Buckshot Bear

Don't know how you eat a hamburger without beetroot OR pineapple.....just wouldn't be a hamburger!!!!!

My photo, a little up the road from our home looking to the West from the Coast. That peak that you can see in the distance was named 'Pigeon House Mountain' by Captain Cook when he navigated up the East Coast of Australia when he saw it on April 21, 1770

Bangers and mash with onion gravy, an Aussie favourite when I was growing up.

A marine was gravely injured at Guadalcanal, and was evacuated to a hospital in Perth. After his emergency surgery, he slowly came out of unconsciousness seeing a bright white lit room, with an angelic face peering down at him. Struggling, he croaked “did…I…come…here…to…die?” The beautiful Aussie nurse beamed a big smile to the Marine and replied: “No dearie! You came here yes-tah-die!”

Watched two more episodes last night, very very moving the interviews with the veterans, both sides (yes they interview VC veterans) really brings home just how pointless all wars are. Vietnam is now a tourist 'mecca' for young Aussies to travel to. All those young lives lost in WW1 & WWII and in all Western countries Mercedes and Toyota's, Mazda's, Honda's etc etc are the most numerous cars on our roads.

A Texan is visiting his friend in Sydney, they go out sightseeing. The Australian shows him the harbour bridge and the Texan says “back in Texas we could build a bridge like that in 2 weeks.” The Australian then shows him St Mary’s cathedral and the Texan says “back home we could throw up a building like that in maybe a week!” Frustrated, the Australian takes him to the Sydney Opera House. “Wow,” says the Texan. “What’s that?” “No idea, mate” says the Aussie, “it wasn’t there yesterday!”

That's so we don't get bitten by octopuses on our feet

THE DINGO FENCE - 1885 Nature and Parks Coober Pedy. It is the longest fence in the world, the Dingo or Dog Fence, and you can see a section of this 5,600 km barrier near the Kanku-Breakaways, 15km from Coober Pedy. Built in 1885 to protect the sheep in the southern states, by keeping out dingoes and other wild dogs. Originally 8,614 km long, it was shortened in the 1980's. This phenomenal fence spans from Queensland in the north-east to the Great Australian Bight in South Australia in the south to protect the south-eastern farms. Protection measures against dingoes by this fence, include a height of up to 2 metres and it extends 30 cm into the ground to prevent digging underneath. Other measures along the fence include lighting and poison bait traps. The Dingo Fence is made of wooden posts connected by wire mesh (electric in some sections) and much of it is lit at night by alternating red and white fluorescent lamps and patrolled by a staff of 23 full-time employees. It costs almost $750,000 to maintain each year, but it's still not 100 percent effective. Dingoes do get through sometimes when wild camels smash holes in the fence

Vietnam: The War That Changed America Been watching this six (6) part series that's narrated by Ethan Hawke. Highly recommended, incredible footage and interviews. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35407689/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3_tt_3_nm_5_in_0_q_viet

Yes that's what its called YouTube Premium, I watch a lot of YT and there's no way I could watch it with ads. It also incudes YouTube Music which is so much better than Spotify.

Seriously for real are you telling me you don't over there??

Unbelievable amount of cyclones up the top end on Australia

Just out of curiosity - Do you pay for YouTube Premium?

LOL 😁

Happy GroundHog Day.....whatever that means to my American cowboy cousins who were put on the wrong convict ship from Mother England