‘It was terrifying’: swooping magpies alarm world road championship cyclists

Yeah let's have a major cycling event during magpie mating season.

We have a mob of male roos frequenting our property almost daily. The "daddy" must be near on 6 foot tall in the offensive mode.
He shows not an ounce of fear if we challenge him to move on (they eat our valuable trees), just thumps his foot and grunts at us.
Strangely they move on very quickly once our very small breed dogs get involved.

 haresfur wrote:

oh dear

Suspected kangaroo attack leaves 77-year-old man dead near Albany in WA's Great Southern

"Kangaroo attacks are rare, with the last reported death caused by the marsupial believed to have been in New South Wales in 1936"

MAPPING WORDS AROUND AUSTRALIA

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
...with a Vegemite sandwich!

 Proclivities wrote: Mmmm. Eucalyptus!

This guy's Instagram page is hundreds of photos he takes of a "life-size", plastic skeleton he travels around Australia with - tourist spots, restaurants, beaches, etc.  Some cool pictures - fun.  The skeleton usually wears interesting shirts.

 haresfur wrote:

dayum

Is Maryborough's Cistern Chapel the best public toilet in Australia? City goes for gold with throne

United States will deploy THOUSANDS of troops in the Northern Territory after Australia admitted war with China IS possible

• US Army servicemen will be deployed in the Northern Territory for the first time
• They will join a rotational force of more than 200 US Marines by September
• Comes after Australia signed historic AUKUS pact with America and Britain
• Beijing has fumed at the new alliance, with state media warning of nukes

By LEVI PARSONS FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA and AAP

PUBLISHED: 21:58 EDT, 15 March 2022 | UPDATED: 00:31 EDT, 16 March 2022

 haresfur wrote: 
Very cool, thanks.

Rookie lifeguard saves kangaroo from rough surf in first ever rescue

 haresfur wrote:

Rude.

Honest Government ad for a Well Hung Parliament

I overall like my Labor MP but may preference her second just to make a point.

The legacy of Tram Boy: The 15-year-old who stole a tram for a joyride around Melbourne

“He’s a nice lad, he’s a good lad. I think his obsession just got the better of him,” said Senior Constable Hills.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:


Couture coincidence today!

My new laptop should arrive in a couple of weeks so I'll start working on better iterations... :mrgreen:

 whatshisname wrote:
Geelong already has the Cats for AFL, which I think is kind of a lame name which cancels out the coolness of the name Geelong. It's a good thing that I told them I barrack for the Kangaroos when I started my job because the boss was a zealous Cats supporter and I never would have heard the end of it. And nobody with any sense goes for the Roos since they range from mediocre to crap so I'm completely neutral in the office.

In terms of great club names, it is hard to beat the Parramatta Eels NRL, although I would probably go for the South Sydney Rabbitohs because, haresfur. And the name is delightfully weird.

The          " Geelong Bin Chickens   
                      Footy Club"

should be a goer me thinks , "footy" being the affectionate term Aussies use to describe the local football code.