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tallowood Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6048	Re: photography Reply #45 - Dec 18^th, 2008 at 4:18pm Very good. When I was younger I worked around there for a couple of years mainly from Mnt Morgan but also from Theodore and little place called Krakow. Why fish in river is inedible? Did they spill some poison from mines into it? Do you have pictures of bottle trees there was quiet few of them near Theodore?
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Reply #46 - Dec 18^th, 2008 at 6:57pm

tallowood wrote on Dec 18^th, 2008 at 4:18pm:

Very good.
When I was younger I worked around there for a couple of years mainly from Mnt Morgan but also from Theodore and little place called Krakow.

Why fish in river is inedible? Did they spill some poison from mines into it?

Do you have pictures of bottle trees there was quiet few of them near Theodore?

I see bottle trees every day. I'll try to remember to photograph them.

My comment re inedible fish is basically the fact that they are freshwater, and I've never been able to eat freshwater fish Grin

I know the places you mention very well. I remember a few years back when I worked for an Environmental consulting company. We were tendering for some groundwater work in the area, but all kinds of other tenders, including pest control were being explained to the audience in one hit.

One guy who represented a pest control company asked "Do you have many problems with ferals around here ?"

The company representative piped up very quickly "No, they're all up at Mount Morgan"

It got everybody in hysterics. You'll probably understand the joke.

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Reply #47 - Dec 18^th, 2008 at 9:28pm

Yes, Mount Morgan is unforgettable experience. I started there when it was still full on mining town and my last job was to find ore extensions for Renaissance Gold. It was one of the most promiscuous towns on one hand but when I took a local girl upstairs in the pub where I was staying owner told me to go on moral grounds because he was very religious about extramarital sex but not about selling grog.

Muso, do me a favour take all the pictures you reasonably can and post them on. Don't worry about quality or artistics I really want to see how things changed if they did. It also will be your historical records.

BTW, there used to be a lot of good millions years old fossilised trees around there and some fantastic thunder eggs.

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Reply #48 - Dec 19^th, 2008 at 7:46am

tallowood wrote on Dec 18^th, 2008 at 9:28pm:

Yes, Mount Morgan is unforgettable experience. I started there when it was still full on mining town and my last job was to find ore extensions for Renaissance Gold. It was one of the most promiscuous towns on one hand but when I took a local girl upstairs in the pub where I was staying owner told me to go on moral grounds because he was very religious about extramarital sex but not about selling grog.

Muso, do me a favour take all the pictures you reasonably can and post them on. Don't worry about quality or artistics I really want to see how things changed if they did. It also will be your historical records.

BTW, there used to be a lot of good millions years old fossilised trees around there and some fantastic thunder eggs.

Fossilised wood is common. You can look in some of the local creeks after a big rain and find whole fossilised tree trunks. I took one home once and got it sawn through the middle with a diamond saw. I'll take a picture of that later today. I've been threatened with divorce if I take any more home. Grin

Thunder eggs - yeah Mount Hay on the Capricorn Highway is the place for those, but there are many other places. If you're into geology, you'll probably remember Mt Scoria near Theodore. Hit a rock and the whole mountain (hill) resonates. During a thunderstorm, some of the noises it gives off are quite incredible. I should make a recording some day and use it as a backing for some grunge/alternative type music.

I'll be in Adelaide until Jan 3, so you won't hear much from me, but when I get back, I'll get into it.

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tallowood Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6048	Re: photography Reply #49 - Dec 19^th, 2008 at 9:38am I've been past Mt Scoria few times but never stopped, when you are a subcontractor you don't own your own time. I had fossilised tree trunk too but donated it to our local museum. I won't be here till past boxing day either, go up river and drift down for a few days camping on islands and fishing if the weather permit.
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muso Gold Member Offline Posts: 13151 Gladstone, Queensland Gender:	Re: photography Reply #50 - Dec 19^th, 2008 at 5:51pm OK, here are a few that I took on the way home. First two are Bottle trees. (Right click and select view image (on Firefox) to see full image)
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muso Gold Member Offline Posts: 13151 Gladstone, Queensland Gender:	Re: photography Reply #51 - Dec 19^th, 2008 at 5:53pm Another bottle tree.
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muso Gold Member Offline Posts: 13151 Gladstone, Queensland Gender:	Re: photography Reply #52 - Dec 19^th, 2008 at 5:53pm Callide Street Biloela.
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muso Gold Member Offline Posts: 13151 Gladstone, Queensland Gender:	Re: photography Reply #53 - Dec 19^th, 2008 at 5:54pm And a part of the fossilised tree trunk I took home.
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muso Gold Member Offline Posts: 13151 Gladstone, Queensland Gender:	Re: photography Reply #54 - Jan 8^th, 2009 at 12:05pm How was your holiday, Tallowood? From what I saw from 30,000 feet, the major river systems in the Southern states look pretty green.
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Amadd Gold Member Offline Mo Posts: 6217	Re: photography Reply #55 - Jan 8^th, 2009 at 7:51pm Got any pics to share Tallo?
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oceanz Gold Member Offline Auzgurl.. Posts: 3531 Gender:	Re: photography Reply #56 - Jan 10^th, 2009 at 9:06pm Nice bunch of pics amadd/scubadog.. your dives sound exciting.
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Amadd Gold Member Offline Mo Posts: 6217	Re: photography Reply #57 - Jan 11^th, 2009 at 9:26am Thanks oceanZ. It's a bit more exciting than arguing on the internet
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Reply #58 - Jan 12^th, 2009 at 10:04am

muso wrote on Jan 8^th, 2009 at 12:05pm:

How was your holiday, Tallowood? From what I saw from 30,000 feet, the major river systems in the Southern states look pretty green.

"best ever" (c) Antonio

Weather is still great so I go kayaking any time I can.

Ammad, I have to find time to sort and organised my pictures so it will be awhile, may be when rain settles in.

How were your holidays?

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muso Gold Member Offline Posts: 13151 Gladstone, Queensland Gender:	Re: photography Reply #59 - Jan 21^st, 2009 at 7:56am Hi Tallowood, This picture may bring back memories for you.
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