Dugite

I was burning along on my bike today, enjoying the quietness of the
local bush on a Christmas eve, when in the distance I spotted a
suspiciously long and slender stick on the road. Could it be.. **** it
is!! I was just about to run over a dark dugite about 1.5 metres long.
It was too late to brake or swerve so I did a bunnyhop over the top of
it. As I flew over it it whipped back towards me as if to strike me. I
don't know if it got hit or I hit it but I'm pretty sure we both
missed each other. For a few minutes after that every twig on the road
looked like another snake. Then I remembered I was carrying my digital
camera with me, but it would be long gone by now. This was the second
time I've bunny hopped a snake. Both times I've been in the bush by
myself. The other time I did it the snake pulled it's head back
quickly as if it was a stretched rubber band that was suddenly
released.

Stay Cool

Marty

Marty wrote:
I was burning along on my bike today, enjoying the quietness of the
local bush on a Christmas eve, when in the distance I spotted a
suspiciously long and slender stick on the road. Could it be.. **** it
is!! I was just about to run over a dark dugite about 1.5 metres long.
It was too late to brake or swerve so I did a bunnyhop over the top of
it. As I flew over it it whipped back towards me as if to strike me. I
don't know if it got hit or I hit it but I'm pretty sure we both
missed each other. For a few minutes after that every twig on the road
looked like another snake. Then I remembered I was carrying my digital
camera with me, but it would be long gone by now. This was the second
time I've bunny hopped a snake. Both times I've been in the bush by
myself. The other time I did it the snake pulled it's head back
quickly as if it was a stretched rubber band that was suddenly
released.

Stay Cool

Marty

Oh, I thought you were going to tell us an OT story about a member of
that Aussie band from the early 80s...

&roo

The most experience I had with snakes was along the Southern Expressway
Bikeway (SA).
One Spring afternoon in 2002, from Marion (suburb) to McLarenVale and return.

Saw 4 brown snakes on the way down, and 2 on the way back.
The first was only small, about 1 mtr, and was happy to be on the
(semi-sealed) bikeway.
I got off the bike and waited for it to decide to move off the track.

The fourth one was bigger, about 1.5-2mtr and was pale/cream; probably
just molted.
Moved fast though, from one side of the track to the other just before I
got there.

The fifth one was a monster, about 2mtr. It moved quickly across the
track but it's tail end was still on the track while it's head was
moving off the other side. I was going too fast to even slow down, and
it readed-up as I tried to sort of bunny-hop over it (on a roadbike).


On the same track this year (autumn) I saw a rather large brown dog-turd
on the edge of the bikeway near O'Halloran Hill. Then the dog-turd
uncoiled and moved off to bushes on the left.

Someone should put up signage.

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
The Dugites were quite good I thought.
One of the first Australian bands to use a Fairlight CMI.
I may still have a cassette tape somewhere.
I think one of them was/became a lawyer?
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Calm
(..err...usually)

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Andrew Swan wrote:
Oh, I thought you were going to tell us an OT story about a member of
that Aussie band from the early 80s...

&roo
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Marty wrote:
I was burning along on my bike today, enjoying the quietness of the
local bush on a Christmas eve, when in the distance I spotted a
suspiciously long and slender stick on the road. Could it be.. **** it
is!! I was just about to run over a dark dugite about 1.5 metres long.
(snipped)

Stay Cool

Marty

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calm wrote:
....

The fourth one was bigger, about 1.5-2mtr and was pale/cream; probably
just molted.

gets on High Horse
I think you meant "probably just *moulted*?
uNLESS (oops, Caps Lock) you meant it just became a milkshake additive,
in which case it just "malted"?

The fifth one was a monster, about 2mtr. It moved quickly across the
track but it's tail end was still on the track while it's head was

"It's" means "it is". "... but it is tail end..." doesn't make any
sense.
/gets on High Horse

....

On the same track this year (autumn) I saw a rather large brown dog-turd
on the edge of the bikeway near O'Halloran Hill. Then the dog-turd
uncoiled and moved off to bushes on the left.

On commuter rides a only a week apart last Feb, 2003, I twice saw Brown
Snakes on the Merri Creek (Northern Melbourne) path. I then
subsiquently screeched the cantilevers for months afterwards for sticks,
brown plastic bags, and shadows...


Someone should put up signage.

"Warning: snakes, snake-like inanimate (including poo) objects, and 80s
band nostalgia frequently occur in this area"?


---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
The Dugites were quite good I thought.
One of the first Australian bands to use a Fairlight CMI.
I may still have a cassette tape somewhere.

I still have my cassette with "October" on one side and "War" on the
other side...

I think one of them was/became a lawyer?
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

I thought either:
- The Models (have you read James Freud's book? It's funny, sad and
touching... and makes you wonder about whether you should have that next
beer...) with "I Hear Motion",
or
- Iva Davies (where is he now?) + Flowers/Icehouse
were the first Oz bands to do the Fairlight CMI thing.

Hmmm. Best not to mention Electric Pandas, Do-Re-Mi, Dynamic Hypnotics,
or Big Pig here...

Chris (and F. the S.M.B.) are you reading this?

I think one of them was/became a lawyer?

Umm... what a naughty, naughty thing to become... (tee-hee)

Calm
(..err...usually)

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Andrew Swan wrote:
Oh, I thought you were going to tell us an OT story about a member of
that Aussie band from the early 80s...

&roo
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Marty wrote:
I was burning along on my bike today, enjoying the quietness of the
....
is!! I was just about to run over a dark dugite about 1.5 metres long.
(snipped)

Stay Cool

Marty

ps, all: a Tasmanian joke:
Q: What's long, brown, and sticky?
A: A stick.

xxx
p

Originally posted by Fred Niema
The Dugites were quite good I thought. One of the first Australia
bands to use a Fairlight CMI. I may still have a cassette tap
somewhere

Yeah, remember a couple of good tunes from them via Countdown 1979/80
ie: "South Pacific, it's terrific, French don't care.." and the one w
don't really want to remember that went like, "In your car, car, car
car, in your car, car, car, car..

- Iva Davies (where is he now?) + Flowers/Icehouse were the first O
bands to do the Fairlight CMI thing

Abely assisted with composing the stirring soundtrack to the latest Rus
flick "Master & Commander" amongst many other things. Still quite a bus
man. The Takeaways used a CMI too

Chris (and F. the S.M.B.) are you reading this

Yes, belately

I think one of them was/became a lawyer

No, that was Sharon O'Neill

Umm... what a naughty, naughty thing to become... (tee-hee

Ah, yes, all those future career ops that await , the Glenroy Lega
Service for one....

ps, all: a Tasmanian joke
Q: What's long, brown, and sticky
R: A stick

all: a mainlander jok
Q: what passes over there as a drinkable beer
R: Foster

yuk.:


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Fred Nieman wrote:
calm wrote:
...


If you're going to complain about minor typos and grammatical errors,
you really should proof-read your own posts



snip

On commuter rides a only a week apart last Feb, 2003, I twice saw Brown
^

Snakes on the Merri Creek (Northern Melbourne) path. I then
subsiquently screeched the cantilevers for months afterwards for sticks,
^

snip


Cheers.
--
Nick

Originally posted by Nickzx6r If you're going to complain about
minor typos and grammatical errors, you really should proof-read
your own posts

meow, saucer of milk!


Snakes on the Merri Creek (Northern Melbourne) path. I then
subsiquently screeched the cantilevers for months afterwards
for sticks,
^

Just for the record, attempting to get this thread back on track, as a
pedestrian, I saw two snakes today in inner suburbs of Melbourne. Both
high-tailed it back into the undergrowth.



--

I know the Southern Veloway / Willunga Rail Trail well. The asphalt on
this track is between 3.5 metres and 4.0 metres wide. If the snake you
saw, was indeed, longer than the track is wide, I think you were lucky
enough to see the rare and very shy Southern Montypythonoides.

Steve


On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 01:25:41 GMT, calm wrote:

The fifth one was a monster, about 2mtr. It moved quickly across the
track but it's tail end was still on the track while it's head was
moving off the other side. I was going too fast to even slow down, and
it readed-up as I tried to sort of bunny-hop over it (on a roadbike).

NickZX6R wrote:
Fred Nieman wrote:
....
calm wrote:
...
..
If you're going to complain about minor typos and grammatical errors,
you really should proof-read your own posts

cfsmtb wrote:


meow, saucer of milk!


fluffs up, flicks tail about, and bares claws
NickZX6R, cam yoiu spell "ironyu"?
/fluffs up, flicks tail, etc
licks paws, has a nap, and starts mewing for didnner[sic]...
Umm, is this aus.bicycle.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk? I was trying to
post this to aus.bicycles.80s_tragics.fan.sparks. ...
And I think I'm meant to go "Bwaa-haaa-haa-haa" now, aren't I?
/joke at my own expense (unless you don't get it)

xxx
p

NickZX6R wrote:
Fred Nieman wrote:
....
calm wrote:
...
..
If you're going to complain about minor typos and grammatical errors,
you really should proof-read your own posts

cfsmtb wrote:


meow, saucer of milk!


fluffs up, flicks tail about, and bares claws
NickZX6R, cam yoiu spell "ironyu"?
/fluffs up, flicks tail, etc
licks paws, has a nap, and starts mewing for didnner[sic]...
Umm, is this aus.bicycle.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk? I was trying to
post this to aus.bicycles.80s_tragics.fan.sparks. ...
And I think I'm meant to go "Bwaa-haaa-haa-haa" now, aren't I?
/joke at my own expense (unless you don't get it)

xxx
p
ps: I originally posted this on the wrong thread from the original
message, then canceled it. It may still appear for you, gentle reader,
as a reply to Steve Bitbucket's rather more sensible post. Apologies
all round.
pps: C&FTSMB - a year in Sydney has corrupted me... now I like Tooheys
Old more than "Green" :-0 ...