Buckshot Bear

Vertigo is one of the worst things to experience, I hope your bout with it is over soon.

Yes pay phones are free and they are also free WiFi access points.

It's unusual that we're not already there? I wonder why the call hasn't come through?

Oh yeah! https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=australian+sovereign+citizen

THE PERISCOPE RIFLE - 1915 The periscope rifle was an ingenious ANZAC device, improvised from the need for soldiers to find a way to snipe at the Turkish enemy, a short distance away, without showing their heads above the trench parapet. A box-wood frame held aloft a rifle that rested on top of the parapet. Reflecting mirrors set into the frame allowed a soldier, safely hidden below, to see across to enemy lines. The soldier then used a length of wire to pull the trigger whenever the enemy was spotted. These rifles were used constantly at ANZAC Cove, from late May 1915 until the evacuation. A “factory” was even set up on the beach to make the frames. The periscope rifle saved many ANZAC lives, especially at Quinn’s Post, where the enemy line was very close. An interesting question is whether South Australian soldier, Private George Tostet, 10th Battalion, AIF was involved in the invention of the periscope rifle? A photograph held in the collection of the Australian War Memorial certainly suggests this possibility. It is most likely, though, that Victorian soldier, William Beech, was the original inventor with others, including Tostet, making various adaptions and improvements. PHOTO - The Periscope Rifle saved many soldiers' lives as it allowed them to see the enemy without showing themselves over the parapet.

Great 360° map.

Very clever!

Good thinking Deacon!

THE LONELIEST TOWN IN AUSTRALIA The tiny outpost has a population of ZERO after pub owner, 88, dies – and he hadn't sold a drop in five years. With little more than a derelict hotel, broken petrol pump and a vandalised phone box to its name, the abandoned town of Betoota stands alone in the middle of a barren desert plain. It was once a busy meeting place for farmers and drovers moving their cattle through customs and onto the markets of South Australia. But the deserted outpost, which lies 170km east of the nearest populated area, Birdsville, in Queensland, is now officially the smallest ghost town in the country. And with an official population of zero, the town - which sees temperatures soar into the 50s - is also the tiniest by resident and building count in the world, according to the Herald Sun. For several decades it was home to just one resident - Polish-born Simon Remienko. He ran the 12-year-old Betoota Hotel, the only building in town, for 44 years before shutting up shop in 1997. But he continued to live alone in the town until he passed away in 2004 at the age of 88. Speaking in 2002, he told The Age: 'I own the place - if you own something and it makes you happy, there is no reason to leave it. 'There is always something for me to do here. If I don't look after myself, nobody else will.' He stocked a full bar in the years leading up to his death, despite not having sold a drop in five years. Betoota's history can be traced back to to the late 1880s when it was used as a customs post and Cobb & Co change station. Hundreds of workers were attracted to the area after the building of a Rabbit Proof Fence in 1895, meaning the construction of a police station and a court was necessary. But when changes were introduced to the customs services in 1901, population numbers began to dwindle. In 1928, an inspection of the town revealed that in the past five years no one had been taken into custody and so the courthouse and police station closed their doors. The town started to fall rapidly into a state of neglect and disrepair. But Mr Remienko breathed new energy into the town when he purchased the hotel for £3,500 in 1953. Now the ghost town only comes alive on the last weekend in August each year for The Betoota Races.

Sounded a bit uppity and high falutin didn't it 😁 ...... well that's my big word of the year used and its only the 3rd of January!!!

That's a really amazing vista.

15 dead.....that is just terrible

I have put some in Rip over the years, but you know with koi some don't grow very fast and others are 'magnum' size in a few years? The ones we got were over 24" quick smart, of course we were very attached to them as they sucked on our fingers when we fed them and it was heartache rehoming them. They are frowned on down here, they are legal in our State but a banned species in many Aussie States as they really are a terrible feral pest if they get into our waterways.

We had koi, lost them all when we had bushfires and lost power for 10 days (young and didn't have a genny). Got rid of the pond when our first grandchild was born as it was a drowning hazard. Now we just have some goldfish that are getting on in life in a large concrete cattle trough, they have a few babies each year that manage not to get eaten. Our American 'Spanish Moss' likes being near the water.

Goldfish or Koi in that pond?

I bet that's just lovely sitting and taking that vista in with a coffee or an adult beverage.

Had a great life living here, always felt blessed. I

FFS 10 people didn't get to even see 2025 because of this scum......hope he's burning in Hell.