A lovely thread fatgran. Tasmania has long fascinated me and maybe one day I’ll get there. I think it would be more me than Australia. The wildlife is fascinating and I hope you add to the thread. Perhaps about the flora and insects also. I’ve read a great deal about the birds. Wonderful. Thank you.
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Thanks fatgran yes, keep any nature pics coming.
Maybe the bandicoot just died of old age.Depressing thought for us all.
Raining here today so haven't been out in the garden or for a walk yet. Hopefully it will clear later this afternoon and I will be able to get a bit of fresh air.
Heard a commotion a while ago and the black cockatoos were in the banskia.
They have one which sits right at the top and keeps a lookout and he is really noisy.
The others all squark and screech while they tear the banskia to pieces.
Tried to get some photos through the window but they are quite high in the tree so hope you can see the two closest ones. Close up pic are banskia and holly trees
Husband just called for me to come out to kitchen quickly and quietly but I was a bit slow but just in time to see the little hawk fly from the maple into the manfern outside the window. Too slow to get a pic. Haven't seen a hawk in the yard this year until now. Trouble is they kill the blackbirds and sparrows.
No, Fatgran we didn’t make it to Tasmania. We spent three weeks doing Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne (where I saw the ferry to Tasmania!) and barely scratched the surface of Australia. It’s such a HUGE country! Here’s a photo from our travels.
Yes "Marmight" hopefully our world will return to normal and without too many of us missing.
Did you come to the North West Coast, Stanley, Wynyard etc?
Most people don't come this far up the island, even when they come on the ferries they head in the other direction.
I will have to start another thread about my part of Tassie and keep it running. There is always something occurring to write about
If you want a real fat gran, you'll just have to make do with me - I'm the genuine article, due to having 25stone ancestors weighing down each side of the family tree.
Yes, I've cuddled numerous babies and children and in the days when I was teaching and it was allowed, some of my homesick and sad Primary School students too.
And I can cook and bake reasonably well.
I even know what a bandicoot looks like !
Have I passed the audition?
You have certainly passed the audition BradfordLass73 They are VERY heavy ancestors!!!!
I very sadly found our bandicoot dead in the back yard a few days ago but this morning found some more holes in the lawn so seems as though there may be a new kid on the block!
Will try to catch sight of it and take a photo.
I didn't think to find a photo online to show what they looked like!
Found a few more here.
Do you have them in New Zealand?
I think they are lovely but some think they are like a large rat - they don;t realise they are a marsupial and carry their babies in their pouches. They do have a lot of fleas though.
No, Fatgran we don't have Bandicoots here in NZ but in 2015, we sent specially trained dogs to protect a group of them from predators in Victoria.
Yep, I'm afraid my physique didn't stand a chance but my heaviest grandmother, despite her size, ran not just the farm and all the stock when Grandad was ill with cancer, but the farm cafe at the weekends when they may have up to 200 people through on a nice day.
That meant all the food preparation and baking, not just for the family, but for customers too. Plus, of course, nursing her husband.
A hard working woman.
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