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For those that fear coming to Australia!


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During Harves time we have the Harvest fly, a minute little critter smaller than a grain of salt and, apart from being annoyingly itchy, that's about as life threatening as it gets but I doubt the same could be said about the Oz Harvest fly with, no doubt, enough venom to floor a herd of elephants.

 

Of course, we do have Scotland's midges - nasty little beasties that only eat tourists and dive on them in relentless squadrons and never miss their target - any exposed flesh from South of the Border.

 

Allan.

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Larrimah seemed to be further south than it looks on the map, I stopped there heading south after going to Matarankah Springs back when there was no speed limits and you could drive through there as fast as your car could go.

 

I didn't have a pie but, or feed peoples pets to Sneaky Pete.

 

The ABC has a bit of a background story featuring obligatory suitably quirky outback characters.    average Australians.

 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-01/larrimah-where-are-paddy-moriarty-and-his-dog-kellie/9380782

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Saw that tourism Australia Ad, it's quite neat.
 
There's this one going around as well. I quite like it as it's got Margot Robbie in it playing a typical Aussie Bogan Chick, beating blokes up ;) 

They've got to make it ( The movie ) now surely.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnA4DGoihak

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 I've  quite missed this thread lately so any news on the latest poisonous critter/man eating varmint/bone crunching specialist from my favourite place in the World in which to die in seconds from a flea bite and not that much longer by anything else ? 

 

Allan. 

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 I've  quite missed this thread lately so any news on the latest poisonous critter/man eating varmint/bone crunching specialist from my favourite place in the World in which to die in seconds from a flea bite and not that much longer by anything else ? 

 

Allan. 

 

 

All news here is about our favourite New Zealander   Deputy PM,  (now officially Australian apparently, haven taken the Aussie oath:)

 

 

  so we've had no time to fit in snakes and spiders.

 

Here is a quick recap intended for Americans but it will probably work for you too since John Oliver has an English accent, and it features the Aussiest bloke ever in there...

 

 

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Barnaby Joyce. Old trouser snake's been playing away from home again.

And we as a collective nation have been trying to erase that particular mental image. Alcohol supplies are dwindling, illicit substances are disappearing from police lockups, and bleach prices are soaring!

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The John Oliver clip was gold, pure gold! :D

 

and a classic from the two Ronnies - Loved it.

 

Anyway something for Allan to stop his cravings, a snake wrangler and his missus  rescue a very peed off Tiger Snake from a beer can.

Gotta love the comment half way through - "This is a bit of an awkward Fffd up situation".

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iljPVCl-yU

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A couple of days ago Michael Portillo was spotted in Victora, Australia filming 'Great Australian Railway Journeys'. He will starting with all of the coastal cities and will be travelling on the Indian Pacific as well as the Ghan.

 

https://mediaweek.com.au/michael-portillo-australia-railway-journeys/

That will be a mini-series then...

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That will be a mini-series then...

 

 

I did sit through some of the SBS 3 hour TV show about the Ghan, I didn't' bother with the 17 hour directors cut that they played the next week but.

 

 

 

https://www.sbs.com.au/guide/article/2017/12/12/slow-tv-comes-sbs-ghan-australias-greatest-train-journey

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