Comments on: Isn’t she a beauuuty! http://www.afreeman.org/2008/05/26/isnt-she-a-beauuuty/ An American Expatriate - Stepping Up From Down Under Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:36:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Running out of things to moan about | chrisdellavedova.com http://www.afreeman.org/2008/05/26/isnt-she-a-beauuuty/#comment-3397 Running out of things to moan about | chrisdellavedova.com Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:03:19 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2008/05/26/isnt-she-a-beauuuty/#comment-3397 [...] despite my pessimistic inclinations, this weekend has turned out pretty damn well. I wrote a few days ago of my obsession with the local fauna here in Oz. Well, we ditched Zach for our first trip into the [...] […] despite my pessimistic inclinations, this weekend has turned out pretty damn well. I wrote a few days ago of my obsession with the local fauna here in Oz. Well, we ditched Zach for our first trip into the […]

]]> By: Neil http://www.afreeman.org/2008/05/26/isnt-she-a-beauuuty/#comment-3394 Neil Wed, 28 May 2008 16:43:23 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2008/05/26/isnt-she-a-beauuuty/#comment-3394 I saw that blue-tongued lizard on Attenborough's 'In Cold Blood'. They mate as a pair for life, apparently, or something like that. That's all I have to add to the matter. I saw that blue-tongued lizard on Attenborough’s ‘In Cold Blood’. They mate as a pair for life, apparently, or something like that. That’s all I have to add to the matter.

]]> By: arizaphale http://www.afreeman.org/2008/05/26/isnt-she-a-beauuuty/#comment-3395 arizaphale Wed, 28 May 2008 07:29:23 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2008/05/26/isnt-she-a-beauuuty/#comment-3395 1) It would be equally disturbing for the kangaroo to be up an oak tree. 2) We have two blue tongued lizards in our backyard and two years ago we had a snake. I win that hand. 3) I secretly still get excited by Australian wildlife, unless they are bouncing off the bonnet of my car and that is another story..... <em>arizaphale's last blog post..<a href='http://arizaphale.blogspot.com/2008/05/salt-mines-and-other-things.html' rel="nofollow">News From the Salt Mines</a></em> 1) It would be equally disturbing for the kangaroo to be up an oak tree.

2) We have two blue tongued lizards in our backyard and two years ago we had a snake.
I win that hand.

3) I secretly still get excited by Australian wildlife, unless they are bouncing off the bonnet of my car and that is another story…..

arizaphale’s last blog post..News From the Salt Mines

]]> By: Bobbie http://www.afreeman.org/2008/05/26/isnt-she-a-beauuuty/#comment-3396 Bobbie Wed, 28 May 2008 06:17:01 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2008/05/26/isnt-she-a-beauuuty/#comment-3396 Very interesting photos, Chris -- especially that huffy-puffy lizard! Now, the fact that you referred to these critters as "exotic" is telling: You are still in the earliest stages of adapting to your new home. Once these critters no longer seem so exotic, you'll know you've really arrived. (Here where I live we're used to tourists who exclaim, "Isn't that unusual?!" about so many things -- to which the local response is, "Not for here...") <em>Bobbie's last blog post..<a href='http://therightblue.com/2008/05/ww-35-schooling-barracuda-at-sipadan.html' rel="nofollow">WW #35 - Schooling Barracuda at Sipadan Island</a></em> Very interesting photos, Chris — especially that huffy-puffy lizard! Now, the fact that you referred to these critters as “exotic” is telling: You are still in the earliest stages of adapting to your new home. Once these critters no longer seem so exotic, you’ll know you’ve really arrived. (Here where I live we’re used to tourists who exclaim, “Isn’t that unusual?!” about so many things — to which the local response is, “Not for here…”)

Bobbie’s last blog post..WW #35 - Schooling Barracuda at Sipadan Island

]]> By: Katie http://www.afreeman.org/2008/05/26/isnt-she-a-beauuuty/#comment-3403 Katie Tue, 27 May 2008 02:52:48 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2008/05/26/isnt-she-a-beauuuty/#comment-3403 The quality of your pictures are amazing... What kind of camera do you have? The quality of your pictures are amazing… What kind of camera do you have?

]]> By: CDV http://www.afreeman.org/2008/05/26/isnt-she-a-beauuuty/#comment-3402 CDV Tue, 27 May 2008 00:48:42 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2008/05/26/isnt-she-a-beauuuty/#comment-3402 Equally disturbing to see a 6 foot tall squirrel. Are you calling me a fool, Trish? Thems fightin' words in my neck of the woods... ;) Equally disturbing to see a 6 foot tall squirrel.

Are you calling me a fool, Trish? Thems fightin’ words in my neck of the woods…
;)

]]> By: Nichole http://www.afreeman.org/2008/05/26/isnt-she-a-beauuuty/#comment-3401 Nichole Tue, 27 May 2008 00:46:43 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2008/05/26/isnt-she-a-beauuuty/#comment-3401 You saw kangaroos! Awesome!! I wouldn't have gone into the yard with the lizard, though. You saw kangaroos! Awesome!! I wouldn’t have gone into the yard with the lizard, though.

]]> By: Nathan B. http://www.afreeman.org/2008/05/26/isnt-she-a-beauuuty/#comment-3400 Nathan B. Tue, 27 May 2008 00:32:17 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2008/05/26/isnt-she-a-beauuuty/#comment-3400 It would be a bit disturbing to see a kangaroo perched 40 feet up an oak tree... It would be a bit disturbing to see a kangaroo perched 40 feet up an oak tree…

]]> By: Trish http://www.afreeman.org/2008/05/26/isnt-she-a-beauuuty/#comment-3399 Trish Mon, 26 May 2008 23:19:14 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2008/05/26/isnt-she-a-beauuuty/#comment-3399 The first time I went to America (aged 17) I got so excited a seeing my first squirrel that I made a complete fool of myself. I whipped my camera out of my bag and started taking photos, much to the amusement of the locals. Kangaroos are to Australia what squirrels are to America. They're everywhere, and you get bored of them. (I should clarify - they're not sitting on fences, eating nuts, in the city. But if you live anywhere near the bush then you'll see them everywhere. ) <em>Trish's last blog post..<a href='http://lightsweetcrude.typepad.com/light_sweet_crude/2008/05/im-gobsmacked.html' rel="nofollow">I'm gobsmacked.</a></em> The first time I went to America (aged 17) I got so excited a seeing my first squirrel that I made a complete fool of myself. I whipped my camera out of my bag and started taking photos, much to the amusement of the locals.

Kangaroos are to Australia what squirrels are to America. They’re everywhere, and you get bored of them.

(I should clarify - they’re not sitting on fences, eating nuts, in the city. But if you live anywhere near the bush then you’ll see them everywhere. )

Trish’s last blog post..I’m gobsmacked.

]]> By: Not Afraid To Use It http://www.afreeman.org/2008/05/26/isnt-she-a-beauuuty/#comment-3398 Not Afraid To Use It Mon, 26 May 2008 22:46:57 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2008/05/26/isnt-she-a-beauuuty/#comment-3398 It's always feast or famine, isn't it? Searching like hell for something and then being inundated to the point of boredom. Glad you finally got your 'roo fix taken care of. Otherwise, how lame to be in Oz that long and not have actually seen one. <em>Not Afraid To Use It's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NotAfraidToUseIt/~3/298075973/what-qualifies-as-internet-porn.html' rel="nofollow">What Qualifies As Internet Porn?</a></em> It’s always feast or famine, isn’t it? Searching like hell for something and then being inundated to the point of boredom. Glad you finally got your ‘roo fix taken care of. Otherwise, how lame to be in Oz that long and not have actually seen one.

Not Afraid To Use It’s last blog post..What Qualifies As Internet Porn?

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