General Chat

My comp playing up tonight wont accept post & then two come up. must be the cold weather . dont know were the fella is perse .Allan Hello;0))
Night Barbra x

I don't know how he can go so long without a computer I would be having the shakes by now.

Persey

Hello from freezing Scotland[ west side ] no snow yet but could be here by Wk end . . very tragic about those miners in NZ . why were they down there with so much gas about !! Allan hope you are alright ~~~~~~~~to anyone who pops by Take Care Barbra xx

nudge up for Allan nxx

Hello Colin . I think Phil spencer had a grandad in oz .apparently he left his gran & emmigrated to Oz with his secretary . . not a bad place to go on holiday !! to see your Grandad , the miners lets hope we get news of them being found . as you say differant situation .from chile . its the gas in this mine .Take Care You & yours Bye Barbra xx

Hi Barbara, as you say the miners situation doesn't look good.
There is hope though in that they were probably a long way from the explosion. Unfortunately they were working in different areas in the mine. It was not excessively deep, unlike Chile, but a long way in. We should know in a day or two when a small drill hole reaches the area they should be in to test the air down there.
I have heard about the Tamborine Mountain (spelling?) area but haven't been there. The other place I don't know at all. Not sure that 1 million dollars would buy you an apartment on the Gold Coast, the area Tamborine Mountain is behind. They call it the hinterland, which seems to be a word peculiar to Queensland.
Of course, apartments in many areas are much less than that, but like with houses everyone wants the biggest one they can find, with marble bench-tops, gold plated taps and a bathroom or at least a toilet for every bedroom.
xx Colin

Oh Perse !!!
watched a prog about folks relocating to oz Phil Spencer does the prog . Tamberine mountain . & pina grey hope i got spelling right ? he was in Queensland . the views were spectacular . the couple had $ 1,000.000. they didnt buy anything. found a rented apartment near the beach . Perse thinking about the Miners in NZ not looking good though . Bye Barbra x . ~~~~~~~Colin. Allan

He always wanted a wax job...

Poor fella better not stop long at the museum.` he could finish up as one of the exhibit`s lol Barbx

His computer is going to a Science & History museum they want to find out where it gets its quirkiness and sense of humour.

Persey

Hya Colin & Perse .. i am just keeping thread up for Allan as his comp Gone to comp heaven .Take care Barbra x

Port Arthur is a fantastic place but as you say so very sad.... to have something like that happen to tarnish such a wonderful historical place.

Aramoana here was just a lovely little seaside place here and now you cannot go there without feeling very sad about it all.

I am doing my thread participation for today.

Persie

As someone said on another thread, they have let the office junior loose. Or perhaps the work experience chappie or lassie.
We still have the green paisley background.
Are we a lot of conservative old fogies?
Persey, Cradle Mountain and Lake are indeed beautiful. Not sure if I will return though. I would like to see Port Arthur, though. So beautiful and so sad.

Well havent` been of long & its all changed on here ???

We were up at Dove Lake in Tassie and my OH had the window down and one currawong settled on his wing mirror and was practically in his face and the other one was sitting on the front windscreen in front of me. After chatting to them we went to get out of the car and I said to OH you better put the window up and in turning the ignition on the windscreen wipers started up and the one on the windscreen got a hell of a fright. It was a funny sight.
And would you believe that despite it being a cold showery day in the beginning of August we could actually see the whole of Cradle Mountain across the lake. There is usually only a few days in the summer that you get to see it if you are lucky.
I just love Tassie and I could bore you all to death with talking about the place.

Persey (who has been there twice and shall return)

Colin shame about the birds .nature can be cruel sometimes .maybe next yr as you say .. poor Allans` comp bit the dust . . will have to wait untill he gets another one he could be gone a while ;0(( Take Care Colin Bye for now Barbra

Sadly. the currawong seems to have deserted the nest. It was quite warm but not hot on Saturday, so the female was on the move. Monday was cool, wet windy and miserable. The poor bird was hunkered down in the nest on Monday morning but had gone by Monday afternoon. Maybe, bettyer luck next year.
My interest was that I so rarely see a nest at eye level, so to speak.
Colin

Hello Allan ((((((((hug))))))) in memory of your mum 18th .november .
Hope you are alright & your family ~~~~~~ to all
Barbra x

just a quick message i watch an oz programme about animal & bird rescue. there was a bat caught in a tree & it looked really frigtening to me dont iike them!!.. but they got it better & released it . you have got a lot of exotic birds. the colours of the feathers are beautifull , had a woodpecker once in the garden . must have lost its way as there are a lot .up in the scottish highlands not round here Bye for Now Barbra x

Good morning Barbra~~~~~~~

You have a great weekend too...:>))

G'day to Allan and Colin.

Colin, we don't get to many Currawong where i am.
More-so Magpies, and yes they do get quite aggressive around this time of the year ( Spring ) nesting.
Our cat knows when not to sniff around their nests...lol

Up to 17inches in height from beak to tail feather.......and he has been dived bombed to the extent he crouches and looks over his shoulder when passing a suspect nesting tree in the street. Between them and the large crows he keeps a watchful eye out....lol

I am closer to the Dandenong ranges ( outer Melbourne ) so we get a large variety of native birds. Grey and Pink Galah ( or Major Mitchell ) White Cockatoo, Rosella, Urban Lorikeets, Kookaburra, Wild Budgies, Barn Owl, are the main stream along with the Magpie and Crow....and during the evening at the moment we are getting a large influx of flying fox fruit bats. The tell us because of the recent flooding up north they are moving south as the floods had destroyed feeding grounds in northern NSW and Queensland .


Tony..:>))