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Not all things in Australia want to kill you..........

  1. JimInOz Melbourne Australia Sep 11, 2017

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    Only a 1.5 metre white pointer?

    Pfffffft.

    I remember as a kid (maybe 10 years old) out fishing in Spencer Gulf with my Da and his mate.
    I'd been helping gut the Tommy Ruffs and wanted to wash my hands, so I leant over the side and started to wash off all the scales, blood and guts in the beautifully cold clean clear salt water.

    Almost immediately I felt a huge tug to my hair (when I had some!) as Da hauled me in.

    "Don't do that Son" he said...."Munchies'll have you".

    We both looked down into the water to where my oil slick was going and saw a juvenile white pointer just sniffing around about three feet below the surface. It was only about one or two metres long, but big enough to munch both my hands. We both looked at one another and I still remember the smile and the wink he gave me.

    I always used a bucket on board after that!

    PS: He grabbed my hair because I wasn't wearing a shirt at the time, only shorts and Dunlop Volleys.
     
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  2. dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Oct 12, 2017

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  3. Watchmutt Oct 12, 2017

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    Thats one scary beast. Thanks for the link too. The boxing match was just unreal. I wonder who would have won if the guy didn't turn away.
     
  4. adamsehic rambling recalcitrant strawberry carrier pigeon Oct 12, 2017

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    They have the cold, dead eyes of a serial-killer.
     
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  5. Jonatan Oct 12, 2017

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    This lady said she was up for a fight with him. After wrestling sharks her agent is looking for other opportunities.

    http://www.news.com.au/technology/s...l/news-story/aac59283dc55a727eb4eb114b24add88
     
  6. JimInOz Melbourne Australia Dec 3, 2017

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    Just went to work on my bike in the garage and as I pulled the clutch in I felt something like a feather on my hand.

    I looked down, squealed like a girl and nearly dropped the bike in my frantic efforts to flick the "feather" away.

    I think a bit of poo happened.

    I got that damned intruder with the bug spray though.

    Huntsman.JPG
     
  7. Dre Dec 3, 2017

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    Remind me not to call you if my flight from Melbourne got cancelled again.
     
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  8. STANDY schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collector Dec 3, 2017

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  9. JimInOz Melbourne Australia Dec 4, 2017

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    Don't be a scaredy cat, it's dead now. You can come any time.

    Oh, hang on, cancel the last order Andre!

    <rushes off to spray barrier insecticide all over the garage>
     
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  10. Moadib Dec 4, 2017

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    Returning to Australia is looking less and less appealing.... Golf there already cost me a fortune, being too scared to go and stamp around int the rough to look for all the wayward shots
     
  11. STANDY schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collector Dec 22, 2017

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  12. jetkins Dec 22, 2017

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    JE1_5245.jpg Aussie stoner, waiting for you to leave the house so he can rip off your telly.
     
  13. SeanO Dec 23, 2017

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    not a stoner, a drop bear.
     
  14. jetkins Dec 23, 2017

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    ... on the lookout for hoop snakes and scrub elephants.
     
  15. kwiklot Dec 25, 2017

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    Haha that's perfect, the telly and raid the fridge.
     
  16. SeanO Dec 25, 2017

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    I didn’t know that NZ had koalas
     
  17. STANDY schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collector Dec 25, 2017

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    Plenty of stoners but :p
     
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  18. Professor Dec 26, 2017

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    A 160 Pound Black Bear strolled through my back yard one night and was found asleep in a tree beside the high school ball field a half mile away the next morning.
     
  19. kwiklot Dec 26, 2017

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    I was under the impression black bears aren't as bad as brown, as long as the cubs aren't around. Did they try and chase it off or tranq it on site?
     
  20. kwiklot Dec 26, 2017

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    Tribal tattoos Eh? Won't someone think of the animals have they no respect? Lol while that particular tattoo style might be dying off the old dudebros can't cover them up, a leather type visor I have never heard of though.