I apologise

[Kookaburra]

Wow . . . I really, really want to go to Australia someday! What a fascinating place!

When we smash this foul little cult into the ground, we will throw the biggest party you could imagine.

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It'll be more famous than Woodstock! Everyone invited.

Seriously, I think that exchange places to stay would be a great way of enabling everyone to take overseas holidays, travel around new area and meet heaps of cyber friends IRL.

 

[Tiger Lily]

When we smash this foul little cult into the ground, we will throw the biggest party you could imagine.

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It'll be more famous than Woodstock! Everyone invited.

Seriously, I think that exchange places to stay would be a great way of enabling everyone to take overseas holidays, travel around new area and meet heaps of cyber friends IRL.

Now that's a party I would not want to miss!!! I hope it's soon!

I love the idea -- the ESMB travel club!!

 

[SweetnessandLight]

A good time will be had by all!

Lol, Couch surfing is in our future!

Can you picture it? The best AFTER PARTY in the world, down under!!!

YIPPEE!!!

 

[Gottabrain]

When we smash this foul little cult into the ground, we will throw the biggest party you could imagine.

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It'll be more famous than Woodstock! Everyone invited.

Seriously, I think that exchange places to stay would be a great way of enabling everyone to take overseas holidays, travel around new area and meet heaps of cyber friends IRL.

Kooka, the EXCHANGE PLACES holidays is a spectacular idea! We should get this rolling!

Sydney Zoo also has an outstanding monkey & ape house and a walk in aviary that blows the mind. There are also Crocodile parks with Croc shows, at other parks (like in Queensland) and a trained eye can see wild Koalas just outside Sydney. There are wild wallabies just outside Sydney, too. And how bout staying in a fine treehouse in the rainforest and being visited by a beautiful Cassowary? They stand about waist high, they are THAT BIG, and exotic to say the least. Or take an Outback tour and see wild sea turtles and whales playing? Or how about feeding rainbow lorikeets and having them nuzzle and love you and even say a few words in human talk (they are parrots, so yeh, some talk - even some wild ones).

I've done all that and so much more since I've ben here. I love Australia. Who wouldn't?

 

[scooter]

Wait a minute... Northern Hairy Nosed???

DeeBee please answer! :megaphone:

Dey gots different KINDS of wombats down there!!!

Are they all smiling? :confused2:

Somebody from the North, please report!

Northern hairy Nosed wombats are found in a few places in NE Oz - they're almost extinct. Southern hairy nosed wombats are fairly common in parts of the southern inland of Oz (like the Nullabor Plain) while the common wombat is found along the east and south-east coastal and nearby ranges regions and are quite numerous.

Common Wombats get quite tame if they have lots human contact - but they still prefer their own company. At Narconon Melbourne, there were several wombats tame enough to be able to approach closely and one that would be hand-fed. we had a few at Narconon Sydney but they kept out of the way of humans.

 

[Gottabrain]

The biggest difference between Australia and most other parts of the world (that I've seen) is the relationship humans have with the wildlife here and visa-versa.

It's Garden of Eden'ish. And shocking and wonderful to most Americans or Europeans, though normal here.

Wildlife stays away from humans no differently than any other animal it doesn't know yet. And where there have been long term, beneficial relationships, there is a trust, bond and even mutually beneficial exchange with local wildlife.

In the Great Barrier Reef, huge fish come by and let you pet them. On the beaches, dolphins play with surfers (and sometimes help chase away sharks for them). Kookaburras will let you feed them and take care of your mice, too. And the wildlife are intelligent, playful and emotional in very human-like ways.

It's something to experience to really understand and believe. And nobody ever leaves here the same.

It changed my relationship to nature forever in the best way.

 

[Free to shine]

The biggest difference between Australia and most other parts of the world (that I've seen) is the relationship humans have with the wildlife here and visa-versa.

It's Garden of Eden'ish. And shocking and wonderful to most Americans or Europeans, though normal here.

Wildlife stays away from humans no differently than any other animal it doesn't know yet. And where there have been long term, beneficial relationships, there is a trust, bond and even mutually beneficial exchange with local wildlife.

In the Great Barrier Reef, huge fish come by and let you pet them. On the beaches, dolphins play with surfers (and sometimes help chase away sharks for them). Kookaburras will let you feed them and take care of your mice, too. And the wildlife are intelligent, playful and emotional in very human-like ways.

It's something to experience to really understand and believe. And nobody ever leaves here the same.

It changed my relationship to nature forever in the best way.

It's so true. I know a surfer who had a dolphin chase away a shark he hadn't even been aware of. The native birds here are common even in inner suburban areas and can be delightful. I live next to a large shopping complex and every day there are magpies, lorikeets, Noisy Miners, galahs, cockatoos and ravens in the nearby trees and some visit me every day. Years ago I was a roadside trader and international tourists were fascinated by the kangaroos in the paddock behind.

 

[Gottabrain]

Freetoshine, I love Australia.

And I love America, too. The music scene there, the variety of culture and foods, Southern hospitality, Midwest hospitality, the incredibly different terrain, the skiing....

Every country has so much of its own to offer. I'd love to do the international holiday exchange with others. The world is a small place when we have friends all over like this.

 

[Tiger Lily]

The biggest difference between Australia and most other parts of the world (that I've seen) is the relationship humans have with the wildlife here and visa-versa.

It's Garden of Eden'ish. And shocking and wonderful to most Americans or Europeans, though normal here.

Wildlife stays away from humans no differently than any other animal it doesn't know yet. And where there have been long term, beneficial relationships, there is a trust, bond and even mutually beneficial exchange with local wildlife.

In the Great Barrier Reef, huge fish come by and let you pet them. On the beaches, dolphins play with surfers (and sometimes help chase away sharks for them). Kookaburras will let you feed them and take care of your mice, too. And the wildlife are intelligent, playful and emotional in very human-like ways.

It's something to experience to really understand and believe. And nobody ever leaves here the same.

It changed my relationship to nature forever in the best way.

Now I really, really, REALLY want to go!

 

[Gottabrain]

Cool, TigerLilly! I'd love to meet you!

I could set you up to stay here, Tigerlilly. And some of the other Aussies in different areas also have space. You'll just HAVE to come to a protest with us and see how popular we are, too. It's heaps of fun.

Tell me about where you live! Pics, please!