Buckshot Bear

Australian Population Status

A 27-year-old engineer/farmer from Freeling, a small town in South Australia, about 60 km north of Adelaide, it neighbours the Barossa Valley wine region, has paid tribute to his country ahead of Australia Day with an incredible art piece carved into his family’s paddock

You can see it more noticeably in MOA than Elvis, but it doesn't detract too much for me at least. The German fighters seemed to me to be flying past (nose on) way too fast, but I forgot the Fortress speed had to be added to the speed of BD109s & FW190s Incredible how they can use it to create that belly landing in Ep 1 Hard to comprehend the fear these airmen had to overcome, the bravery is just on another level.

These were hugely popular in high school -

Remember getting fuel and they cleaned your windshield, checked your tyres and oil?

Just realised the lead actor is the same actor who played Elvis.

Yes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes Alpo, and they just needed a Lyre bird sitting on the other sign.

Masters of the Air Recommended to watch this if you can, right up there with Band of Brothers & The Pacific https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2640044/?ref_=tt_urv

Lottery in Australia as well, if your birthday number was drawn off to Vietnam.

Or HX??

ADI (Australian Defence Industries) have dropped (AS30N) - Clays and (AP70N) - Universal and have replaced them with the below......but unfortunately since they have they have been virtually none existent to purchase - https://www.ssaa.org.au/?ss_news=new-pistol-and-shotgun-powders-from-adi

Yes Alpo always been called Joeys......any baby from a marsupial is known as a Joey.

Further to Marshal Mo Hare's Australian WWII thread yesterday - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremantle_submarine_base#:~:text=During the war%2C 127 US,416 patrols during the war. "For a short time towards the end of 1942 the major Submarine Force was based in Brisbane. Over the period 1942-45 both Royal Navy and U.S. Navy were active from Brisbane into the Pacific Ocean and beyond. U.S. submarines undertook 60 war patrols in 1942, another 60 in 1943, 39 in 1944, reducing to 2 in 1945. During the war in Western Australia, 127 US submarines operated from Fremantle, carrying out 353 patrols. Additionally, ten Dutch submarines also operated out of Fremantle and, from August 1944, British submarines also started operating from the base. Altogether, submarines based in Fremantle accounted for 416 patrols during the war". Some excellent reading I can highly recommend are - Sink 'em All - Charles Lockwood Wahoo - Dick O'Kane Thunder Below - Eugene Fluckey Clear the Bridge - Dick O'kane

I think the same thing, we had young soldiers, sailors & airmen fighting in Vietnam (a lot drafted) and the Australian university 'pink lefties' started something that really never went away. At school we saluted the flag every morning, we all new our national anthem etc etc......most all that has been done away with.

Pretty much all of Oz is suffering heatwaves at the moment.