travelbug

oh that's not too bad then. I wondered if you were driving from Heathrow to Manchester - then i would have felt really sorry for you two!

Funny that you didn't get a blue tongue as your totem - hope the snake wasn't a deadly poisonous one!

travelbug

Sam, that is awful how much you lost. I know you'd mentioned before about a loss - but never realised it was quite that much. Scary stuff converting money at the right time....even worse that you have to trust in other 3rd parties who are meant to have your best interests at heart where that's concerned.
Cathy

Possums

this is so sad, 53 pilot whales stranded in Stanley, good news is 11 have been sucessfully returned to the ocean

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegrap...001021,00.html

Sammy T

Yep, very sad to watch on TV, must have been really distressing for those helping with the rescue, I heard that they have tracked the others and they are now back in deep waters, so at least that is something.

Sam

Possums

oh yes must have been distressing yes at least they managed to save some

apparently we had some seals on the beach here the other week but I missed them

travelbug

I was just reading that article - that must have been awful for the people trying to save them (and for the whales) . Must have been a sight there being that many whales involved. I like pilot whales - we saw them in Tenerife a few years ago on a Whale sighting trip - they were lovely to watch and when we 1st caught a glimpse we thought the little ones were dolphins! There was a TV programme recently where scientists were trying to work out why whales often beached themselves, so many different theories - but i remember one of them was something to do with their sonar.

Do you ever see any whales/dolphins where you're located ? Where do you think the seals had come from? dont they normally like rocky area's - is it rocky where you are?

Sorry about all the questions - but you know what i'm like!
Cathy

Possums

Hi its so sad

saw a whale last year it was in the bay for a long time, not stranded just swimming up and down. think it was a southern wright? and yep seen dolphins, would have been a fantastic photo if we'd caught it 2 jumped out of the water at the same time in the middle of the old pier!

no idea about the seals someone told me they had been around, it is rocky in places there is a colony on 10th island?

had a google seems they breed between oct and jan around the bass strait

http://travelmedia.tourismtasmania.c.../fur_seal.html

dont be daft ask away

kezzabird

Jeez did any of you guys get the thunder storm today? Our house was shaking and our windows were rattling it was soooo loud!!

Teabag

ooh no, not a storm, loads of rain though

Sammy T

Yep, the whole house shook

The children were at school and said that several children dived under their desks as they thought it was an earthquake!

But Angus was working at Huonville and heard nothing at all.

We've certainly had some rain in the last fortnight and to think they are always saying that Hobart is now officially the driest state in Australia, not this month!

Sam

jerzo

I echo what the others have said Sam ..you were really unlucky but you assume that these 'experts ' know more than us mere mortals when they clearly do NOT . I would feel absolutely gutted but hopefully you will be able to just put it at the back of your mind (not easy )

We are waiting for things to pick up , at a guess I think it will take a full year from now...we have until 2012 if need be , so its not so much of a 'have' to get out there but more of a 'want' to get there !!!

Like Cathy and Andy its not so much about making loads on our house and thinking we can buy mortgage free in Tas (I wish!!) but I also have a figure we have to get to by selling the house so we can have a similar lifestyle in Tas as here. The last thing I want is to struggle more there than here financially...

I'll be drawing my pension by the time we arrive I expect

Possums

had a thunderstorm yesterday morning not too bad

but just in bed 10 mins last night and jeez should have heard it, like you the windows started rattling, house skaking, at first thought it was an earthquake! scared me to death then turned to a long rumbling.. NO NOT THE OH ... then it went

looks like we are going to have one today too very overcast and heavy feeling.

ianandhelena

My band is playing at the Grand in Huonville tonight if anyone's around the area.

Applied for citizenship yesterday and hopefully we'll be able to attend the ceremony on Sandy Bay beach on Australia Day 2009.

kezzabird

Hey guys have you heard about this new movie coming out.........................

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=_DbW9PmpCH4

Possums

LMAO thats brilliant, thought you were talking about that new horror movie Dying Breed about the Pieman