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DUFFY - GALLIPOLI -1915 NAA60 This photograph shows Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick – better known as John Simpson – leading a donkey carrying a wounded soldier through Shrapnel Gully, Gallipoli, during World War I. Nicknamed the ‘man with the donkey’, Simpson has become an iconic figure of the Gallipoli campaign, and is perhaps the best known Anzac. The ‘man with the donkey’ John Simpson was a stretcher-bearer in the 3rd Australian Field Ambulance. He came ashore during the Anzac landing of 25 April 1915 and was killed less than 3 weeks later. Simpson used donkeys to transport wounded men from the fighting in Monash Valley down to the dressing (first-aid) station at Anzac Cove. He was probably the first stretcher-bearer on Gallipoli to use a donkey to transport wounded men. The donkey used by Simpson was landed on the first day of the Gallipoli campaign, one of a number brought ashore to carry water. Simpson later used a second donkey. It is believed that Simpson called the donkey in this photograph ‘Duffy’ – although other records indicate that either this or the other donkey was known as ‘Abdul’ or ‘Murphy’.

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That is Rapid Fire Match Two Series of 5 shots on 5 targets in 8 sec Two Series of 5 shots on 5 targets in 8 sec Two Series of 5 shots on 5 targets in 6 sec Two Series of 5 shots on 5 targets in 6 sec Two Series of 5 shots on 5 targets in 4 sec Two Series of 5 shots on 5 targets in 4 sec You shoot the above twice. Total possible 600 I shoot a Pardini, I'm 'A' Grade (but haven't shot grade for two years )

I bet these tasted good! SHEEP DIPPING - 1900 Vintage photo showing a flock of Riverina Peppin Merino sheep in New South Wales Australia being dipped in an arsenic solution to eradicate parasites

Staged!

Thanks SD

And foxes, goats, camels, water buffalos, donkeys, horses, ferrets, deer, wild boar, ostriches....just off the top of my head.

Lol there's an estimated 200+ million of them......nothing we do seems to decimate them for long.

A FIELD OF SPIDER WEBS In the Australian countryside, a phenomenon known as “spider rain” has been taking place for quite some time. The first recorded event was back in 1914, and was originally known as "angel hair" and was believed to be connected to aliens or beings from mythology. Retiree Keith Basterfield of South Australia has been studying this bizarre event for over 15-years and has noted that spider rain happens in May or August, on clear, slightly windy days just after heavy rainfall. It’s caused by baby spiders migrating for food…. So basically, when all the mosquitoes show up after a heavy rain, these little guys want to crash their party and gobble them all up. As Basterfield explains it, "They throw out a protein-based thread of spider's web from their body, they extend it into the air, the wind catches it and they take off and use it as a parachute." Basterfield added, "The web, as a protein-based thread just dissolves over time, over the next day or so. The next morning you will go out and see absolutely nothing."

𝟮𝟭 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮. 1. The Australian Alps get more snow than the Swiss Alps. 2. 90% of Australians live on the coast. 3. Tasmania has the cleanest air in the world. 4. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest ecosystem in the world. It is made up of nearly 3,000 individual reefs and can be seen from space. 5. Australia has over 60 separate wine regions. 6. Fraser Island in QLD is the largest sand island in the world. 7. The Indian Pacific train has the longest straight section of train track in the world. 8. The Great Ocean Road is the world's largest war memorial. 9. 80% of Australian animals are unique to Australia. 10. Australia has the world's longest golf course measuring more than 1,350 kms long. 11. Australia is home to 21 of the world's 25 most venomous snakes. 12. It would take around 29 years to visit one new Aussie beach every day – there are 10,685 of them! 13. Australia is the 6th largest country in the world. 14. 91% of the country is covered by native vegetation. 15. 33% of Australians were born in another country. 16. Australia is the only continent in the world without an active volcano. 17. Australia is home to the longest fence in the world, the Dingo Fence. Originally built to keep dingos away from fertile land, the fence is now 5,614 km long. 18. The Australian dollar is considered to be the most advanced currency in the world – its waterproof, made of polymer and notoriously hard to counterfeit. 19. Australia is the only continent covered by a single country. 20. The world's oldest fossil was discovered in Australia – 3.4 billion years old. 21. Australia is home to more than 1,500 species of spiders.

I do look forward to these segments as well as our own homegrown Lefty exposures that they do.

You might enjoy this Aussie take on some things. I look forward to these regular segments on our news.

Electoral College Map of Reagan Election in 1984 after the attempted assassination on him:

LOL.....yeah dry cold.....that would make ALL the difference !!!!!!!..........................NOT !!!!!! I think I'd rather have 45°C than minus -40°C I don't know how you guys do it.