Coolest thing you have seen in Australia?
Oct 8th 2007, 7:44 pm
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Coolest thing you have seen in Australia?
Whats the coolest thing you have seen in Australia..
Can be solid , plant , mineral ,.. etc etc you get the picture...
Will start the ball rolling:
For me has to be on a stinking hot day, watching whirly winds, like mini cyclones whizzing along the dust..
Can be solid , plant , mineral ,.. etc etc you get the picture...
Will start the ball rolling:
For me has to be on a stinking hot day, watching whirly winds, like mini cyclones whizzing along the dust..
Oct 8th 2007, 7:45 pm
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Re: Coolest thing you have seen in Australia?
seeing a massive turtle which was approx 200 years old...he was a cracker
Oct 8th 2007, 7:53 pm
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Re: Coolest thing you have seen in Australia?
Great topic, and something I hadnt thought about until now, but the Answer was easy, because it was the most awesome thing I've seen in all my life, even up until today. So not exactly cool, but bloody mind blowing.
18th Feb 1983, on the Eve of Ash Wednesday. Melbourne Duststorm.
18th Feb 1983, on the Eve of Ash Wednesday. Melbourne Duststorm.
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Oct 8th 2007, 7:57 pm
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Re: Coolest thing you have seen in Australia?
My outside beer fridge 
Oct 8th 2007, 7:58 pm
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Re: Coolest thing you have seen in Australia?
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Oct 8th 2007, 8:02 pm
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Re: Coolest thing you have seen in Australia?
Maybe something more mundane now...
How the bank notes are made out of plastic paper
How the bank notes are made out of plastic paper
Oct 8th 2007, 8:23 pm
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Re: Coolest thing you have seen in Australia?
A close tie between The Night Sky and my 2 year old daughter.
Actually, not that close
Actually, not that close
Oct 8th 2007, 8:43 pm
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Re: Coolest thing you have seen in Australia?
Sitting on my friend's beachside top story balcony, sipping champagne while we watched 2 whales frolicking within spitting distance
Oct 8th 2007, 8:50 pm
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Oct 8th 2007, 8:59 pm
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Re: Coolest thing you have seen in Australia?
I didn't see it but my husband told me today he opened his toolbox and found a scorpion.
Coolest thing I've seen is either my kids surfing in the Indian Ocean or Skippy bouncing along side my car as I drove up Connolly Drive
Coolest thing I've seen is either my kids surfing in the Indian Ocean or Skippy bouncing along side my car as I drove up Connolly Drive
Oct 8th 2007, 9:17 pm
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Re: Coolest thing you have seen in Australia?
an eastern rosella sitting on my garden fence-lovely !
Oct 8th 2007, 9:19 pm
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Re: Coolest thing you have seen in Australia?
Koalas in MY garden and kangaroos poking their noses over the side of MY pool's retaining wall
Oct 8th 2007, 9:39 pm
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Re: Coolest thing you have seen in Australia?
Great topic, and something I hadnt thought about until now, but the Answer was easy, because it was the most awesome thing I've seen in all my life, even up until today. So not exactly cool, but bloody mind blowing.
18th Feb 1983, on the Eve of Ash Wednesday. Melbourne Duststorm.
http://www.gly.uga.edu/railsback/CTW/MelbourneDust.jpeg
18th Feb 1983, on the Eve of Ash Wednesday. Melbourne Duststorm.
http://www.gly.uga.edu/railsback/CTW/MelbourneDust.jpeg
Oct 8th 2007, 9:53 pm
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Re: Coolest thing you have seen in Australia?
well today, sitting on the beach while 2 of my girls swam in the water I saw a dolphin jumping thru the waves.....after a momentary 'jaws' flashback I was able to enjoy the spectacle....and remind myself you don't see that in Weston-super-Mare!
Oct 8th 2007, 10:09 pm
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Re: Coolest thing you have seen in Australia?
ozzie, those photos are stunning!
I'm reminded that at that time I was working with a woman who had a half share in a farm outside Geelong. That duststorm was comprised of a lot of erosion from the Geelong area, so some of her neighbours wrote to Melbourne City Council to ask if they could have their topsoil back, please? The response from the Council was that they were welcome to it if they'd come and collect it..............
I'm reminded that at that time I was working with a woman who had a half share in a farm outside Geelong. That duststorm was comprised of a lot of erosion from the Geelong area, so some of her neighbours wrote to Melbourne City Council to ask if they could have their topsoil back, please? The response from the Council was that they were welcome to it if they'd come and collect it..............
