Meanwhile, in Australia.....

[Fairblue]

Just waiting for our friends Down Under to start populating this thread with the weird, the wonderful and stuff you'd run a mile from.

[Sizzling Sausages]

Happy to oblige, FB - here's a timely one!
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-19/ ... u/10626308

[kylie_koyote]

How interesting! Beetles are not something that usually spring to my mind when I think of Christmastime. All of our insects have gone into hibernation due to the extreme cold we've got at the moment.

[Kismet]

They are very pretty. I'd like to see them in a garden.

[Sizzling Sausages]

Our dogs like them in our garden - unfortunately it's not in the beetles' best interests!

[Tracer]

What incredibly pretty creatures!

[Sizzling Sausages]

Here's one to start the year off that even contains the name of this thread!
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/nation ... 50p2m.html
Happy new year to all.

[kylie_koyote]

That’s fantastic! A toad highway.

How does it feel to be living in the future, Australia?

It’s still 2018 (for another hour and half) back here on the flip side.

[Sizzling Sausages]

How does it feel to be living in the future, Australia?

It’s still 2018 (for another hour and half) back here on the flip side.

Oh yes, we're always ahead of the pack!

[Sizzling Sausages]

Here's another article about it with some videos as well.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-31/ ... k/10675944

[kylie_koyote]

How does it feel to be living in the future, Australia?

It’s still 2018 (for another hour and half) back here on the flip side.

Oh yes, we're always ahead of the pack!

Have you got flying cars and a cure for all the world’s ills?

[Sizzling Sausages]

Have you got flying cars and a cure for all the world’s ills?

I've had a few cars over the years that flew, although not in the literal sense - my current one certainly does! As for the world's ills, I think, sadly, that even Biggles would struggle to come to terms with them at the moment.

[Kismet]

Wow! That's one of the more unusual things I've seen here. A wild ride.

[Kismet]

I think I've beaten the Australians to this one, or perhaps it's so common over there that it no longer makes their news:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/0 ... 1546434160

[kylie_koyote]

Oh that is fantastic.

[Sizzling Sausages]

I think I've beaten the Australians to this one, or perhaps it's so common over there that it no longer makes their news:

No, it made headlines here as well!
They just keep coming at the moment, though - here's one that'll make you very wary before you, er, sit.
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/nation ... 50p8h.html

[RAAF Spitfire Girl]

- here's one that'll make you very wary before you, er, sit.
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/nation ... 50p8h.html

That is my absolute, very worst nightmare. When we return home to Brissie from the USA I will be checking carefully, I can assure you.

[Kismet]

Are you sure the climate makes up for the wildlife, RSG?

[Fairblue]

It horrifies me to think that I never gave these sort of situations any thought when I was in Oz. I certainly will, next time.

[RAAF Spitfire Girl]

Are you sure the climate makes up for the wildlife, RSG?

Where else can you have superb weather (well, 90% of the time...when we’re not having cyclones, bushfires...) harmless cuddly koalas, crazy drop bears, kindly Kangaroos alongside their boxing, gut-ripping cousins, poisoners platypuses, plate-sized spiders, most venomous snakes on the planet, crocodiles that you shouldn’t never smile at, sharks, stingers, all within cooee of endless beaches, rainforests, (both of which are most likely inhabited by any or all of the foregoing)? Ahhh, Australia, perfect one day, lethal the next.

Here you can bush walk with most of the above and swim with the rest. Definitely worth it, Kismet

[RAAF Spitfire Girl]

It horrifies me to think that I never gave these sort of situations any thought when I was in Oz. I certainly will, next time.

Yeah, sorry ‘bout that, FB. We’ll definitely check things more thoroughly next time And we’ll go to Lone Pine so you can see koalas, Kangaroos, platypii, pythons up close and personal. And have your pikky taken with them (some of them ).

[Fairblue]

It horrifies me to think that I never gave these sort of situations any thought when I was in Oz. I certainly will, next time.

Yeah, sorry ‘bout that, FB. We’ll definitely check things more thoroughly next time And we’ll go to Lone Pine so you can see koalas, Kangaroos, platypii, pythons up close and personal. And have your pikky taken with them (some of them ).

Like this?

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[RAAF Spitfire Girl]

Well, I was thinking more of you lying in the dirt and resting your head on a ‘roo... Since you’ve done the whole photo with the python experience, I won’t try to top it

[Fairblue]

Well, I was thinking more of you lying in the dirt and resting your head on a ‘roo...

I could do that. Just remind me not to wear white on the day.

[Sizzling Sausages]

Here's something else to consider that wasn't on RSG's list.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/nation ... 50pi9.html