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Basil Faulty


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Late yesterday arvo I took Gracie to Point Hutt for a swim and as there were some "unsavory" dogs at the official area we walked downstream about a Km to a really nice spot and were just sitting in the water and there is a bit of a splash next to us and it was a PLATYPUS!!!! a real live platypus. I've only ever seen one in the wild before. Scared the bejesus out of Gracie and she refused to go back in.

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Good morning Basil, now you & I know Platapussys are extinct, Gracie obviously saw a Croc why do you think she wouldnt go back in. Verry wise dog. Ha Ha Ha!!!!!!                Must have been a very rewarding experience.  Cheers Daryl

-- Edited by DeBe on Friday 4th of December 2009 08:29:38 AM

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As DeBe has said a rewarding experience.Beautiful and weird at the same time.Lucky you and Gracie to be in the right spot at the right time.Oh by the way you did'nt happen to see anyone "Wallowing"did you?Cheers.Ibbo.

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yep very easy to just sit and watch, it enthralls me eveytime when something elusive honors you with a glimpse!

I take me hat off to wildlife photographers who just sit for days to catch "that shot"

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Intially when I realised what it was it was as surreal as a sexual encounter with Jenifer Hawkins i.e. I thought I was dreaming...

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dave06 wrote:

yep very easy to just sit and watch, it enthralls me eveytime when something elusive honors you with a glimpse!

I take me hat off to wildlife photographers who just sit for days to catch "that shot"



 Yes Dave wildlife photographers; people like "Rafian"  http://www.rafian.com/ who sit camoflaged for ages waiting for the right moment to catch the creatures in their natural environment clearly are gifted...



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I clicked on the 'rafian' link expecting to see Jane Goodall and some mountain gorillas but they appear to be mountain something else

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I LOVE platypus................especially with prawns. Mango Chutney and Gravy

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obviously a cannibilistic ritual Basil, I see one of the poor creatures being obviously eaten and in great pain, so cruel!!!

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Disco Duck wrote:

I LOVE platypus................especially with prawns. Mango Chutney and Gravy


How wrong can one be, and I thought Ducks ate worms.

 



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Ducks eat anything JRH...............anything that is protected and free is best!!

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I hope you have it medium rare, Disco, I hear it goes a bit stringy if you over cook it.
Tastes a bit like Koala, but not as chewie.

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Yep Biggles.............you got it!! I always thought it tasted somewhere between Koala and dolphin. Mango Chutney Yummmmm!!

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Platypus and garlic Kippers with Black pudding and Tripe sauce.Nothing quite like it.Whats in your pot Disco?No don't bother probably your neighbours Siamese cat.Cheers.Ibbo.

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I don't know about this black pudding Ibbo.............I'm flat out keeping up with the echidna sausages. Garlic kippers would be okay though.

You still can't beat a good wallaby stew!!

I had the cat last week.............I'm lucky as we have no Chinese restaurants near us.

A good recipe for cooking a Galah:  Put a galah and a rock into a pot..........cook until the rock is soft. Then throw the galah out and eat the rock!!   (Some people use an old boot instead of the rock.......that depends on how affluent you are. I'm still wearing my old boots!!)



-- Edited by Disco Duck on Friday 4th of December 2009 03:49:37 PM

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And now a word from our sponsor.
I'm still trying to get over the concept of kippers and black pudding.
Pommy black pudding is different to German black pudding I think. The German version is also called rice wurst.

Basil you're a lucky bugger behind honoured by a platypus. I've sat by rivers and creeks up on the tablelands for hours, and still no platypus. But I know they're in there somewhere.
A bit like tree kangaroos - very hard to find.
Obviously I've been wallowing in the wrong pond.

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Climbing the wrong trees too Granny LOL

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Chris,how on earth can you expect to see a platypus if you are Wallowing any where near a river or a creek.Platypie.platypussies,are very shy and wallowing is a definite no no.Tree climbing kangaroos are as rare as Bundy Drop Bears,but they are around.Cheers.Ibbo.

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Like me........I'm round too.!!

Granny is probably climing the trees and doing bombies on the poor little blighters. Now they've all moved to Canberra. Better to take the chance with Gracie!!

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I just thought if I wallowed quietly, and sat very still, well maybe........
I reckon you've had the experience of a lifetime as far as playtpus spotting goes.

Every day is a new experience, but that one was special.

And my favourite bevvy is Bundy Red Label, but I'm yet to see a drop bear. Maybe I'm not drinking enough Bundy Red Label.
I might have another go a the Bundy once the potassium problem sorted. Alcohol and potassium aren't compatible. The potassium gets depleted fairly quickly.

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As the potassium level drops..........so do the drop bears Granny. Pays to keep up the alcohol......not the potassium !!

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On the subject of drop bears!   Many years ago a young lad working with us said he was going to ride his motorbike across from Perth to Adelaide.  I told him not to camp under any trees on the Nullabor as the drop bears would get him, by the time I had finished telling him all about the drop bears he had eyes the size of saucers.

A few days later he come into work in a car, on equiring where his bike was he said he had sold it as those bloody drop bears weren't going to get him on the Nullabor.  I still feel bad about it to this day.

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dave06 wrote:

obviously a cannibilistic ritual Basil, I see one of the poor creatures being obviously eaten and in great pain, so cruel!!!



 And the Moral Dave? Don't go to the beach without protection....



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and denture adhesive Basil,................................ god help us if that ever got teeth!!!

I'll just go sit on the naughty step shall I, yep thought so!!

hows the tool and cutter grinder going Basil! got it up and running or are you stuck on your external video hobby of the neighbor

I bought one of those drill doctor 750X sharpeners, my eyes are going and I cant see the drill tips any more to get the right angles, know anything about them??

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