This pair of swallows has nested in our garage for maybe twenty years. Once again this year they have raised four young. Other descendants nest in other sheds, in the old dog-houses on the hill, under the verandah, in an under-road stream pipe below the house & etc. Every year they go away, maybe all […]
Supposing that the science of ‘Jurassic Park’ becomes a reality (or time travel, ‘The Lost World’, etc – all this is imminent, surely?) we WILL need to face the important practical and ethical issues of killing and eating dinosaurs. Folk will definitely have to do some hard practice at the Range to ensure their accuracy,
What a great idea, ‘we’ve beamed power over 300 feet!’ (100 metres!): Pity it’s not real: http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/wec.shtml
This is my 500th post here on http://www.theultralighthiker.com/ I have still maybe a hundred posts to carry over from my old website, and many more which need editing, photographs etc. Some of you will be pleased to know I also still have many ideas for future posts, and future adventures! So, I hope you keep
Surprising Discovery: My own inner political correctness: I was just as surprised as you…I was chatting with a friend of my daughter’s at her soiree yesterday afternoon, sticking carefully to uncontentious topics (as you do) in this case gardening, something we have done since we were married (in 1973) when we dug up the
Very interesting internet security device; add this to your VPN: It allows you to surf the net on your own system wherever you are, so always using your pre-set security, VPNs etc: http://mashable.com/2013/01/08/itwin-connect/#d8rUNq8tsPqq
This is our creek. The trees are Blue Gums (Eucalyptus Globulus) reputed to be a local variant peculiar to the Jeeralangs where we live. Up in the top of the one on the left this morning was this little fellow, again common to this area (and also reputed to be a peculiar local variant of
This is just about the best $20 I have ever spent. All my rifles were just a little bit ‘out’. My 22 Magnum was way out. Foxes around here will now have to watch out. Thanks eBay:
There is a North American variety which should grow in Southern Victoria. You can get seeds here (I have) : http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Annona-Custard-apple-fruit-tree-types-Many-Rare-Yummy-Easy-grow-U-pick-Seeds-/231692684797?var=&hash=item35f1f5cdfd Other sub-tropical fruit which are thriving in our garden: Black Sapote, Mountain Paw Paw, Guavas (Cherry, Coastal, Chilean), cold climate Bananas (eg Lady’s Fingers), Monstera Deliciosa, Avocado…we aim to eventually have representatives of every
Having nearly lost one of my Siemens Aquaris Waterproof Hearing Aids during my recent walk (http://www.theultralighthiker.com/spots-hunting-adventures-mystery-river-3/) I have had some feedback from a reader who has managed over time to lose three of them, all covered by insurance at the time, but he has now been refused insurance, as the bastards do! Given that
