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- 29 June 10 7:03 pm
- Forum: General Chit-Chat
- Topic: [OT] Look after penguins!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3651
Re: [OT] Look after penguins!
As a Veterinary Surgeon, a past president of the RSPCA, a member of multiple ethics committees and a consultant to the NPWS as well as a member of a NPWS advisory committee, I KNOW it was media sensationalism. While sad, these things are not always avoidable. Well that's an independent point of vie...
- 28 June 10 9:40 pm
- Forum: General Chit-Chat
- Topic: [OT] Look after penguins!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3651
Re: [OT] Look after penguins!
Not sure that that is fair! They lose that many a week when the penguins hang themselves in the grass that they were trying to get rid of. Just media sensationalism - again. Another one who has missed the point completely :? Habitat management needs to consider the inhabitants of it. The failure is...
- 27 June 10 5:02 pm
- Forum: General Chit-Chat
- Topic: [OT] Look after penguins!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3651
Re: [OT] Look after penguins!
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/weed-program-kills-penguins-20100624-z2uo.html http://www.news.com.au/national/bungle-sees-13-fairy-penguins-burn-to-death/story-e6frfkvr-1225884482626 I can't imagine that being burnt to death would be a nice way to die. They say the road to hell is pav...
- 25 May 10 9:27 am
- Forum: General Chit-Chat
- Topic: Don't forget your towel
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2574
Re: Don't forget your towel
A great man. "When a Brambleweeny57 sub-meson brain is linked to an atomic vector plotter suspended in a nice hot cup of tea, finite amounts of improbability are produced." This is precisely why a hot cup of tea is so effective for many events. This is not to be confused with a good lie down, you n...
- 14 May 10 10:22 pm
- Forum: General Chit-Chat
- Topic: Where I have Been, Where I am Going
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2155
Re: Where I have Been, Where I am Going
Go to Norway :!: Definitely go to: Oslo has Vigeland Sculpture Park , The Scream at the National Museum and the FRAM (the boat that Roald Amundsen took to Antarctica after Fridtjof Nansen made an attempt to the north pole in it (he was going to get stuck in the ice and let the ice flow take him furt...
- 03 April 10 8:37 pm
- Forum: General Chit-Chat
- Topic: Is anyone still here???
- Replies: 38
- Views: 10363
Re: Is anyone still here???
Looks like no-one is here anymore... Question of Interest How many cachers didn't go to the Mega Event? Well we didn't go to the Mega Event and stayed home this weekend. We managed to sneak in a Meagre Event today and had over 20 people attend. A nice low key event with some great people with time ...
- 19 January 10 9:33 pm
- Forum: General Chit-Chat
- Topic: Where are we all from??? (introduce yourself) parts 1&2
- Replies: 542
- Views: 370581
Re: Where are we all from??? (introduce yourself) parts 1&2
Hi, my name is Stealth Ninja Penguin. I'm a pan-dimensional being from space that travels through time, space and logic. I appear on this planet in the physical form of a humble penguin as not to create too much of a fuss while I wander around studying humans and their funny ways before they complet...
- 20 November 09 7:02 pm
- Forum: General Chit-Chat
- Topic: Bogus Logs (dog108 is logging caches without finding them)
- Replies: 124
- Views: 38927
Re: Bogus Logs (dog108 is logging caches without finding them)
What are the point of rules if they are not applied fairly or are only applied selectively to some depending on they are?Papa Bear_Left wrote: Geez, I hope there actually are some rules!
- 19 November 09 6:34 pm
- Forum: General Chit-Chat
- Topic: [OT] Is it HOT enough for youse?
- Replies: 86
- Views: 25672
Re: [OT] Is it HOT enough for youse?
Adelaide has just had the hottest November day on record - 43 degrees celcius
It was 47 at Ceduna today. Not to worry their temp for tomorrow will be 21 degrees cooler.
It was 47 at Ceduna today. Not to worry their temp for tomorrow will be 21 degrees cooler.
- 17 November 09 6:07 pm
- Forum: General Chit-Chat
- Topic: Team cards cuasing a problem.
- Replies: 43
- Views: 12844
Re: Team cards cuasing a problem.
I started caching leaving a calling card but quit that after about 20. I could see what could happen if everyone (or at least a lot of people) started doing that. In some of the caches that I've found recently, the majority of the contents have been team cards. Some of these people spend a fair amou...
- 11 November 09 6:23 pm
- Forum: General Chit-Chat
- Topic: [OT] Is it HOT enough for youse?
- Replies: 86
- Views: 25672
Re: [OT] Is it HOT enough for youse?
It's getting a little toasty here in Adelaide. 39 today. Just got to remember to keep your cool
- 08 November 09 9:57 pm
- Forum: General Chit-Chat
- Topic: Snakes, Snakes, Snakes
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8156
Re: Snakes, Snakes, Snakes
Mannum quarry on Friday I was having a look for a cache under some big rocks. While I was doing that I was thinking 'gee, I hope I don't see a snake here' and guess what... I did :shock: . The gentle rustle of the grass in the wind was just enough to cover the rustle of the grass by the snake. A nic...
- 05 November 09 9:19 pm
- Forum: General Chit-Chat
- Topic: Telstra & Telstra Dealers
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8552
Re: Telstra & Telstra Dealers
Telstra smelstra! If you you want a real challenge try dealing with Centrelink! A friend of mine tried to register with them over the phone and internet but after a week or so of engaged tone and no one replying to his online enquiries he went down to the local office to register. When he got there ...
- 02 September 09 10:31 pm
- Forum: General Chit-Chat
- Topic: 160 metre rule
- Replies: 34
- Views: 10214
Re: 160 metre rule
My first cache placement was 100m from an existing cache. It was in the botannical gardens in Sydney and was in among mature trees quite separated from the nearby one which was in an open herb display. Not much chance one being found accidently while searching for the other so it was allowed at the...
- 01 September 09 9:33 pm
- Forum: General Chit-Chat
- Topic: 160 metre rule
- Replies: 34
- Views: 10214
Re: 160 metre rule
Further to this on how strict the 161 m rule is just between Geocaching.com caches from each other is as follows. A year ago ,we had heard that some caches around Australia were permitted to be placed within 161m of each other.We know a couple of caches we had placed got rejected through the 161m r...