when I went down the street earlier they were playing this on the radio and I'd forgotten all about it..I've always like it so I thought it might be nice to share things, anything! as I'll put some pic's up later of places I've been and things I've seen..I don't see why everything has to be around coins even though it's a coin forum. I could be wrong be I think it adds a friendly feel :friends:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teWFnLqjnuY
Nice post AJ ..... great images on the clip. I only saw my first picture of Cappadocia in Turkey in one of the papers this morning and there's one in the clip. How Bizarre ..... how bizarre (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2cMG33mWVY) .......
Thanks Uni, there's some unreal(good) people here and I just got this and some other goodies from a very dear friend so I'm pretty bloody happy right now with my finds and all :yahoo:
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as some of you may know I just got back from new Zealand and the scenery there is just magnificent, guarantee you we will be back there next year.
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Australia is pretty too.!!
mate ya can't beat Oz, look around here first then tell me about else where..I haven't seen much of our great land but some of what I've seen is just FANTASTIC :good:
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Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='33194' dateline='1383289022'mate ya can't beat Oz, look around here first then tell me about else where..I haven't seen much of our great land but some of what I've seen is just FANTASTIC :good:
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come on AJ.
That is just your back yard after you got confused between the sprayseed and the dynamic lifter in the shed :laugh2:
Just kidding Mate
This is the Greenough River just down the road from My place :good:
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very nice trout :) these are just a mix of mountains, sunsets, sunrise and a few clouds :)
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I love the colours we get in the sky
and these pic's don't do it justice
funny
same sunset and its even better with a beer in hand
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Quote from: 'duggee27' pid='33218' dateline='1383298588'funny
same sunset and its even better with a beer in hand
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Jeepers, I must be looking through your beery eyes.
Those Horses look super fat and have weird noses :laugh2::dance2:
there's lots of brid life around here and here's just a few, sorry there not so good pic's and that there's a lot missing and nice ones like the red and yellow tail black cockatoo and greenleaks and a few others..I must take me camera more often
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I really should take the camera out instead of the rifle for birds.
We have some stunning birds here especially during summer when I run the sprinkler But as soon as I hear a bloody crow I grab the gun, I hate the buggers they attack everything, NASTY sods.
The Missus is getting a bit "Peeved" with the holes in the flyscreens but if you don't shoot the buggers from inside they see the rifle and fly away, Sneaky buggers :dodgy:
Great pics everyone.!!:good:
Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='33194' dateline='1383289022'mate ya can't beat Oz, look around here first then tell me about else where..
Lots of places have spectacular scenery. And a lot of them are interchangeable. Yet people rave about NZ. I don't know anyone who came back saying they didn't fall in love with the place, and they all seem to go back. One day I'll go see what the fuss is about, but in the meantime I dutifully gawk at their piccies. ;)
I think its a bit like Tassie... there's really nothing there that you haven't seen before on the mainland. But whereas you get hundreds of miles of mountain, cane, wheat, desert or whatever up here, in Tassie its all sliced and diced and edited down to a bite size package. Around every bend there's something new, so in an hour you can get a Readers Digest version of the great aussie landscape that would take you days to see anywhere else in the country.
And from all reports and pics, NZ seems to be like that too. Maybe that's the attraction?
if NZ is so good why are they all here :laugh2:
NZ population 6 mill, australia's kiwi's 7 mill..where's the better place :winkextra:
I found some more bird pic's so I tried to load these on tinny pic's last night and it was the first time the stupid thing played funny games and wouldn't let me but today it's had a change of heart so here's a few more
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Quotepeople rave about NZ.
Well worth a visit but, schedule a goodly amount of time. You will regret if you only plan a short trip.
We spent our honeymoon there and the earth moved for us -literally. An earthquake shook us out of bed amidst falling furniture and china!
yeah we had a tremor when we were there at Christchurch it was only 2.0 so it was pretty hard to feel we were at the airport at the time and one of the people there said they get those all the time.
no thanks, I value my life so I'll stay here :) we should know our own back yard before worrying about others..might also help OUR economy :winkextra:
now lets get back to taking about
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Let's set the mood first.
Turn your speakers up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgBgQQXoUw8
Pigram Brothers are a local band from the Broome/Derby region.
Colin Pigram is one of my customers and a very nice bloke,
he gave me a free CD to play, after I visited him in Derby.
I played it a over and over on the way back to Broome,
until the wife could not take it any more. LOL
Cable Beach in Broome.
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Bush fire between Broome and Derby.
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Boab tree prison in Derby.
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Giant termite mound (and me).
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Roebuck Bay, Broome and Hovercraft
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gee there's some top assie shots there Steve, thanks mate :good:
Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='33266' dateline='1383335054'if NZ is so good why are they all here
Because scenery doesn't put food in ya belly. Some of the most beautiful places on the planet are real hellholes to try and live in. Makes them pretty good for a visit
(unless you drown, burn, freeze, get shot, sick, robbed, crushed or whatever), but you really wouldn't want to live there.
Australia's so good because its not only a pretty attractive place, but also extremely stable... geologically, economically and politically. Why do you think all the refugees want to come here?
I would have left the extremely stable politically out as that is very subjective and debatable and a lot of refugees have been coming from before my time after nam but all of a sudden we don't want the people that we helped make their countries hell holes but that's another story, we'll stick with Oz :winkextra: so ya got any pic's :)
Here are some from around where I live.
Click the link please Around Gulgong (http://www.gulgong.net/gulgong_region.php)
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There's more at Bathurst than just a racing circuit...
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BEAUTIFUL, some amazing pic's there, thanks Jeff :hi:
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Looking out my back door last night.
Unfortunately, by the time I noticed the sunset with the orb of the (red, red) sun perfectly framed, it was too late to fiddle with camera setting. Just a very quick "point and click" before it was disappearing. Must keep an eye out again tonight.
And some music to go with it. Lookin' Out My Back Door (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd_nE625vGk)
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Great pics Jeff and I love the song (one of my favs).
Here's an interesting story ....
Put this one on the 20c (http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/giant-meateating-platypus-identified-from-one-fossil-tooth-20131105-2wxtj.html)
I'm sure it would make the 2s go wavy or make you put a 'gap' between you and it.
yes totally agree Jeff, you only have a split second and it's a different pic but nice shot :good:
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River Murray at Waikerie,South Australia. Pic.1 is the site of the original pumping station for the town.
Pic.2 is the pump used from the 1920's through to the 1950's to supply both the town and surrounding orchards. Was capable of extracting 500,000 gallons per hour from the River Murray.
Pic. 3 shows the cliffs across from the town and highlights how the river cuts its way through the countryside.
Great pics Robster ...... now that's a pump!!
Quote from: 'Unicorn' pid='34434' dateline='1384477975'Great pics Robster ...... now that's a pump!!
That is an awesome pump. But if you want a true earth-moving experience then go to Cobdogla (the South Australian riverland) and take a look at the world's only operational Humphrey Pump on one of the days when they fire it up. Simply amazing.
Here's a page on how it works: http://www.angelfire.com/ak5/energy21/humphreypump.htm
Wow, I've never heard of one. Thanks for the link Mark. It might take me a few more reads to get my head around it though. There were some really smart people for their times. Humphrey appears to be one of them. Not sure how the residue from combustion would impact water quality, but might be minimal due to the volumes involved.
some more awesome pic's :good:
I had heard of the Humphrey pump but never seen details of operation. It is not mentioned in several of the textbooks I have about pumps and pumping.
Worth googling "Humphrey pump" if you are intrigued. Also try "fluidyne".
Greenpeace and FAO are trying to resurrect this idea for small pumps in impoverished areas of India.
Thanks Mark for the link.
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"Where's Wally"?.
in the middle about an inch from the bottom just on the edge of the red dirt hiding behind the little bush :)
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We have a winner.!!!
yep that's what I could see, told ya he was hiding behind the little bush..I was going to say shoot it but couldn't quite make it out and thought it might have been a blue heeler so wouldn't want to shoot ya dog :)
so did ya have fun seeing how close you could get :laugh2:
I didn't have the telephoto lens on the camera so I had to do a bit of stalking.!! lol.
These pics are of a bush fire, on the edge of a lake, near our home. They were taken a couple of years ago.
View from our upstairs balcony.
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The water chopper.
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The chopper reloading with water from another nearby lake.
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Ripper photos and shows how close we can be to disaster even in the suburbs.!