Toots 11,752 Posted March 19 1 hour ago, simmo said: Pocahontas county There's a statue of her at Gravesend. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simmo 21,613 Posted March 19 5 hours ago, Toots said: There's a statue of her at Gravesend. That's where I was last night 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HappyHeart 14,182 Posted March 19 Augusta, South West WA yesterday. I love that sleepy little place on the Blackwood River. Where 2 oceans meet. Southern and Indian. Lovely day yesterday. Summer winds dropped and feels nicer even though 10d cooler 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toots 11,752 Posted March 25 My friends' little orphaned pet lambs. Both 5 days old. The first one is on a farm in North Yorkshire the other on a farm in south west Scotland. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cup Final 1973 391 Posted March 25 Cruising the Norwegian fjords…magical! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Parley 7,392 Posted March 25 16 hours ago, Toots said: My friends' little orphaned pet lambs. Both 5 days old. The first one is on a farm in North Yorkshire the other on a farm in south west Scotland. Yum. love lamb 1 Buy a man eat fish. The Day, Teach Man, to lifetime. - Joe Biden. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tulip1 4,691 Posted March 26 9 hours ago, Parley said: Yum. love lamb With mint sauce? 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HappyHeart 14,182 Posted March 26 A small Black Bream from the Blackwood River 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bobj 10,261 Posted March 27 (edited) On 26/03/2023 at 19:25, HappyHeart said: A small Black Bream from the Blackwood River Good fun on light tackle. Get a trip up to the Kimberlies and have a go at these Actually, this 94 cm barra was from the Keep River. you have to go from Kununurra north for about 90km. Cheers, Bobj. Edited March 27 by Bobj adding info. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FirstWorldProblems 1,701 Posted April 7 Long run at Clent Hills yesterday. 1,200m of climb. Eating everything in sight today! 5 British | Lived in Australia 2001-02 on 457 | Married Aussie wife & moved back to UK | Plan to return to Sydney 2026 when all kids have finished school 5 Feb 2023 - 309/100 submitted | 14 Mar 2023 309 & 100 granted Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HappyHeart 14,182 Posted April 10 Big Brook Dam. Pemberton WA 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HappyHeart 14,182 Posted April 10 Hamelin Bay Sunset last night. The caravan park is very busy. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bobj 10,261 Posted April 13 We used to see quite a few of these rainbow lorikeets, but for some reason, they are either dying off, or seeking new areas. Might try and coax them back with raw sugar soaked in bread and honey as we used to do. Cheers, Bobj. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HappyHeart 14,182 Posted April 13 15 minutes ago, Bobj said: We used to see quite a few of these rainbow lorikeets, but for some reason, they are either dying off, or seeking new areas. Might try and coax them back with raw sugar soaked in bread and honey as we used to do. Cheers, Bobj. We see very many in our back yard in both Perth and down south. They like olive trees and basically anything with fruit I think! Your bread and honey might work! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ramot 6,881 Posted April 13 46 minutes ago, Bobj said: We used to see quite a few of these rainbow lorikeets, but for some reason, they are either dying off, or seeking new areas. Might try and coax them back with raw sugar soaked in bread and honey as we used to do. Cheers, Bobj. I read there was a virus which was causing them to drop dead, it spread when lots of them were gathered feeding together. We certainly don’t have anything like the numbers in the garden now, but a few probably 6 max are eating some berries they like at the moment. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bobj 10,261 Posted April 13 32 minutes ago, HappyHeart said: We see very many in our back yard in both Perth and down south. They like olive trees and basically anything with fruit I think! Your bread and honey might work! That reminds me when I lived in Perth and kununurra, they were fairly common and the number of people who called them ‘blue mountain parrots’ was quite alarming that they knew nothing of these gorgeous birds. Cheers, Bobj. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bobj 10,261 Posted April 13 I have a schotia tree in the front garden, which is also called the drunken parrot tree and every year when it flowered, masses of the lorikeets would ‘invade’ the tree and the number of times the birds would fly headlong into the windows. In those days, it was commonplace to seen a couple of dozen of them squawking away. Now, there only seem to be the odd one. I can understand about the virus, as we have seen a few dead ones on the lawns. Cheers, Bobj. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toots 11,752 Posted April 13 We don't often see lorikeets here but at certain times of the year dozens of them appear and swoop on the native trees then disappear again. We have finches, sparrows, fairy wrens, blackbirds and even little pink robins in the local gardens. In Sydney a group of lorikeets used to visit us every day. Two of them became tame and I really missed them when we left. Here they are. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HappyHeart 14,182 Posted April 13 Busselton Jetty yesterday... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HappyHeart 14,182 Posted April 13 Some wonderful old English and other trees at Golden Valley Tree Farm in Balingup. We plan to plant an Oak at our new property. Probably plant the pup ashes under it. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HappyHeart 14,182 Posted April 13 Big Brook Dam, Pemberton. Great Southern region WA. Unexpected find of wild Blackberries 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
