They're fictitious marsupials from Australia made up, presumably, to scare tourists.

Oooh, well that just makes your tale unbelieveable now. Im disappointed.

Suffice it to say this thread's gone bonkers in the last few pages.

 

In nearly 24 years living in Australia I've yet to happen across any snakes, cane toads (odd you'd never heard of them by the way, FC), man-eating kangaroos, rotting kookaburras in garages or anything of the kind. Obviously more big spiders here but it's nothing unmanageable - I can't recall seeing a hunstman or a red-back for some time. I'd sooner fret over the intolerable (at times) climate!

 

I live in Adelaide though, can't speak for Victoria or Queensland where the other users here live, I think.

I live in Queensland, I killed 2 Huntsman spiders in my house in the last week.

As for snakes, when we first moved into this house we hired some landscapers to tidy up the garden and apparantley they found 2 snakes, both of which slithered off and haven't been seen since.

Cane toads are extremely common here, if I walk around at night with a torch i'll probably see one every few minutes, I hate walking around at night in thongs or barefoot if I don't have a light with me as i'm always scared i'll end up kicking one accidentally.

At my old house on the Gold Coast there was a nest of redbacks just outside our garage door.

Apart from those, we get hundreds of small lizards in the rockery just outside my room which I spend many days procrastinating assignments watching. There are also a handful of ones the size of my forearm which terrify my poodle.

But apart from that we're all good on the animal front.

I live in Queensland, I killed 2 Huntsman spiders in my house in the last week.

As for snakes, when we first moved into this house we hired some landscapers to tidy up the garden and apparantley they found 2 snakes, both of which slithered off and haven't been seen since.

Cane toads are extremely common here, if I walk around at night with a torch i'll probably see one every few minutes, I hate walking around at night in thongs or barefoot if I don't have a light with me as i'm always scared i'll end up kicking one accidentally.

At my old house on the Gold Coast there was a nest of redbacks just outside our garage door.

Apart from those, we get hundreds of small lizards in the rockery just outside my room which I spend many days procrastinating assignments watching. There are also a handful of ones the size of my forearm which terrify my poodle.

But apart from that we're all good on the animal front.

You hate walking around at night in womens underwear?

They're fictitious marsupials from Australia made up, presumably, to scare tourists.

Like you need to make up scary animals in Australia, theres bloody loads of real ones.

You hate walking around at night in womens underwear?

I was referring to these:

Wearing women's underwear at night on the other hand is very liberating.

lol we call them flip flops.

I also called them that when I first moved here from England, and was heartily laughed at until I changed my ways.

why would they laugh at you for calling them flip flops? Thats what they are called.

Suffice it to say this thread's gone bonkers in the last few pages.

 

In nearly 24 years living in Australia I've yet to happen across any snakes, cane toads (odd you'd never heard of them by the way, FC), man-eating kangaroos, rotting kookaburras in garages or anything of the kind. Obviously more big spiders here but it's nothing unmanageable - I can't recall seeing a hunstman or a red-back for some time. I'd sooner fret over the intolerable (at times) climate!

 

I live in Adelaide though, can't speak for Victoria or Queensland where the other users here live, I think.

 

Pffffftttt...the Kookaburra wasn't rotting. It flew in through the open door of the garage...perched itself on the shelf that's in there, and kept trying to fly out a closed window (one that couldn't be open), ignoring the fact that the only way out was the gigantic door they came in through.

 

Only got it out, when I went outside, looked in through the window it was at, and scared it enough to make a break for it.

 

He had been trying to fly out a solid window for quarter of an hour.

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The editor has a soft spot for Chelsea- I gather refused to associate Chelsea with Gallas on the grounds he was a twat

Suffice it to say this thread's gone bonkers in the last few pages.

 

In nearly 24 years living in Australia I've yet to happen across any snakes, cane toads (odd you'd never heard of them by the way, FC), man-eating kangaroos, rotting kookaburras in garages or anything of the kind. Obviously more big spiders here but it's nothing unmanageable - I can't recall seeing a hunstman or a red-back for some time. I'd sooner fret over the intolerable (at times) climate!

 

I live in Adelaide though, can't speak for Victoria or Queensland where the other users here live, I think.

 

Sydney possesses the dubious honour of being home to the venomous brown snake and  the funnel-web spider, and both are pretty common in suburbia

Sydney possesses the dubious honour of being home to the venomous brown snake and the funnel-web spider, and both are pretty common in suburbia

That must be pretty scary! Have you ever seen either close up?

Suffice it to say this thread's gone bonkers in the last few pages.

 

In nearly 24 years living in Australia I've yet to happen across any snakes, cane toads (odd you'd never heard of them by the way, FC), man-eating kangaroos, rotting kookaburras in garages or anything of the kind. Obviously more big spiders here but it's nothing unmanageable - I can't recall seeing a hunstman or a red-back for some time. I'd sooner fret over the intolerable (at times) climate!

 

I live in Adelaide though, can't speak for Victoria or Queensland where the other users here live, I think.

 

What about Perth, have they any really nasty creatures I should know about, We are thinking of emigrating, either Australia or New Zealand.

Sorry mate, can't help you much there although a fear of dangerous animals is hardly reason enough to stop you moving here.

 

Lofty can answer for New Zealand!

You could go and live in the Shire. You would only have to worry about hobbits running around there!

Sorry mate, can't help you much there although a fear of dangerous animals is hardly reason enough to stop you moving here.

 

Lofty can answer for New Zealand!

I am not so worried myself, but have Wife and four Daughters ( two sets of twins) who would make my life a tiny bit difficult.

Two sets of twins???! My god that must be hard work!

That must be pretty scary! Have you ever seen either close up?

 

Yep. Most of Sydney suburbia backs on to bushland, which is the problem. The funnel-web prefers the inner city so i've only seen them at friend's houses rather than my own, but in my old house we had a brown snake killed by our dog and 6- yes, six- found living in my neighbour's shed.

What a good dog!

Thats a shed load of snakes! What did he do?

What a good dog!

Thats a shed load of snakes! What did he do?

Made a belt.

Two sets of twins???! My god that must be hard work!

Keeps me on my toes at times.

Do you have an equal split of boys and girls?

what are the odds of having two sets of twins? they must be quite high.

Do you have an equal split of boys and girls?

what are the odds of having two sets of twins? they must be quite high.

Twins have run in my family for generations, I have a twin Brother & we have a twin Brother & Sister my mother was one of two sets of twins & my Father is a twin,

my wife is a twin but they are the first twins in their family so it was inevitable that we would have twins,

No split, two sets of twin Daughters, I have two young boys but they are not twins, 3 & 5 years old.

Twins have run in my family for generations, I have a twin Brother & we have a twin Brother & Sister my mother was one of two sets of twins & my Father is a twin,

my wife is a twin but they are the first twins in their family so it was inevitable that we would have twins,

No split, two sets of twin Daughters, I have two young boys but they are not twins, 3 & 5 years old.

 

Blimey, sounds like you're working your way towards the new version of the Brady Bunch!