monkeysarefun Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/australian-reptile-park-issues-fresh-sydney-funnelweb-spider-warning/news-story/99b87f2b2f0c3876a1821ec790da3ef0 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted November 26, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 26, 2022 2 hours ago, SRman said: Why come all the way to Australia to go to an Irish pub? It's a bit like me going all the way from Melbourne to Copenhagen (zoo) to see these! 🤣 NSW Beer? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 21 minutes ago, kevinlms said: NSW Beer? Oh, OK. Point taken! 😉 😜 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 1 hour ago, SRman said: Oh, OK. Point taken! 😉 😜 Oi. It puts hair in ya moustache! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 This was amusing too at the time. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted November 26, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 26, 2022 At least Tooheys is drinkable. Unlike certain products of the Mexican State. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted November 26, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 26, 2022 4 hours ago, Gwiwer said: At least Tooheys is drinkable. Unlike certain products of the Mexican State. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 13 hours ago, monkeysarefun said: "Australian Reptile Park issues fresh Sydney funnel-web spider warning" Oh terrific: Quote Mr Collett said funnel web spider season generally coincides with snake season That's nice. Is it Magpie swooping season too? 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 6 hours ago, Gwiwer said: Unlike certain products of the Mexican State. There are outstanding Mexi-lagers - and industrial swill, just like everywhere. People (including me) love "Belgian beer" but they're not talking about Stella Artois when they talk about "Belgian beer". (In the US, Stella is brewed by the AB-InBev brewery in St. Louis, MO, aka Anheuser-Busch / Budweiser.) In terms of volume Mexi-lager producers I am partial to Bohemia (originally from Monterrey, and now part of the Heineken empire). Quality Anejo Tequilas are truly outstanding. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 13 hours ago, SRman said: Why come all the way to Australia to go to an Irish pub? It's a bit like me going all the way from Melbourne to Copenhagen (zoo) to see these! 🤣 As I said, less like an Irish pub I cannot imagine. But, Irish pubs usually have decent craft beers (not only Guiness) and not that horrible bland stuff sold all over the continent. And my one trip to Copenhagen I found such good micro brewery pubs that the entire workshop followed my lead to them! Paul 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted November 26, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 26, 2022 10 hours ago, Gwiwer said: At least Tooheys is drinkable. Unlike certain products of the Mexican State. Furphy's is all right. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium JZ Posted November 27, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 27, 2022 4 hours ago, St Enodoc said: Furphy's is all right. Not bad, but really like Stone wood Pacific Ale. Visited the Cricketer's in Balmain and the London at lunchtime. The former was quiet, the latter busy. Had Reschs in the Cricketers' Also came across a Cricketer's in Surrey Hills last night. A bit rough round the edges, it reminded me of the Adam & Eve in Clifton, Bristol some 30 odd years ago. Back to beer and James Squire Nine Tails is nice. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 8 minutes ago, JZ said: James Squire Nine Tails is nice. I went to a Squire's pub on the Sunshine Coast pre-pandemic. I had a taster of several of their beers. While their website (currently) insists they do use different hops each had a very consistent taste that made them taste very similar irrespective of the style. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium JZ Posted November 27, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 27, 2022 With two days left, having done pretty much all I set out to do here and what with the weather looking miserable tomorrow, I might just ride the trains. Head up to Hornsby, as I've only been as far as Milson's Point north of the bridge. Then return via the other route, 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted November 29, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 29, 2022 Nothing to fear here, unless you are part of an attacking force! Perhaps this belongs in a memorial thread, elsewhere? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-29/rats-of-tobruk-veteran-ernie-walker-dies-aged-106/101713400 There are still a number of survivors in Victoria. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted December 9, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 9, 2022 Just popping down to the shops!https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-09/normanton-supermarket-launches-to-combat-high-living-costs/101748762 And yes this is on topic as Normanton is one end of the famous railway line. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Isherwood Posted December 10, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 10, 2022 10 hours ago, kevinlms said: .....Normanton is one end of the famous railway line. ..... and a very nice railway and town they are, too! My wife and I had the train from Croydon to Normanton entirely to ourselves - two passengers and three crew! The Purple Pub was very welcoming, the beer was refreshingly cold, and they served an excellent meal. Chris the Croc was impressive - even in concrete form! Sunset down at the river was magnificent, and there was even a bustard, posing in the middle of the road, as we took photos. John Isherwood. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 On 27/11/2022 at 21:21, JZ said: With two days left, having done pretty much all I set out to do here and what with the weather looking miserable tomorrow, I might just ride the trains. Head up to Hornsby, as I've only been as far as Milson's Point north of the bridge. Then return via the other route, If you can afford the time, ride the train to Gosford. It will pass through Hornsby but then the scenery gets really spectacular. 4 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Isherwood Posted December 10, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 10, 2022 (edited) 38 minutes ago, cctransuk said: ..... and a very nice railway and town they are, too! My wife and I had the train from Croydon to Normanton entirely to ourselves - two passengers and three crew! The Purple Pub was very welcoming, the beer was refreshingly cold, and they served an excellent meal. Chris the Croc was impressive - even in concrete form! Sunset down at the river was magnificent, and there was even a bustard, posing in the middle of the road, as we took photos. John Isherwood. As an addendum to the above : - John Isherwood. Edited December 10, 2022 by cctransuk 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted December 10, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 10, 2022 1 hour ago, SRman said: It will pass through Hornsby but then the scenery gets really spectacular. That's a bit unfair! 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted December 10, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 10, 2022 4 hours ago, SRman said: If you can afford the time, ride the train to Gosford. It will pass through Hornsby but then the scenery gets really spectacular. The ride to Lithgow is even more spectacular once you get past Emu Plains. 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted December 10, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 10, 2022 2 hours ago, Gwiwer said: The ride to Lithgow is even more spectacular once you get past Emu Plains. EMU plains, is that the same as carriage sidings? 😉 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted December 10, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 10, 2022 4 hours ago, boxbrownie said: EMU plains, is that the same as carriage sidings? 😉 As it happens, yes - for EMUs! 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium JZ Posted December 11, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 11, 2022 18 hours ago, SRman said: If you can afford the time, ride the train to Gosford. It will pass through Hornsby but then the scenery gets really spectacular. Sadly, I'm at home now. But maybe next year. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-12/search-for-yaraka-pub-banned-emus/101717988 3 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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