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Supafreak wrote:

Thought you might like this AW https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCo1dUMSy1I/?igsh=MTZpYzNmc25xZGRsNg==. It’s a better shot when you click over to instagram

Supafreak. Hi mate.

Thanks heaps, made my day.

Blue Throated Bee Eaters. ( Southern China,SE Asia, Phillipines and Great Sunda Islands.)
Here in Oz we have one species only. Merops ornatus Rainbow Bee Eater. AW

seeds wrote:

Wow that’s beautiful.
Once babies are grown the missus will have no use for him and give him the flick.

Now. Where have I heard that before ? AW

Chauliognathus lugubris Green Soldier Beetle with a little guy from the Formicidae family trying to cart the big guy away for dinner with 200 mates. AW

AW, got your book mate.
Little mix-up between post office and swellnet office- no ones fault.

Thank you so much mate- very much appreciated.

freeride76 wrote:

AW, got your book mate.
Little mix-up between post office and swellnet office- no ones fault.

Thank you so much mate- very much appreciated.

Freeride76. Hi mate. All good.
I’m happy it’s in your possession, it’s a great little reference book. All the best. AW

The benefits of planting local native flora, you get local native invertebrates.

Australian Eucalyptus Longhorn Phoracantha semipunctata

Cool, nice photo. What are the white droplets on its back, Alfred?

blackers wrote:

Cool, nice photo. What are the white droplets on its back, Alfred?

Blackers. Hi mate. How’s things ?

Well observed. The white droplets are from an Acacia implexa Lightwood Wattle which is a Summer flowering species, indigenous out this way. Produces massive amounts of flowers for a couple of months and then produces copious amounts of seed which the ants vacuum up and store in underground minute silos.

I’ve digressed, again. The liquid is dropping out of the tree tops especially on humid days and days after rain.
This species being a dry land one cannot handle too much liquid in its root plate area, so its sheds it in different ways, aerially is one , the other the most common one is foam coming out of the bark in several locations on the trunk and arboreal branches.
The Longhorn was jizzed on. AW

And we have the winner of today's internet...
"The Longhorn was jizzed on."
No context needed.
Cheers AW.

seeds wrote:

Hahahaha that’s funny
Jizz is the stuff of life!!

Seeds. Hi mate.
Remember that movie ‘The Jizz Sanger’ !!!!. AW

seeds wrote:

Whahhaa The Jizz Sanger
No I fecken don’t.
Haha that is funny

You’d remember, that actor, Diamond Neil , he was the lead performer. AW

blackers wrote:

And we have the winner of today's internet...
"The Longhorn was jizzed on."
No context needed.
Cheers AW.

Blackers here is a photo of that jizz. Under the tree which is 23 years old, today there’s about 15 patches of it, roughly 80mm in diameter.
It’s very humid here today, 15mm overnight and it’s all stormy again today, heat, thunder and rain. More expulsion of water from the root zone.
A lot of noise, dog is shivering away in the dark of my bedroom. AW

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Wowsa! It clearly likes to share.
Yes dark and very wet in patches here. Mother of all downpours and now sunshine and rainbows.
Both dogs at my feet under the desk. Settled now the rain has stopped but there is more to come. I can see my lawn growing in front of my eyes.

blackers wrote:

I can see my lawn growing in front of my eyes.

quite seriously, in one day, my lawn has gone from yellowish to greenish,
since that storm came here last night.

basesix wrote:

blackers wrote:

I can see my lawn growing in front of my eyes.

quite seriously, in one day, my lawn has gone from yellowish to greenish,
since that storm came here last night.

Basesix. Hi Caddyshack, get off the ‘ grass’.

Your info tells me you’ve got a warm season grass species on your estate. AW

I've got a delightful mix of bindi, couch, buffalo, rye, dandelion and some other little species in all sorts of weird patches. The joys of having rabbits and guinea pigs when the kids were growing up. It's never uninteresting and part is always green.

blackers wrote:

I've got a delightful mix of bindi, couch, buffalo, rye, dandelion and some other little species in all sorts of weird patches. The joys of having rabbits and guinea pigs when the kids were growing up. It's never uninteresting and part is always green.

Blackers . Hi mate. I’d say that’s a fair representation of most Aussie lawns.
You’ve got the monocot & dicot lawn. AW

no worries @AW, I'll try be more of a photo guy,
building sturf thread needs momentum.
b6jr asked me to send you this, and see what you make of it..
https://ibb.co/x1kvFdH

(and mate, anyone that does rammed earth stuff need never have to justify their mettle to anyone, ever. i've seen what it takes, kudos. actually, it's the only thing that Viccos do better than sth aussies, making huts out of mud and trees.. ; )

basesix wrote:

(and mate, anyone that does rammed earth stuff need never have to justify their mettle to anyone, ever. i've seen what it takes, kudos. actually, it's the only thing that Viccos do better than sth aussies, making huts out of mud and trees.. ; )

Probably the most enduring physical work I’ve ever done, you become as strong as an ox.

basesix wrote:

no worries @AW, I'll try be more of a photo guy,
building sturf thread needs momentum.
b6jr asked me to send you this, and see what you make of it..
https://ibb.co/x1kvFdH

Basesix junior burger. Has he got any foliage with that photo? I’m coming around to thinking I’ve seen it before, just trying to get the process going. AW

reckons he'll go and get some surrounds for you in the morning @AW, cheers,
again, i'll try to offer more up photo-wise, just not my wheel house, but would be fun : )

Is it any wonder that we are losing animal species via gross land clearing, this fucking jerk , who has form should be locked up.
Piss weak governments and governance.
One million dollar fine should be at least 20 million minimum, oh, that one million, that will be paid by kind generous donations by others of his ilk I’d imagine.

Totally and fucking disgusting. AW

https://apple.news/AbdOgP2ThT0yLES5AYc5dyA

AW yes totally agree, hard to believe fukwits like this prick still manage to get away with crimes against Nature as they do........his farm should be taken off him and make him convert all that land he destroyed back into what it was before as punishment.......

simba wrote:

AW yes totally agree, hard to believe fukwits like this prick still manage to get away with crimes against Nature as they do........his farm should be taken off him and make him convert all that land he destroyed back into what it was before as punishment.......

Simba. Hi mate. So true. Compulsory reacquire the land.
He’s a jerk I’ve done some research on him, such an ironic name , surname is Greentree., I bet he hates it.

In particular, he has form that’s why I reckon the fine was just a piss in the ocean.

They are just egotistical these type of owners, he just sold another farm for $42 million, not as though he needs the money, that even magnifies how piss poor that fine was.
How much money does an individual or family need ?

I simply couldn’t live with the guilt knowing the wealthy farmers got all of it off the back of our heritage, the flora and fauna of Australia, which in essence belongs to us ALL.
We are only custodians of our land and there should be stringent laws about each generational period of tenure.
Good stuff pal. AW

Why such a large area ? What’s he flying in , fucking jumbo jets ? With these piss poor fines , it really doesn’t deter others from also doing as they please. Government must have known what he was doing , such a large area being cleared wouldn’t have gone unnoticed .