Fair dinkum from Brisbane

[OzSpen]

I'm joining from the sub-tropics of a northern Brisbane suburb and am looking forward to the interaction and fellowship as I have time. I'm pursuing some advanced study as a full-time, distance education student. I've been a Christian for over 50 years and am still challenged to grow in Christ.

 

[agua.]

Cool. I'm less than 80 km south of you in Jacob's Well. How's it going.

 

[OzSpen]

Cool. I'm less than 80 km south of you in Jacob's Well. How's it going.

Is that 2 roos having sex as an avatar ?

I'm in North Lakes, Recliffe Peninsula.

Re the avatar, here's a larger version (although blurred): [Well I copied a larger, enlarged version, but it would not accept it even though I used html language.]

The kangaroos are in a park where a mother kangaroo (the large one) is with her baby, the joey, beside her and a child is feeding the mother kangaroo.

You can't see the head of the joey as it is behind the child.

In fact, the picture is from a park where a number of friendly kangaroos are being patted, touched and fed by people.

There are kangaroos that come to a park about 50 metres up the street from where I live. I'm in a crowded suburb with narrow streets. A couple of weeks ago, two large kangaroos were on the front lawn of my neighbour's property across the street from where I live.

We have native koalas in the trees down the street.

 

[agua.]

Oky doky no worries. Where did you get the picture from ?

 

[OzSpen]

Oky doky no worries. Where did you get the picture from ?

Since you thought that it looked like two kangaroos having sex in the avatar (and I don't want to communicate anything that looks like such), so I've changed the avatar to a koala,

However, the previous avatar of the child feeding a mother kangaroo and the joey beside her,
It's a public domain photo located at: https://www.google.com.au/search?q=photo child feeding kangaroo public domain&client=firefox-a&hs=Q1Z&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=qKeiU_WuHozNlAW1-IHIBQ&ved=0CEoQsAQ&biw=939&bih=650#imgdii=_.

It's also located here: https://www.google.com.au/search?q=photo child feeding kangaroo&client=firefox-a&hs=Xfu&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=XqeiU66nBYnh8AXmnoLgBQ&ved=0CCsQsAQ&biw=939&bih=650

 

[GrannyJ]

Hi there. Must say the koala is cute. I got here too late to see the kangaroos.

 

[OzSpen]

Hi there. Must say the koala is cute. I got here too late to see the kangaroos.

Granny,

I'm a Grandpa with 3 children and 5 grandchildren. How many children and grandchildren do you have?

Yes, the koala is cute. There are some in the trees half a block from where I live in this northern Brisbane suburb. Out the back of our church building a few weeks ago, there was a koala way up in a tall gum (eucalyptus) tree.

Here is the picture of the kangaroo being fed by a child that I had as my avatar, but someone said it looked like they were having sex, so I removed it. It is simply a mother kangaroo being fed by a child and her largish baby (joey) beside here. The mother uses her large, strong tail to keep her standing up.

 

[GrannyJ]

Hi Ozspen

I have one daughter and two granddaughters, all of them in your part of the world. I was in Australia visiting them 18 months ago and got to meet my first koala. I didn't see a wild one. Nice that you have them in your area.

 

[OzSpen]

Hi Ozspen

I have one daughter and two granddaughters, all of them in your part of the world. I was in Australia visiting them 18 months ago and got to meet my first koala. I didn't see a wild one. Nice that you have them in your area.

That's amazing. In which part of Australia do they live? Do you get to visit with them using Skype or some other Internet equipment?

I used to live in a sugar cane growing area of Bundaberg but we didn't see koala there in the wild until we came to this northern Brisbane suburb. In the drier months a few kangaroos would come to the park 50 metres (yards) up the road from our house to graze. Now they just jump up and down the streets in this newish development with narrow streets crowded with houses. The koalas are also 50 metres away where there are eucalyptus trees for them to eat the leaves.

In some parts there are tame kangaroos:

This is a picture of one that is somewhat domesticated (and a small one) and friendly. Most in my suburb would jump away if approached.

 

[GrannyJ]

Nice that the wildlife is thriving even in urban areas. I was disappointed not to see kangaroos in the wild, but I spent most of the time in Sydney where my daughter lives. We did go out looking for wallabies at my cousin's place south of Woollangong, but they were elusive on that weekend.

Lots of wildlife to be seen where I live, but very different from yours!

Australia is a very beautiful country.

 

[OzSpen]

Nice that the wildlife is thriving even in urban areas. I was disappointed not to see kangaroos in the wild, but I spent most of the time in Sydney where my daughter lives. We did go out looking for wallabies at my cousin's place south of Woollangong, but they were elusive on that weekend.

Lots of wildlife to be seen where I live, but very different from yours!

Australia is a very beautiful country.

You're not likely to see too much of the natural wildlife around Sydney - too heavily populated. I live in an outer, newer (10 years old) suburb of Brisbane that is bordering on some open spaces where cows and horses are raised. Hence the kangaroos and some koalas.

In which part of God's world do you live? Which wildlife do you see where you live? Yes, Australia is a beautiful country, but I'm biased, having been born and bred here. Nana was German and Poppa was an Englishman on my mother's side. But I'm a fair dinkum Aussie with an okka accent.

 

[GrannyJ]

I live in Zimbabwe. Not much wildlife at my current home, as it is in the city, but the last place I lived the monkeys came through every day to see what they could steal. Also baboons, antelope, smaller wild cats etc. Did get terrified one morning by a leopard in a tree, but they are rare in that area.

My youngest granddaughter is full-on Aussie, accent and all. She was born there.

 

[OzSpen]

I live in Zimbabwe. Not much wildlife at my current home, as it is in the city, but the last place I lived the monkeys came through every day to see what they could steal. Also baboons, antelope, smaller wild cats etc. Did get terrified one morning by a leopard in a tree, but they are rare in that area.

My youngest granddaughter is full-on Aussie, accent and all. She was born there.

So you have no elephants and giraffes in your back yard or in the park up the road?

Nothing like one of those broad Aussie accents to confuse other English speakers. We found that when we lived in Canada and the USA. Getting rid of the okka accent was a starter to being able to communicate. I had been radio and TV announcing in Aust, so I had to get rid of that accent anyway. Not so for my wife and the kids.

We have lots of South Africans and only a a few Zimbabweans in my part of the world.

 

[Kathi]

Welcome to CF.It is nice to have you with us.

 

[OzSpen]

Welcome to CF.It is nice to have you with us.

Thank you Kathi. I find it pleasant to be here. I have to back off and post only a little at this point because of my studies.

In which part of God's world do you live?

 

[Kathi]

Thank you Kathi. I find it pleasant to be here. I have to back off and post only a little at this point because of my studies.

In which part of God's world do you live?

I live in North Amercia in the State of Washington.The Evergreen State. And yes it is very green.But it rains all the time

 

[OzSpen]

I live in North Amercia in the State of Washington.The Evergreen State. And yes it is very green.But it rains all the time

Kathi,

I sure know about the Evergreen State. My wife and children (they were young) lived in Kirkland WA (greater Seattle) for 12 months while I completed my BA in biblical literature & NT Greek at Northwest College (now Northwest University, Kirkland) in 1977. Prior to that we were 12 months in British Columbia, so we sure know about the raining all the time - which is such a contrast from the sunshine and sub-tropics of SE Qld where we now live.

However, there is a special beauty about your part of the world that we don't experience. Where in WA do you life?

 

[Kathi]

Kathi,

I sure know about the Evergreen State. My wife and children (they were young) lived in Kirkland WA (greater Seattle) for 12 months while I completed my BA in biblical literature & NT Greek at Northwest College (now Northwest University, Kirkland) in 1977. Prior to that we were 12 months in British Columbia, so we sure know about the raining all the time - which is such a contrast from the sunshine and sub-tropics of SE Qld where we now live.

However, there is a special beauty about your part of the world that we don't experience. Where in WA do you life?

I live in SW Washington.About 3 hours South of Seattle.

 

[jasonc]

I live in SW Washington.About 3 hours South of Seattle.

near walla walla or Vancouver. I was station at ft.lewis for a year. welcome oz pen. we have already discussed something in private. I look forward to that response.