived but was in the hospital for a couple of weeks.
It's eerily similar here.
Just having you on...no Moose here.
I figure you must have some in zoos, which is at least some moose. They're pretty interesting critters.
If you don't have any in your zoos, we can send you some.
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Condobloke
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need a cow rescued from flood water....Just call these guys and gals from far north Queensland, Australia
www.abc.net.au
Live: BOM forecasts rainfall until Tuesday as Far North Queensland flood risk remains high
Emergency flood alerts have been issued for parts of Queensland's Far North, following torrential rainfall in the wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper. Follow live.
www.abc.net.au
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Condobloke
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Like rabbits !
Fox...Deer...Water Buffalo...Horses (brumbies)...Cane Toads...Camels...Rats and mice...Rabbits...Feral Pigs and many more.
None in zoos...no thanks as we have enough introduced species already.
Huh... That's probably a good idea. You don't have lions and tigers and bears in your zoos?
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Condobloke
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MAGOO
The floods in Cairns (Queensland) and surrounds.....reaching right up into far north Queensland, have caused untold damage
Many people have found themselves in the position of needing to be rescued....more often than not in life threatening circumstances.
The flood waters were of the velocity, depth etc that floats full size shipping containers away as if they were plastic bottles.
In the tiny town of Rossville, population a couple of hundred....maybe 250...... 18 lives were saved---by a boatie named Gavin, and a helicopter pilot named, Magoo
Map...shows the tiny dot that is Rossville, Queensland Australia.....the red exclamation point marks the spot
As is the case in many tiny towns the pub is the focal point. In this case there were 18 gathered on the roof of the Lions Den..a pub which was built in 1895
READ THE STORY....>>>
www.abc.net.au
and the best pic of the lot?.....note the chopper.....a 2 seater , piloted by Magoo, who took those stranded out one at a time. to safety
.....and yes, that is a container on the left of the photo just floating on past together with what appears to a wall of a shed.
People like Magoo....worth their weight in solid Gold.
"He made 16 trips and landed on that roof in the pissing rain, where no other chopper pilot would fly,"
"He rescued every one of those people."
All we know of Magoo is he is a stock musterer.
The floods in Cairns (Queensland) and surrounds.....reaching right up into far north Queensland, have caused untold damage
Many people have found themselves in the position of needing to be rescued....more often than not in life threatening circumstances.
The flood waters were of the velocity, depth etc that floats full size shipping containers away as if they were plastic bottles.
In the tiny town of Rossville, population a couple of hundred....maybe 250...... 18 lives were saved---by a boatie named Gavin, and a helicopter pilot named, Magoo
Map...shows the tiny dot that is Rossville, Queensland Australia.....the red exclamation point marks the spot
As is the case in many tiny towns the pub is the focal point. In this case there were 18 gathered on the roof of the Lions Den..a pub which was built in 1895
READ THE STORY....>>>
18 lives saved from rising floodwaters in Far North Queensland by a boatie named Gavin and a pilot named Magoo
A group of North Queensland locals braved driving rains and rising floodwaters to rescue 17 people trapped in trees and from the rooftop of a pub.
www.abc.net.au
and the best pic of the lot?.....note the chopper.....a 2 seater , piloted by Magoo, who took those stranded out one at a time. to safety
.....and yes, that is a container on the left of the photo just floating on past together with what appears to a wall of a shed.
People like Magoo....worth their weight in solid Gold.
"He made 16 trips and landed on that roof in the pissing rain, where no other chopper pilot would fly,"
"He rescued every one of those people."
All we know of Magoo is he is a stock musterer.
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Condobloke
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For those wishing to know a bot more of the ins and outs of the cause of all this moisture....
www.abc.net.au
How a low-level cyclone caused Cairns's largest flood in more than a century
As heavy rain starts to ease across north Queensland, and evacuations get underway, locals are wondering how a relatively low-level category cyclone turned into such chaos.
www.abc.net.au
It looks like they even rescued the dog. Or the dog just wanted to be in the picture, I suppose.
One of the towers is out. It's a massive storm with a lot of infrastructure getting damaged. It could be a couple of days before I am back online.
However, we're not having flooding like that. That's months to repair. We should be up and running in a day or two.
I'm on my phone, so I won't be doing much. This one refuses to tether.
One of the towers is out. It's a massive storm with a lot of infrastructure getting damaged. It could be a couple of days before I am back online.
However, we're not having flooding like that. That's months to repair. We should be up and running in a day or two.
I'm on my phone, so I won't be doing much. This one refuses to tether.
These days no bears...use to have North American bears years ago but just about everything else now...
https://taronga.org.au/dubbo-zoo
https://sydneyzoo.com/
https://australiazoo.com.au/
https://taronga.org.au/sydney-zoo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_zoos_in_Australia
That's too bad. I highly doubt that bears or moose would be an invasive species, but who knows what disease and bugs they'd bring in with them?
They'd never get the chance as bears would go to zoos and Australia has very strict quarantine laws for a good reason...we don't want Rabies and other diseases.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-17/pet-owners-upset-over-new-rabies-quarantine-rules/101861052
https://petraveller.com.au/blog/understanding-pet-quarantine-in-australia
Of cause there are some who think the law doesn't apply to them...
https://people.com/celebrity/johnny...-to-australia-claim-former-business-managers/
I am going to make it my mission to send you a moose for your local zoo.
Well, no... I've got other things to do with my time. Then again, I have some free time right now.
The satellite connection is still not working. Otherwise I'd use that. Something hit me dish. Dunno how long it will take to get it fixed.
Well, no... I've got other things to do with my time. Then again, I have some free time right now.
The satellite connection is still not working. Otherwise I'd use that. Something hit me dish. Dunno how long it will take to get it fixed.
