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

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Many years ago a radio news reader got himself into trouble when he announced “In Sydney today, a women was bitten on the funnel by a finger web spider”
He’d misread the copy which was actually “
“In Sydney today a woman was bitten on the finger by a funnel web spider”

Getting bitten on the funnel happens to many women!
 
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Had a mate in Sydney that used to do car detailing out of his van, local he would do them on he’s front lawn.
So I had noticed all the holes on he’s front yard, so I asked him to boil the jug. Pouring a bit of hot water down the holes we collected 9 funnel web spiders in a few minutes.

Never seen a guy so shocked as he had no idea that the holes were funnel web nests. Counted another 8 once he moved the car he was crawling under for the last hour. 😗
 
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And yet we survive…indeed we thrive on the challenge!

Snags in bread make up for a lot...😀
 
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Snags in bread make up for a lot...😀

The dinner you have when you don’t know what’s for dinner.
6 Snags
6 Bread rolls
6 Beers
They make it so easy as everything is sold in a 6 pack….
usually 2 sausages and rolls left for lunch the next day 👍
 
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The dinner you have when you don’t know what’s for dinner.
6 Snags
6 Bread rolls
6 Beers
They make it so easy as everything is sold in a 6 pack….
usually 2 sausages and rolls left for lunch the next day 👍
But for some strange reason there aren’t any beers leftover
 
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But for some strange reason there aren’t any beers leftover

6 or 12 still wouldnt be any left over, at least in summer.
 
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Aussies don’t leave beers behind 😗
 
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Aussies don’t leave beers behind 😗
What? Not even Emu, or West End?
 
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Christmas Day 1974.
I got a "re-call".
2 x RAAF Police on my doorstep.
"Grab your go bag mate, we'll wait."
Hour later on a Herc bound for Darwin.
Landed in total darkness/pouring rain and for the next four days lived in the back of a Herc on the end of the strip.
Spent odd hours (24/7) fixing U/S aircraft, only got to eat when a rations truck came around.
Morning before we were due to leave, the rations truck came around and the guy offered us a couple of slabs.
"How many of you here?" he asked.
Doing our sums, we figured out six blokes deserved more beer rather than just Tony and me.
"Six mate, the others are over at the terminal".
"Goodo guys, here's a few slabs, enjoy".

Tony and I looked at the bounty. Six cold slabs of beer. We knew it wouldn't stay cold so we cracked on with some VB and stored the others in the tail ramp of our C130.

A couple of visitors through the night whittled the treasure trove down somewhat, and by departure there was little left, just some Emu and two slabs of Southwark.

Trip back home from Darwin via Charters Towers and Amberley AFB (where ground crew had ample opportunity to help themselves) and arriving at Richmond AFB they were still in the tail gate.

I think the duty crew at Richmond probably took them straight to the ELSAN point along with the crapper, which was a bit mature by then.
 
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Don’t worry about finding a brown snake in ya bed………it would be much more disturbing, distressing and disgusting to find an unfamiliar one eyed trouser snake in your bed!