My wife thinks it's for the cars

[Jon Skagfeld]

Originally posted by Bob Moseley
We can blame all of the following on our new Labor Government.

North - cyclones
South - weeks of incessant heat
East - rain & floods (snow in Lithgow and apparitions thereof in Eltham)
West - raging bushfires
Centre - well nothing ever happens or changes there
Interest rates on the increase
Fuel prices through the roof
Workers strikes on the comeback and increase

But up here in God's country it is all a figment of our imagination. The trees are growing, the chooks are laying, Phoenix is slowly arising and we haven't run out of red wine yet.

Bob

Yeah, Bob...but what about Paul Smith trying to control your feral wild pigs? Seems to be a big problem, according to what I just heard on BBC World Service.

Of course you've been long plagued with do gooders who insist on introducing non-indigenous species, the purpose for their introduction now long forgotten, to the detriment of your flora, fauna and lifestyle.

...but a Lee-Enfield .303 helps, doesn't it?

[Keith Webb]

Are you talking about our new government?

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Hi Jon
Most of the above were introduced by our first settlers who brought them over from the old country. They were in the form of domestic animals such as dogs, cats and rabbits and farm animals including the pigs. Some of these obviously escaped and became feral. Of course animals such as foxes and hares were brought in by the landed gentry for hunting purposes. However good has also come about. We now have pure strain of camels that are being re-exported from whence they came and we also have the purest, disease free strain of the Spanish ligurian bee that is also being exported to the overseas honey industry.

Even the native animals are a pest. Plague proportions of kangaroos, the same with the "cute and cuddly" koala bear that is actually a nasty tempered vicious animal. Yet try to cull them to reasonable proportions and the loopy overseas animals "lovers" scream and carry on and boycott Australian stuff.

A lot of our destructive flora originated from South Africa, such as Salvation Jane (Patterson's Curse or Riverina Bluebell), sour sobs, Cape Tulip to name but three. Of course the good flora import was the grape vine and in fact Australia now has some of the oldest vineyards in the world and certainly makes the best wine. Forget the French crap, drink Australian.

Bob

[cliff]

Originally posted by Bob Moseley
Hi Jon
Most of the above were introduced by our first settlers who brought them over from the old country. They were in the form of domestic animals such as dogs, cats and rabbits and farm animals including the pigs. Some of these obviously escaped and became feral. Bob

Bob feral pigs were already here when the first settlers arrived. Visiting ship crews released them earlier so that the next time they came there would be wild porkers to provide fresh meat for the ship crews. It was the same in New Zealand and many other 'new' Island discoveries.

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Thanks Cliff
Every day I like to learn something new, and you made my day today, albeit a bit late, 2251hrs.
Bob