Aussie Stuff!

[Digger]

I saw this and thought it was cool. Every stream, river, and body of water across Oz. View attachment 20702

Never seen it portrayed quite like that before. I live within spitting distance of the 3 major rivers here in East Gippsland and appreciate them greatly. Of course that distribution would vary a lot with cycles of flood and drought. Basically it’s a very dry continent!

 

[Charles Carter]

Now you can talk about Herp stuff all day long if you want to Charles!

Thanks Digger ... I think I will ...

 

[Davis Sharp]

I saw this and thought it was cool. Every stream, river, and body of water across Oz. View attachment 20702

Also a map of crocodile locations

 

[Digger]

The Red Bellied Black snake is the one we encounter on this property most often and they are a beautiful snake!

Yes they are venomous but not greatly aggressive thankfully. Here’s the thing, they eat the young and smaller models of the more dangerous snakes. Eastern Browns etc. Therefore I’m happy to see blacks here as then chances of seeing the others is reduced a lot.

I encounter tham from time to time and they leave me alone and I leave them alone.

 

[Charles Carter]

The Red Bellied Black snake is the one we encounter on this property most often and they are a beautiful snake!

Yes they are venomous but not greatly aggressive thankfully. Here’s the thing, they eat the young and smaller models of the more dangerous snakes. Eastern Browns etc. Therefore I’m happy to see blacks here as then chances of seeing the others is reduced a lot.

I encounter tham from time to time and they leave me alone and I leave them alone.

This is one of three Red Bellied Blacks I used to visit and photograph quite regularly.
Yours, down South are lovely and red Digger. Further North they're just pale pink under their bellies.

 

[soulman969]

Cough....Ralph is sorta persona non grata here these days~

Sorry.....I did not know. I just recall the song from very long ago.

Has he become Rupert Murdoch's shoe shine boy or something?

 

[soulman969]

The Red Bellied Black snake is the one we encounter on this property most often and they are a beautiful snake!

Yes they are venomous but not greatly aggressive thankfully. Here’s the thing, they eat the young and smaller models of the more dangerous snakes. Eastern Browns etc. Therefore I’m happy to see blacks here as then chances of seeing the others is reduced a lot.

I encounter tham from time to time and they leave me alone and I leave them alone.

All I have to say is you're a crazy lot. Must be all that living with your heads upside down or something.

 

[Digger]

Sorry.....I did not know. I just recall the song from very long ago.

Has he become Rupert Murdoch's shoe shine boy or something?

I think he’s serving time in prison in UK for historical crimes against children. You use of that clip of his is fair enough and you didn’t know anyway.

 

[Digger]

All I have to say is you're a crazy lot. Must be all that living with your heads upside down or something.

Yeah and it’s hard to get shoes for your hands and type with your toes!

 

[Raiyn]

There's always an expectation for a Paul Hogan or Men at Work post, so here's one with a twist

 

[Norton]

YOU AM I

You Am I | GBTFLoU

youami.com.au

 

[Otto99]

From the Brisbane Times:

When Queensland snake catcher Zachery Richards got a call about a snake in a woman's Scenic Rim home, he didn't expect to find a 6-foot eastern brown laying on the bed.

"It was about 6 foot, [a] touch bigger ... [a] decent size," he told Brisbane Times.

The Maroon woman discovered the deadly snake when she went in to change the sheets on the bed, immediately calling Zachery's Snake and Reptile Relocation to relocate the reptile.

For anyone else who finds a snake in their home, Richards' advice was simple: "Leave it alone."

"If it's in the bedroom like that, close the door, put a towel underneath and ring a professional. Eastern Browns are one of the top 10 deadliest [snakes]."

 

[Raiyn]

When Queensland snake catcher Zachery Richards got a call about a snake in a woman's Scenic Rim home, he didn't expect to find a 6-foot eastern brown laying on the bed.

So many jokes... none appropriate for a family audience.

 

[Digger]

From the Brisbane Times:

When Queensland snake catcher Zachery Richards got a call about a snake in a woman's Scenic Rim home, he didn't expect to find a 6-foot eastern brown laying on the bed.

"It was about 6 foot, [a] touch bigger ... [a] decent size," he told Brisbane Times.

The Maroon woman discovered the deadly snake when she went in to change the sheets on the bed, immediately calling Zachery's Snake and Reptile Relocation to relocate the reptile.

For anyone else who finds a snake in their home, Richards' advice was simple: "Leave it alone."

"If it's in the bedroom like that, close the door, put a towel underneath and ring a professional. Eastern Browns are one of the top 10 deadliest [snakes]."
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It’s actually reckoned to be the second most dangerous snake in the world, just behind the Black Mamba. It’s venom attacks you 3 ways and its aggression is a big part of it. Lastly their range is down the east coast and that places them in the exact same area as us humans. The inland taipan is actually the most venomous in the world but they usually live in remote areas where contact is less likely.

In reality Australia records only 3 to 4 snakebite deaths per year from hundreds of bites and that is nothing compared to may Asian countries where deaths are in hundreds or even thousands per annum.

We have very good medical facilities here which keeps stock of anti venom for common poisonous snakes and spiders.

I’ve seen 2 Eastern Browns in this area both which I estimate were at least 8’ long! Yeah I know, they aren’t supposed to get that big?

 

[Digger]

So many jokes... none appropriate for a family audience.

I don’t find Kiwi sheep jokes offensive myself....Grin~

 

[ThreeChordWonder]

I think that was written as a Kiwi love song and spelling was like this: "I know I’ll never find another “Ewe”.

 

[3bolt79]

 

[Charles Carter]

Another gorgeous Australian.

 

[Otto99]

I did not know that Roger, the buff kangaroo and @Digger ’s avatar died in 2018.

 

[Digger]

Rumours of his demise are much exaggerated!