AndyID Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Oh sh...t! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 1 hour ago, monkeysarefun said: Not the biggest I've caught but the biggest that I've caught when there's been someone with a camera behind me (not my son). The camera was actually wielded by the spider's much larger mother. She's behind you!!! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted January 12, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 12, 2022 7 hours ago, SRman said: The laid back Australian approach to revenge. I was about to post that and see I've been beaten to the draw! 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted January 12, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 12, 2022 3 hours ago, SRman said: The camera was actually wielded by the spider's much larger mother. She's behind you!!! Never mind the mother. It's the Mother-in-Law you need to worry about 1 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted January 12, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 12, 2022 (edited) By no means the biggest I have seen but the biggest I have been able to photograph against a ruler! Even the dragon-flies are super-sized. Edited January 12, 2022 by Gwiwer 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 12, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 12, 2022 I Googled Grumpy Drop Bear, some many of them I agree with. 4 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ikks Posted January 12, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 12, 2022 We get quite a few huntsmen in our place over the season( they're all called Harold .by the way), they are brilliant, when they are at home.....no mozzies, no nasty spiders or other insects that want to bite you, all end up in the huntsmen's gut. Always happy to say G'day to one of these blokes. Mike 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 18 hours ago, Gwiwer said: Anyone with a nasty in their home came knocking our door asking if I would kindly remove it. Just don't call this bloke. 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 15 hours ago, monkeysarefun said: Not the biggest I've caught ... A university mate was a keen archer and had a compound bow handy. He was renting an old Queenslander (with a very high tongue-and-groove wooden ceiling) and decided to shoot at a huntsman in the lounge/living room, rather than deal with ladders etc to remove it. He was very proud of his marksmanship (which was impressive) not that I approve(d) of the extermination of such a helpful beast. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 5 hours ago, monkeysarefun said: Just don't call this bloke. Use a dustbin lid next time fella! (awaits pedantry pointing out nobody uses old style dustbins with lids anymore...) C6T. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
faulcon1 Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Just popped outside and this went strolling past. Do you get wildlife such as this in England? 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 21 minutes ago, faulcon1 said: Just popped outside and this went strolling past. Do you get wildlife such as this in England? We have blue-tailed skinks in Idaho. Their tails are a brilliant "electric" blue and they lose them if they are attacked. But they are much, much smaller than your pal and they are pretty quick too. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Okay, who had tsunami on their 2022 apocalypse bingo card? http://www.bom.gov.au/tsunami/national.shtml 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted January 15, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 15, 2022 23 minutes ago, DavidB-AU said: who had tsunami on their 2022 apocalypse bingo card? Stop feeding Tongans fart-making foods Someone went for a swim and exploded 5 hours ago, faulcon1 said: Do you get wildlife such as this in England? Oh we get much better than that. We get Blue-Tongue Drinkers - those whose language turns the air blue when filled with falling-down waters Highly toxic to most other life-forms! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 (edited) 16 hours ago, DavidB-AU said: Okay, who had tsunami on their 2022 apocalypse bingo card? The satellite pictures of the explosive eruption are truly stunning. The whole Pacific was affected: Quote A tsunami warning has been issued for the islands of Tonga and parts of Japan. Tsunami advisories have also been issued for New Zealand's North Island and the west coast of the United States from California to Alaska, as well as Canada's British Columbia. Apparently it has hit Alaska and the west coast, but was more like a nuisance king tide with some minor flooding in car parks in Alaska and splashy waves in California. A different story in Tonga of course. Norfolk Island apparently had some of the highest waves. Edited January 16, 2022 by Ozexpatriate 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted January 15, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 15, 2022 Here’s one for all on big-wave alert 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Need I say more? https://www.yahoo.com/news/performance-6-000-lb-melting-172234282.html 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Another weird critter from the Oz marine ecosystem. The 'blanket octopus'. (At least this one does not look very lethal. Pretty though. I'd much rather see this than Irukandji. ) 3 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Came out to a flat tyre this morning, Took it off to find this on the inside. The tyre was fine yesterday afternoon when I got home so I can only assume a Drop Bear got stuck into it overnight since they are nocturnal and I do have a largish tree in my front yard that attracts them. 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted January 18, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 18, 2022 It almost looks like the rim's bolt pattern does not match the axle's and the lugbolts look too large in diameter to fit the rim's holes. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 1 hour ago, monkeysarefun said: Took it off to find this on the inside. Nasty. I had a Goodyear tyre (original equipment on my car) fail on the inside sidewall with the steel belt fragments poking through the side. I was driving on the highway when the pressure gauge went off. Pulling off the road I found a gas/petrol station with an air compressor (not that common these days) and the tyre wouldn't hold pressure. The steel fragments cut my finger (not badly) when I pulled the wheel off. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 1 hour ago, monkeysarefun said: I can only assume a Drop Bear got stuck into it overnight since they are nocturnal and I do have a largish tree in my front yard that attracts them. Are you sure it wasn't your old girlfriend Deb? You know, Deb Ris. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 G'Day Folks 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, J. S. Bach said: It almost looks like the rim's bolt pattern does not match the axle's and the lugbolts look too large in diameter to fit the rim's holes. I guess they use the one rim model to fit 2 different stud patterns. At least it wasnt my ute. That doesnt have a spare but relies on a can of goo that you spray into a flat tyre to get you going again. No way goo would have stayed in THAT tyre! Edited January 18, 2022 by monkeysarefun 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted January 19, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2022 (edited) 15 hours ago, manna said: G'Day Folks Not Australia, but in Kentucky: EDIT: "Lick" is another name for a stream, brook, etc. Edited January 19, 2022 by J. S. Bach To add some information. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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