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[jond]

Jond, there was a Shark attack at Samurai Beach, Newcastle today, so black coal does not stop them!
The body surfer punched the shark in the nose and got away!
Do you swim at Samurai beach?
I hope NOT!

Ha slim I paddle a surfski and fishing kayak. Nine months ago I had a large bull shark glide under my ski checking me out. It made me nervous as fish food.

But to be attacked is incredible bad fortune and does not happen much in our pristine port Stephens waters. I don’t actually live in beautiful Newcastle any more.

 

[super slim]

On the weekend I had a most remarkable experience . A black cockatoo flew 1 to 2 m away from me for around 4 klm.

It called quietly as if trying to communicate.

At first I thought it may have been trained by our Aussie magpies but no it was content to lope along beside in front and behind without removing my earlobes.

It told me how tasty sheoak nuts are. Lol.

Seriously it was ....Truly beautiful. Breathtaking really and a memory forever.

That would have been GREAT!!
My only experience is Magpies protecting their young babies in their nests!

 

[jond]

Slim it was great. It went on so long I was tempted to stop and grab the phone. Two days later and I’m still agog.

Anyhow the vendetta calls. It’s sunny of course slight nor’easter and around 22 deg.
The sun glinting on the water . What can I do. I’ll start wi5h sixty.

 

[jond]

Soon as I stop typing I’m riding lol.

 

[ChaleJake]

On the weekend I had a most remarkable experience . A black cockatoo flew 1 to 2 m away from me for around 4 klm.

It called quietly as if trying to communicate.

At first I thought it may have been trained by our Aussie magpies but no it was content to lope along beside in front and behind without removing my earlobes.

It told me how tasty sheoak nuts are. Lol.

Seriously it was ....Truly beautiful. Breathtaking really and a memory forever.

How super cool! One of the best things about cycling is experiencing nature. I merely want to move through a different world when I cycle. A stress free view of the world around me. Of course, it doesn’t always happen that way but when it does...priceless.

 

[DavidCH]

@jond , I remember visiting central park in Sydney and enjoying the cockatoos there. You live in a most remarkable place

 

[Don1]

black cuckatoos are super rare. a truely priceless memory i mainly just smell road kill. unfortuneatly.

 

[jond]

@jond , I remember visiting central park in Sydney and enjoying the cockatoos there. You live in a most remarkable place

I count myself extremely fortunate. My mum insisted on Australia not South Africa as my dad wanted. Emigrated in 1968 so I count myself an Aussie.

Till I moved to lemontree passage from Newcastle I’d never seen koalas in the wild. Now they run through my front yard literally.

 

[jond]

black cuckatoos are super rare. a truely priceless memory i mainly just smell road kill. unfortuneatly.

Yeah roadkill is universally abhorrent in warm weather. Gag.

Don here where i am it’s still teeming with life. We are blessed.

Dolphins in the pristine water with seafood three nights a week caught out the front.
Blue swimmer crabs flathead brim equals yum.

Birds black cockatoo galah little corella magpie black swans honey eater native minor native top notch pigeon lots sea birds including sea eagles waders cormorants divers ducks oyster catchers and plovers. A real mix though all go quiet when sea eagle soars overhead.

Koala grey Roos wallaby lizards monitors and only 5500 people on peninsula.

The koala is threatened. Dogs. And dills. Cars and luck.

 

[super slim]

I count myself extremely fortunate. My mum insisted on Australia not South Africa as my dad wanted. Emigrated in 1968 so I count myself an Aussie.

Till I moved to lemontree passage from Newcastle I’d never seen koalas in the wild. Now they run through my front yard literally.

Jond, you are VERY lucky!!!