The Aussie Humour Thread

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Dr Smith, surgeon outside his slab and bark rooms on the goldfields of Victoria 1870-1880.Medical men were always required in these remote areas as accidents and outbreaks of disease were a common occurrence

 

[Eyesa Horg]

36 minutes ago, Buckshot Bear said:

Seem we do it here as well mate!

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Nancy Bird Walton with her Leopard Moth aircraft . Dressed for the hotclimate of inland Australia, Nancy's shorts were considered unladylike in the thirties. Nancy cy Bird Walton 1915 - 2009 was a pioneering Australian aviatrix who began flying when she was only 17, taking her first lesson from Sir Charles Kingsford Smith at his flying school at Mascot.Two years later in 1933 at the age of 19 Nancy became the youngest female commercial pilot in the British Empire. Nancy was hired as the pilot for the Far West Children's Health Scheme in 1935 , flying a nursing sister to remote properties, and pioneered aerial ambulance and baby clinic services. Nancy became known as " The Angel Of The Outback " transporting sick and injured children between their homes and hospital using her own Gipsy Moth aircraft. During World War II Nancy served as Commandent of the Women's Air Training Corps and in 1950 became founding president of the Australian Pilot's Association and also patron. Nancy Bird continued her work as the pilot for the Far West Children's Health Scheme flying nurses and medical supplies to remote areas of NSW for several years and in later years was active in promoting aviation heritage and encouraged women of all ages to fly. Nancy Bird received the AO and OBE for her services.

 

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[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

On 7/31/2025 at 4:29 PM, Buckshot Bear said:

Sounds like parts of Arizona....but I live where it's more moderate most of the time.

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[Eyesa Horg]

They appear to be having a great time 😁 

[Rip Snorter]

The joint is jumping!

[Eyesa Horg]

Or hopping as it were!

[Sedalia Dave]

13 minutes ago, Buckshot Bear said:

 

 

 

One of those roos is pretty good at flips. The other one not so much.

 

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They are great for getting out of speeding tickets -

 

 

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4 minutes ago, Alpo said:

 

 

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QAS - Queensland ambulance Service?? The cop was requesting them for Jimmy.

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24 minutes ago, Alpo said:

QAS - Queensland ambulance Service?? 

 

Yes Alpo.

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Just now, Sedalia Dave said:

 

 

 

 

Hahaha I gotta' steal this one!!!!

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Edited August 5, 2025 by Buckshot Bear

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[Brazos John]

On 7/28/2025 at 7:29 PM, Buckshot Bear said:

 

Never heard of cilantro before. 

It's used in pico de gallo and many other Mexican dishes. It adds a nice flavor , and adds crunch , if you cut up the stems  with it. I love it !

[Brazos John]

On 7/31/2025 at 6:28 PM, Buckshot Bear said:

Buckshot Bear has posted lots of photos of these painted tanks and silos from all over Oz, and they're all great! Look at how the painting's background matches the real landscape.

But this one brought tears to my eyes. It looks like my Maggie.

RIP, Maggie.

You were a Good Girl. 

 

[Kid Rich]

58 minutes ago, Brazos John said:

It's used in pico de gallo and many other Mexican dishes. It adds a nice flavor , and adds crunch , if you cut up the stems  with it. I love it !

It is also a relatively good chelating agent.

kR

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This is the best batter for potato scallops and fish and chips…it also works well for honey chicken or king prawns.

 

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From a young farmer on Yorke Peninsula in SA to a pioneer aviation hero - Harry Butler flew home to Minlaton  6 August 1919, carrying a bag of letters for the area. His 100 km flight was the first mail delivery over water in the state.

The World War I pilot thrilled the crowd with a daredevil aeronautical display.

He suffered serious injuries in a 1922 crash near his hometown and died in 1924. His death and burial have been commemorated by North Road Cemetery.

His famous imported plane, the Red Devil, is housed in a memorial to Harry Butler in Minlaton.

This description of the historic day in 1919 comes from a tribute to Harry on the Yorke Peninsula Council website.

'The greatest day in the Harry Butler story, the day of which he had dreamed as a farmer’s lad, become a glorious reality on August 6th, 1919 when the local boy came home by plane, the first man to fly across the Gulf to Yorke Peninsula.

Early that day, the sturdy little plane was wheeled from its hangar to face a 110km/h gale. No modern aircraft would be permitted to leave the ground under such conditions, but for Butler there was no turning back. This was the day his life had been planned to achieve, and wind and weather would not postpone it.

In the plane was an 18kg mailbag of postcards and letters for delivery in Minlaton – the first air mail flight to the Peninsula and the first air mail to be carried over water in this State.

Shipping in the Gulf had been altered to watch for his approach, and he was reluctantly persuaded to wear an inflated inner tube around his neck and body as a primitive life jacket in the rather likely event of being “ditched.”

At 10:40am Harry left the ground and rapidly gained height for the start of the one hundred kilometre flight. He was troubled by the strong head wind and varied his height at intervals from as high as 4,500m to a mere 500m in a vain endeavour to find better conditions.

Alarm for his safety was mounting when at last he approached the 20 hectare paddock which was to serve as his landing ground at Minlaton. Below him was spread a crowd of some 6,000 people, most of whom had never seen a plane in the air before. But now Harry Butler was home, and this was his day.

From 2,500m in the air he rolled the plane gently on its side, side-slipped a little, and then come down in a screaming nose dive. At the last possible moment he flattened out over the heads of the gasping crowd, skimmed along the ground, and then suddenly soared high into the turbulent skies again. This was his day, and he was home, and he treated that welcoming crowd to a dazzling display of skill and daring that carried with it all the feeling and all the joy of a man achieving his life’s ambition.

With typical thoughtfulness he soberly came in to land at 11:45am (lunch was advertised for at 12 noon), and for a brief moment there was a curious hush as the noisy engine cut out.

Then the crowd came to life again, and eagerly followed the car bearing Harry’s family as it drove towards the plane to greet their famous son and brother.'

 

 

 

 

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