An update on me, the seaweed and the Queen

I love the names of the places, flora and fauna where you live fatgran. You transport me to your side of the globe and it's lovely. Thank you xx

lemongrove I used to be Tassiegran but one day I was shut out for some reason and had to register again (no I hadn't been suspended) and as I had been gorging myself at that time and had gained a lot of weight in a fit of petulance I registered as fatgran.

Have to live with it now - serves me right

On a sad note, this afternoon I was spreading seaweed(!) and found my bandicoot lying dead in the garden . Not a mark on it just looked like it was sleeping and not long been there as fur was dry and sleek still.OH gave it a decent burial but I was very upset.

We are sure to get another one soon as they are always about the yard but this was a shame. I will try to find a pic of the cat and the bandicoot for you.

Gaunt47 I use it as mulch on the garden.

It is very popular around here - there are often lots of people collecting it in trailers, utes and so on. Some drive onto the beach and collect it.

Years ago we had a big old truck and that was great I could get a real load.

Wouldn't be able to do that now though - too much work. I have been using small collapsible garden rubbish bags lately.

Post a pic of a bandicoot?

Why fatgran ...you’re not a fat gran at all! ? A misleading name, and I for one am very disappointed.
Take as much seaweed as you like, theres’s plenty of it around.The Queen has more pressing concerns than what happens on a beach on the other side of the world.

It is a lovely town. Tasmania is only a small island with a population of about 500.000 . We are about the same size as Ireland.

Lots of different types of scenery including very rugged places such as Cradle Mountain.

Lots of Georgian buildings thanks to the early white settlers.

People think it is a bit like Great Britain in places but with a lot less people and a lot less towns etc.

Nice climate too most of the time not very hot but pleasant.

Even in town we see a lot of different birds including Kookaburras, Galahs, Black Cockatoos - very noisy and messy when they get into my Banksia Tree, Blue Wrens, even a hawk occasionally - I love birds so really like to see them in the backyard.

We get bandicoots in the yard, they dig a lot of holes in the lawn, plus brushtail possums, very noisy when they get on the roof, for a while we had a wallaby in the yard, how he got there beats me, but he was there for a few months just coming out at night. The bandicoots are supposed to be nocturnal but they don't follow the rules and appear any time of the day.

When out little cat was alive we would see her sitting on the lawn with the bandicoot. They can be quite unafraid and used to stroll past the back door.

My daughter had one come in through the cat flap and it used to wander through the house! They had to shut it out as they have a lot of fleas!

Fatgran can I ask what are you doing with all this seaweed? Or do you just like the place to look tidy

You live in a beautiful place.

Fatgran, I'm so envious, what beautiful scenery.

It is a lovely beach MawB and just a few minutes away.

Here is another view looking the other way with Table Cape/Fossil Bluff in the distance.

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What a wonderful beach - not hard to practise social distancing in such beautiful surroundings too.
Enjoy your seaweed, I’m sure Madge has other things to occupy her and would not begrudge you as much as you like.