PHOTO THREAD.

[Brakelite]

Okay. Definitely not my photo, but Australia fauna is an extremely fascinating topic, and I couldn't bypass this without sharing...a true millipede...1306 legs in fact... A world record... Discovered in western Australia in 2020.

 

[Nancy]

Okay. Definitely not my photo, but Australia fauna is an extremely fascinating topic, and I couldn't bypass this without sharing...a true millipede...1306 legs in fact... A world record... Discovered in western Australia in 2020.View attachment 19674

Um...ew. Scratching back of neck now.

 

[Brakelite]

Um...ew. Scratching back of neck now.

Lol

 

[Nancy]

Lol

Bet they move really FAST!

 

[Brakelite]

Bet they move really FAST!

Hahaha. Apparently not. They live in tight crevices underground and need their numerous body segments and legs to get around right corners.

 

[Brakelite]

This was the scene at a beach in Australia...38° C yesterday.

 

[farouk]

This was the scene at a beach in Australia...38° C yesterday. View attachment 19758

"Wish I was there" (says he in snowy Canada)....

Doesn't look like Bondi....

 

[farouk]

Okay. Definitely not my photo, but Australia fauna is an extremely fascinating topic, and I couldn't bypass this without sharing...a true millipede...1306 legs in fact... A world record... Discovered in western Australia in 2020.View attachment 19674

The flora and fauna of Australia seems to be so unique and diverse - sometimes unlike anywhere else in the world.

 

[Brakelite]

No...Rye, Mornington Peninsula Victoria.
No snow in sight. Lot of sunburn though.

 

[farouk]

No...Rye, Mornington Peninsula Victoria.
No snow in sight. Lot of sunburn though.

Sounds like it might be someplace where Prime Minister Harold Holt got into the deep too much in '67...

 

[Brakelite]

Sounds like it might be someplace where Prime Minister Harold Holt got into the deep too much in '67...

Actually not far, yes, but the other side of the harbor.

 

[farouk]

Actually not far, yes, but the other side of the harbor.

....linked also metaphorically with subterranean rumblings in Canberra and LBJ's foreign policy, no doubt....

 

[quietthinker]

This was the scene at a beach in Australia...38° C yesterday. View attachment 19758

and we had 1645mm of rain in 24hrs on Tuesday.

 

[Brakelite]

The flora and fauna of Australia seems to be so unique and diverse - sometimes unlike anywhere else in the world.

Very true. And it will eat you at a moments notice.

 

[Brakelite]

and we had 1645mm of rain in 24hrs on Tuesday.

That would create a puddle or two.
It's 6pm, and there still only two left at the top...

 

[quietthinker]

That would create a puddle or two.
It's 6pm, and there still only two left at the top...View attachment 19759

what is that thing?

 

[Brakelite]

....linked also metaphorically with subterranean rumblings in Canberra and LBJ's foreign policy, no doubt....

A long long time before I got here, and we'll before I had any interest in the nefarious goings on in Australian politics. Although my best guess is that it hasn't changed much since then. Victoria especially. Even though I wasn't living here, the rumors of corruption, bribery, and murder did reach across the ditch to the fair and harmonious shores of NZ, particularly I the 70s.

 

[Brakelite]

what is that thing?

It's called a Galileo thermometer. Quote from Mrs wiki...A Galileo thermometer (or Galilean thermometer) is a thermometer made of a sealed glass cylinder containing a clear liquid and several glass vessels of varying density. The individual floats rise or fall in proportion to their respective density and the density of the surrounding liquid as the temperature changes. It is named after Galileo Galilei because he discovered the principle on which this thermometer is based—that the density of a liquid changes in proportion to its temperature.

I don't know why, but we have 3 of them. They're interesting, accurate, pretty, and a talking point. Hence our present conversation.:)

 

[Brakelite]

The warmer it gets, the more drop down to the bottom. Range in temperature depends on how many and how big the item. The one above is from 16C to 36. The one below goes to 30. In other words, the temp today is off the charts.. At least for this.

 

[farouk]

A long long time before I got here, and we'll before I had any interest in the nefarious goings on in Australian politics. Although my best guess is that it hasn't changed much since then. Victoria especially. Even though I wasn't living here, the rumors of corruption, bribery, and murder did reach across the ditch to the fair and harmonious shores of NZ, particularly I the 70s.

Well, Robert Muldoon, was, if certainly not corrupt, certainly not a shrinking violet either.....