We were there during the "do we clone a Thylacine or not debate" Personally if we have the power to bring an animal back form extinction I'd say give it a go.... I digress, the news was full of a story where 3 Uni students were looking at 7 years gaol for the heinous offence of getting a thylacine bodied dog from the Launceston pound and dying a thylacine pattern on its coat and realeasing it at a popular picnic area where it went around begging for scraps....

there is a similar falls on Gunns Plains,?
 I went for the winterbrook falls but the knee quit on the walkway,
how close am I

Howzit Basil (that's G'day in our local slang)
I saw your post regarding your claim to fame (Auty Nell) and then spent the rest of the morning reading all the posts after that......sounds like Australia is an incredible country to view.  I'm sure as a visitor to the country one should rather look at these types of forums so that you can get the better picture.....rather than following the regular "tourist traps" when you don't know any better!

I'm from Cape Town, South Africa...and have never had the opportunity to travel to Oz but everyone's posts have inspired me....also it might give me an opportunity to meet all the family branches over there. 

anyway the main reason I joined the site is because of Aunt Nell....my GG Grandfather and her were cousins.....I just can't figure out where you fit in the family?  Were you related to the Lamport side or the Stevenson side?

Cheers,
Karin

Talking of old radio shows and the flicks (jaffers Giggle giggle), does an one remember that radio program called green bottle or something like it ? kids in school getting into strife, (Good morning boys, Gooooooood morning sir, Good morning boys.) I thing that was the opening line, any way I for one would love to hear all that again, also Dad n Dave, Dam it there must be some way to get it back again.

oh jeeezzz! now you've raked over the memories, you'll be sorry, green bottle was his name but dont ask me the name of the program. the days when the most powerfull tool in the universe was employed for the good of mankind, dont know what it is, well for you in the back, it is of course our imagination

didnt need playstations or puteys or gameboys, nor did we need gps we always new where we were, never got lost we were occasionally misplaced but we would never ask directions, a game with our mates was "OUTSIDE" yes little johnny we actually went out side to play, tv ,if we had it or when we watched it, was black and white, vegemite belonged to australia and gay meant one was a very happy little chap

there were no lesbians, ladies held hands with each other because they were freinds, we had chores to perform before play, bedtime was 8'oclock straight after bath, I was last in line for the bathwater, mum always made preserves and they werent available through the shops

we never locked the house or the car, why would you, xmas was standing room only and more food than a hundred soldiers could eat, everybody in the town new everyone else, anybody sick in the town and it was all hands to the pump until he/she was well again

the cfs and cwa had more volunteers than they could handle, and the main street at xmas was a sight to behold with father xmas giving out pressies, riding on the back of the ford traytop covered in haybales for seats

there was no graffiti, vandalism was something they did overseas, there was always 100% attendance at school unless one was gravely ill, and on arbour day we all planted a great swag of trees, we lined up in an orderly row and were marched in to the sound of a big bass drum, honoring and saluting the australian flag on the way, we sang god save the queen and recited our times tables as well as the alphabet before commencing class, if you didnt know your tables or the alphabet then the "yardstick" would be emplyed, one very quickly learnt the tables, there were no deficit disorders, some kids needed a bit more time with them than others and if you had adhd then out came the miracle cure "Mr YARDSTICK" and you immediately became well again, I still feel his presence even now

town trees were always trimmed and the lawns were a picture at all times,

where was this paradise I hear you ask, well just over the ranges about 40 years ago!!! we have not advanced we have retreated in to madness!!!

Road Ranger wrote:

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Talking of old radio shows and the flicks (jaffers Giggle giggle), does an one remember that radio program called green bottle or something like it ? kids in school getting into strife, (Good morning boys, Gooooooood morning sir, Good morning boys.) I thing that was the opening line, any way I for one would love to hear all that again, also Dad n Dave, Dam it there must be some way to get it back again.

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I may be able to help with Dad & Dave, let me pull a few strings I may be able to get the recordings on CD for ya....
Yes What? starred green bottle... The famous last episode I can still remember... 'G'Day boys and girls it's your old mate Greenbottle here. Today we're going to have a spelling lesson and today's word is summons. S-U-M-M-O-N-S. Now we'll put it in a sentence, " I was gunna take you to the movies, but summons stole me ute."
Now here's a quick word of advice for all you animal lovers out there - what you're doing is illegal.'

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check out website www.australianotr.com.au
this will bring back all those memories
thank god for google search.
my i.t skills are as good as my reverse parking, is it legal to put bull bars on the rear of a caravan ?

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ROTFL.....

Ohhhh!!!! sorry bout that chief!!!

as the lower lakes dry up or have already done so we are losing hundreds if not thousands of turtles as well as the sea birds and fish and all the other creatures that used to live in those areas, we are losing species at a rapid rate of knots through land degredation and haphazard clearing and farming practices

it absolutely kills me to see this happen all over australia, the national parks were once pristine little oasis but are now just a haven for all things feral including bloody rangers, nobody seems to care, it is because everything is simply money driven, the almighty dollar comes before anything else and that is beginning to include life itself

I used to enjoy strolling around a lovely little forest on a mild spring day with a temperature of 25 degrees, now the trees are gone and the sun is so nasty it burns on contact

I worked in the south east of australia where the temperature never rose above 25 and it rained for 5 days and then dripped off the trees for the other 2, now it hardly ever rains and avrages 25 - 30

I am just creating a little haven for our local wildlife and at the same time giving myself some pleasure with their company, if thats being a greeny then I sure am one!!!

Thunked and chunked over this for quite some time, we are all aware of the degradation that is happening all around us and after completing the trip down the middle again , and visiting a lot of places I have been to before, its my part of Sapphire that attracts me over all other places

Maybe it the birds and animals, from watching the Wrens in the bushes at the back of the shack, to the Pardalots nesting in the side of the mine shaft,  Or the parrots, from the ****atoos that awake me at dawn, or the screech of the galahs, the squabble of the bronzewings and the lorikeets screeching for the honey bread on the plate, or the dancing of the Brolgas, the way the Maggie holds it head as it swallows the mince we feed it on the floor of the shack, Maybe its the camels and horses that have free range over the whole of Sapphire, to the herds of cattle that you have to chase away from your water, during the dry spells of winter, It could be the peace of the early sunrise, as all the birds start to wake  and the glow of the rising sun creeping down the trees, the breeze building up and moving the leaves gently,The ability to do as I wish when I wish, whether it is digging in the bottom of the shaft, and the surprises of rough sapphire and zircon at the end of it in the washed gravels, or the maintenance and the creativity required to fix or fabricate a new part that I have just thought might improve the performance of the machinery, and now I have a bus that needs converting to another home The comfort of my innerspring bed, or my own choice of music and television, played as a background, no aimless chattering of crowds, sirens, multitude of growling cars, no graffiti, stink of exhausts, hardly any bitumen, not a shopping centre in sight, my own choice of opening a can of beans, or cooking a proper meal, watching Jude in the kitchen humming to the tune thats playing, Or the people, mostly senior citizens, gentle ,kind, and helpful, happy hour, quiet discussion, Ahhhhhhhhhh absolutely magical  

KarinSA wrote:

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Howzit Basil (that's G'day in our local slang)
I saw your post regarding your claim to fame (Auty Nell) and then spent the rest of the morning reading all the posts after that......sounds like Australia is an incredible country to view.  I'm sure as a visitor to the country one should rather look at these types of forums so that you can get the better picture.....rather than following the regular "tourist traps" when you don't know any better!

I'm from Cape Town, South Africa...and have never had the opportunity to travel to Oz but everyone's posts have inspired me....also it might give me an opportunity to meet all the family branches over there. 

anyway the main reason I joined the site is because of Aunt Nell....my GG Grandfather and her were cousins.....I just can't figure out where you fit in the family?  Were you related to the Lamport side or the Stevenson side?

Cheers,
Karin

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Well the plot thickens, Karin and I are trying to work out how we are related..... Nell and my grandmother Mable it appears were Cousins as Nells Uncle was Mabels Dad, Small world!!!
Yes Karin Australia is an incredible country, much like South Africa without the lions and heards of wildebeast sweeping magestically away (Basil gestures with his right arm)
Cue the "Blue Hills" theme.......

Wow....that does sound like a great time....aren't we blessed to live in a country like ours.
Lady G,

I rather like going down to Barwon Heads caravan Park for a couple of nights here and there  $22 per site Unpowered ......over looking the Beach and the Bluff   Ocean Grove.....It's only about 65Klm from the Marsh.

ps Thought I might put a picture of myself .....Hope I don't offend anyone

The place that springs to my mind here has to be Dove Lake in Tassie....we did the walk around the lake & the "boathouse" area was just so serene...beautiful memory....
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