What if you lived in Australia? - Page 697

**trailmaster** · February 4th, 2018, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by effCup

As Estreeter says because the population of Australia is only 24 million spread out in a nation that is 2/3 the size of the continental U.S. it is just not economical to build such a train. The more conventional forms of transportation in place already are ok, and native aussies don't travel that much anyway. Most of the action in Australia happens in the big cities. Only 10% of the total land mass in Australia is habitable so it would probably be a waste to build a mag-lev train. The minimum cost of such a project would be in the billions of dollars and Australia has better need of that money for more lucrative enterprises!

**Sir Honkers** · February 4th, 2018, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by trailmaster

and native aussies don't travel that much anyway!

We actually do, we're quite prolific travellers, but most of us are not transient in terms of where we live. Our parents tend to keep the family home well into old age and many of us live all our lives in the first or second house we buy. Or we did back when we could afford to buy a house.

**trailmaster** · February 8th, 2018, 12:46 PM

Kevin here. As you can see Estreeter's avatar is that of a younger Bruce Springsteen. One of the possible reason's for this is that Estreeter when he was younger may have had dreams of being a singer. I can just see Estreeter singing his heart out in his own back yard, when suddenly a bunch of roos, bilbies, kookaburras and snakes appear out of the bush beguiled by the sound coming from Estreeter's throat. Then the kookaburra starts making that loud kooky laughing sound. Then the neighbors call the police!

**effCup** · February 8th, 2018, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by trailmaster

kookaburra starts making that

Some Australian wildlife are perfect mimics--they can replicate the sound of chainsaws, camera shutters, etc.

Estreeter · February 8th, 2018, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by trailmaster

Kevin here.

Cockatoo

**effCup** · February 9th, 2018, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by trailmaster

kookaburra starts making that

Thwack of leather on willow...

... -y young thighs?

Hikarufan · February 9th, 2018, 11:05 AM

Kookaburra's are awesome. There's a family of them around where I live.

**trailmaster** · February 9th, 2018, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by effCup

Thwack of leather on willow...

... -y young thighs?

You could have provided a real kookaburra singing on youtube.com. Here is the link:

https://youtu.be/Fc_-icFHwQo

**judy84** · February 11th, 2018, 08:13 AM

Just finished watching golf from Perth.

Apart from the golf we were treated to boxing matches between kangaroos on the fairway.
Earlier this week they showed Lee Westwood and Andrew "beef" Johnson visiting Rottnest island. Cycling around the place, swimming, taking "selfies" with quokkas, koalas and other wildlife.
The most spectacular thing on there I thought though was Talbot Bay from the air.

**Sir Honkers** · February 11th, 2018, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Hikarufan

Kookaburra's are awesome. There's a family of them around where I live.

We've got fruit bats and also some sort of mouse-sized bat come into our fruit trees around twilight. I never realised they could fly so fast.

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February 8th, 2018, 12:46 PM	#6963
trailmaster Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA Posts: 59,888 Thanks: 1,328,972 Thanked 707,166 Times in 60,062 Posts	Kevin here. As you can see Estreeter's avatar is that of a younger Bruce Springsteen. One of the possible reason's for this is that Estreeter when he was younger may have had dreams of being a singer. I can just see Estreeter singing his heart out in his own back yard, when suddenly a bunch of roos, bilbies, kookaburras and snakes appear out of the bush beguiled by the sound coming from Estreeter's throat. Then the kookaburra starts making that loud kooky laughing sound. Then the neighbors call the police!

February 9th, 2018, 11:05 AM	#6967
Hikarufan Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Down under Posts: 399 Thanks: 68 Thanked 4,200 Times in 395 Posts	Kookaburra's are awesome. There's a family of them around where I live.

February 11th, 2018, 08:13 AM	#6969
judy84 Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Wilts Posts: 2,008 Thanks: 34,481 Thanked 21,442 Times in 2,021 Posts	Just finished watching golf from Perth. Apart from the golf we were treated to boxing matches between kangaroos on the fairway. Earlier this week they showed Lee Westwood and Andrew "beef" Johnson visiting Rottnest island. Cycling around the place, swimming, taking "selfies" with quokkas, koalas and other wildlife. The most spectacular thing on there I thought though was Talbot Bay from the air.