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The link between paralysis ticks and mammalian meat allergy

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382693) • Rockingham, Australia 2 Mar

A 16-year-old boy has died in New South Wales, Australia, after eating beef sausages on a camping trip. From the age of two, Jeremy Webb was repeatedly bitten by the Australian paralysis tick (Ixodes holocyclus). Some who are...

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Running of the sheep in Boorawa, New South Wales

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382693) • Rockingham, Australia 21 Dec

Boorawa is a town in New South Wales, Australia. The first to settle there were Irishmen Rodger Corcoran and Ned Ryan, both former convicts who had received their ticket of leave from the Governor in 1821. The population is a...

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Neo-Nazi sympathiser sent home from Australia

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382693) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Nov

The photo has nothing to do with the post but is of a metal cut-out of a willie wagtail seen at my cousin’s garden. A man who moved to Australia from South Africa in 2022 has had his visa cancelled after he attended a Neo-Nazi...

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Cloning is alive and well

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382693) • Rockingham, Australia 5 Sep

Dolly the sheep was cloned quite some time ago, in 1996 in fact. I hadn’t thought about it much since but, if I had, I would have realised that was probably just the first of many. And now a news article has come up saying that...

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Elton John's tribute to Winifred Atwell

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382693) • Rockingham, Australia 30 Aug

I’m sure most of us have heard of Winifred Atwell who achieved fame as a pianist and composer. Although most of her output consisted of boogie-woogie and ragtime numbers, she was also an accomplished classical pianist, performing...

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If you're a local, it's Wagga

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382693) • Rockingham, Australia 25 May 25

The photo is of the vegetation near the salt lake where we camped one night. It has nothing to do with the discussion. Vince came across this on a Facebook page entitled Dull Men or something like that. There is a town in New...

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New seatbelt detection cameras catching out hundreds of offenders

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382693) • Rockingham, Australia 4 Aug 24

New South Wales in Australia is cracking down on drivers and passengers who either don’t wear seatbelts or wear them incorrectly. New technology has seen the installation of seatbelt detection cameras which have produced a much...

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Mr Swoopsalot picks on bald men the most

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382693) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Jan 24

I read an interesting article online about a year 3 student (so aged between 8 and 9) who conducted a survey about a magpie near her school in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales. The magpie, Mr Swoopsalot, has been terrorising...

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The echidna that stopped a motor race

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382693) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Dec 21

The Mount Panorama 500 (better known nationally as the Bathurst 1000) is an Australian motor racing event and was recently held at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales. The race always creates a great deal of...

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Now Australians can adopt-a-cow

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382693) • Rockingham, Australia 4 Sep 18

I watched another interesting segment on TV last night. Much of northern New South Wales and Queensland are in the grip of a drought. Farmers and graziers there are having to sell up their herds because they have run out of hay...

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The giant blue heeler of Muswellbrook, New South Wales

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382693) • Rockingham, Australia 12 Nov 17

I’ve written a few discussions about some of Australia’s giant icons so thought you might like this one. It is a 2 metre high statue of an Australian Cattle dog or Blue Heeler. Graziers and cattlemen wanted a dog capable of coping...

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australian cattle dog

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Mystery deaths decimating kangaroo mobs in New South Wales, Australia

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382693) • Rockingham, Australia 1 Dec 16

A recent news item in Australia states that far west New South Wales has been experiencing an epidemic which is wiping out hundreds of kangaroos. The dead roos were all in good condition before succumbing to a mystery disease....

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Animal Cruelty Charges Result in Banning of Greyhound Racing in New South Wales, Australia

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382693) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Jul 16

There is turmoil at the moment in the greyhound racing industry in Australia. New South Wales has banned the sport completely following serious allegations of abuse and ill-treatment of animals, in particular live baiting using...

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Trinidad and tobago Vs New South Wales. Who will win the final of the CLT20?

Mac6999 @Mac6999 (705) • India 22 Oct 09

So two weeks of competition has come down to this. The finals will be played between T&T and New South Wales. T&T were the underdogs coming into this tournament, yet they have upset quality teams. New South Wales on the other hand...

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