READY OR NOT!!! HERE I COME!!!: Hey Georgie!! I miss you!! This blog is for you!!!

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Hey Georgie!! I miss you!! This blog is for you!!!

This blog is for Georgie!! I spent time this morning in Kevin's backyard. Took photos and videos. Beautiful birds and amazing vegetation. These cheeky little fellas are here every day looking for a handout of free food! It amazed me how close I was able to get to them, these are wild birds!!

Not a lot of writing in this blog....the pictures and videos pretty well say it all!! GOB-SMACKED!

Every day I wake up and I am in as much awe as I was the day before! I keep using the same words to describe this place...beautiful, amazing, wonderful, and it really is!

As I looked around and snapped some pics I thought how much Ted would have loved this place and all it has to offer to photographers! Miss you Teddie!

more videos to upload....stay tuned.

2 comments:

AnonymousAugust 20, 2012 at 7:03 AM
Mornin Di; Amazing photos...you are right Ted would be in his glory. He is probably looking over your shoulder telling you to take this or that!
Is it possible for you to turn the background music off on your blog? Reason is we can't hear your videos very well because when we turn the speakers up the billabong music is louder. If not - no worries, we will just enjoy the photos!
Take care...and have a great day!
Betty
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AnonymousAugust 20, 2012 at 7:04 AM
Scratch that last post...I see that the background music has already disappeared! LOL
Betty
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australian Slang sayings guide

HOW MUCH CAN A KOALA BEAR?

Australians may well be the laziest nation in the world when it comes to speaking. Any words containing more than three syllables are chopped in half and an ‘O’ is added on the end. For example Afternoon becomes Arvo, Ambulance becomes Ambo and Bottle Shop becomes Bottlo. Easy, isn’t it?

This list should help you get by in almost any conversation:

aggro. Aggravation, bother, belligerence, aggressiveness, aggression. top

ambo. Ambulance.

arvo. Afternoon.

Aussie. Australian.

bangers. Sausages. top

barbie. Bar-b-q

barney. Argument

beaut. as in ‘You beaut.’ If something is considered good

big smoke. The city.

billabong. A waterhole.

billy. Container for boiling tea.

bloke. Man.

blowy. Blow fly

bludger. Lazy person

blue. A row, quarrel, fight, as in We had a blue.

Bluey. Nickname for a redhead. How about that?

Blue bottle. A blue jelly fish shaped like a bottle.

bonza. Excellent, attractive, really great.

bottlo, bottle shop. Liquor store.

box. A crate of 24 beers. See slab and case

bunyip. A fictitious rabbit

bush telegraph. The local gossip network.

bush. Country, as in the bush (the country) and go bush (leave the city).

bushed. Extremely tired.

butt. Buttocks, bottom, also cigarette.

cadge. Impose on another's generosity, also borrow without intent to repay.

cadger. One who cadges. top

case. A crate of 24 beers. See slab and box

chips. Potato chips or crisps

chinwag. A chat, conversation.

chook. Chicken.

cobber. Mate, friend. .

codger. Bloke, man, especially elderly and a little odd, as in silly codger.

corker. Something striking or astonishing, or something very good of its kind.

corroboree. Aboriginal assembly or gathering of festive, sacred or warlike character.

crook. Sick, ill, as in He's crook.

Damper. Camp fire bread cooked in the bush top

digger. Australian soldier, especially one who served in World War I.

ding.Dent,A damaged section of a car, bike, surfboard, etc. There are other meanings.

dinki-di. Also dinky-di. See fair dinkum

dinkum. True blue, real, genuine.

Dirty Coathanger. nickname for the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

drongo. Slow-witted or stupid person.

dunny. An outside toilet.

durry. cigaretee

ear basher. Someone who talks too much top

fair dinkum. Really genuine. i.e. he is fair dinkum top

fang it. This has a few slang meanings, but usually means either (1) to exert force so someone will lend or give you something, or (2) to appropriate what's not yours.

footy. Rugby league (NSW/QLD) Aussie Rules (VIC,SA,WA,TAS)

furphy. Rumor, false story.

g'day, Fairly common daytime (sometimes even nighttime) greeting, as in G'day mate. top

gee-gees. Horses, often applied to horse racing.

go. Chance or turn, as in Give me a go, or Give the bloke a fair go, matey. Also way, as This is the go.

good guts. Accurate information (which could cause someone's downfall).

goodie. Something nice, as in a bag of goodies.

greenie. An environmentalist. Sometimes used deprecatingly.

grog. Alcohol. beer, spirits.

grouse. Very good, as in grouse shiela.

gum. Eucalypt.

half your luck. Would you believe it? -- this means "congratulations" or "best wishes". I think it evolved from the saying "I wish I had half your luck" or "I'd be happy if I had half your luck." top

hard yacka. . Hard work.

Harry Lime . Time

hassle. v. Give problems, complications or aggravations, as in Don't hassle me, mate.

hassles. n. Problems, complications, aggravations, as in I got into a lot of hassles, or Spare me the hassles.

homestead. Main residence on a sheep or cattle station (ranch or farm).

Hot chips. Cooked potato chips

Joe Blake. Rhyming slang for snake. top

john. Toilet.

jumbuck. Sheep.

king brown. Mulga snake. top

larry. A hoe with a hole in the centre for mixing cement .

loo. Toilet.

make a good fist. to do (a task) well. top

mate. Anyone's a mate, especially when you're trying to strike some kind of rapport, as in the greeting G'day mate.

middy. A middle-sized (285ml) glass, usually of beer. Also see schooner.

mug. A fool, one easily duped.

nong. Fool, idiot. top

ocker. True Australian workingman; boorish, uncouth.

ol' man. Father.

onkus. Bad, unacceptable

open slather. Free-for-all, anything goes.

Oz. Australia or Australian

pants. Trousers

relos Relatives

roo. Kangaroo

servo. Car service station top

slab. A crate of 24 beers. See box and crate

smoko. A break from work in the morning or afternoon, tea break, smoke break

snag. sausage

soccer. English football

strewth. Statement of exclamation

Stubbies. A brand of workman’s shorts

stubby. 375mL bottle of beer

swagman. Bushman or nomadic bush traveler

TAB. Betting shop top

thong. G-String

thongs. Sandles or flip-flops

too right. I agree

Top End. The Northern Territory

tucker. Food

union. Union Rugby top

ute. Small truck, short for utility truck.

undies. Underwear

VB. Victoria Bitter, a great beer. top

walkabout. a period of wandering, usually in reference to Aborigines. Also someone who does so.

Water hole Pub

XXXX. (Pronounced fourex.) A Queensland beer. XXXX is the actual name on the label. top

yobbo. Loutish, surly youth.

You right mate. Are you OK?