Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Members
Registered members
Current visitors
Charts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Gold Prospecting
Gold Maps & Resources
Gold Prospecting, Detecting, General information/interest books
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support Prospecting Australia:
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="MegsyB007" data-source="post: 458070" data-attributes="member: 13534"><p>Hi Hookka,</p><p>Yes, my American cousins came over for a few weeks back in May, and were fascinated by the birds here - the sounds they make were very foreign to them - and kept asking, 'What's that?!' We'd smile and say, 'A (whatever) bird'. They loved them. They're so colourful here and they went home with a lot of pictures of birds! And one holding a koala, that she learnt was rather smelly, and spent the rest of the day with her windcheater tied around her waist! </p><p></p><p>And yes, there are several animals/reptiles you need to be very aware of here. Don't go swimming in the rivers or beaches up north - crocodiles. Sharks are everywhere around the coast. And we have 18 of the top 20 most venomous snakes in the world here. Definitely check out the snake bite threads on this forum and learn what to do if you get bitten - we don't mess around with that kind of situation here - it is deadly serious that you do the right thing to lift your chances of survival.</p><p></p><p>But don't stress too much about snakes - I've lived here for over 50 years and spent a lot of time in the bush and haven't been bitten once! Just be aware of them and be 'snake smart' in areas where they are likely to be.</p><p></p><p>Where are you from mate?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MegsyB007, post: 458070, member: 13534"] Hi Hookka, Yes, my American cousins came over for a few weeks back in May, and were fascinated by the birds here - the sounds they make were very foreign to them - and kept asking, 'What's that?!' We'd smile and say, 'A (whatever) bird'. They loved them. They're so colourful here and they went home with a lot of pictures of birds! And one holding a koala, that she learnt was rather smelly, and spent the rest of the day with her windcheater tied around her waist! And yes, there are several animals/reptiles you need to be very aware of here. Don't go swimming in the rivers or beaches up north - crocodiles. Sharks are everywhere around the coast. And we have 18 of the top 20 most venomous snakes in the world here. Definitely check out the snake bite threads on this forum and learn what to do if you get bitten - we don't mess around with that kind of situation here - it is deadly serious that you do the right thing to lift your chances of survival. But don't stress too much about snakes - I've lived here for over 50 years and spent a lot of time in the bush and haven't been bitten once! Just be aware of them and be 'snake smart' in areas where they are likely to be. Where are you from mate? [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Gold Prospecting
Gold Maps & Resources
Gold Prospecting, Detecting, General information/interest books
Top