Youtube hearted comments of Helmuth Schultes (@helmuthschultes9243).
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These notes are absolutely fantastic to use. Certainly much longer wearing than old paper, and appearance lasts. The latest ones are especially appealing look.
Highly unlikely to be forged, and while the previous ones had a few attempts, all caught very quickly.
One feature is also good they remain cleaner, and are easily wiped/washed if a dirty one comes your way.
US notes, especially seem to have issues, for me at international security checks. As it seems, not too exagerated, most carry drug residues on them, that can put you through additional security scrutiny at border/customs checks. I had two deeper checks in Spain, and in Germany and Japan, on several business trips, by residues on back pocket, where my wallet had a few US currency notes. Each time a deeper check quickly clarified the currency at fault, I do NOT do drugs or associate with that scene, all else was clean. Though admittedly baggage can also cause headaches of that kind, by traces picked up in hotel rooms, hotel porter handling, taxi or airline baggage handling.
The plastic/polymer notes have no more issue if accidentally getting wet, swimming or falling in while fishing, or caught in heavy rain or notes left in a pocket going through laundry. No lost money by becoming paper mashette due to water.
They are definitely not mixed up in poor lighting, mere size, colour and lastly the sensory pips even in pitch darkness.
The rapid adoption worldwide by other countries speaks for itself. Low cost and long endurance compared to the costly special paper, metal threads, cotton blend whatever is used in other secured currencies is far more costly, with exception of places using almost standard writting paper to print their cheap notes, but have no security features and endurance in months not years.
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Paulaner has been available from Aldi here in Australia a couple of times each year. For around the 'October Fest' time they had both bottles and these 500mL cans of HefeWeizen, but a bit earlier in the year had also ' Kristal Weizen' with 0% alcohol. Kristal = Crystal is for a filtered clear version of the Wheat beer. I find it is best as a cool drink, refreshment for those really hit summer days 30°C to 40°C, so up to over 100°F. At 0% also quantity to drink is safe, as no ways do you get drunk, can consume it on hot days and still be safe driving.
At other times thecakcoholic versions go well with afternoon barbeques. Presuming no driving later, as with 5% and up alcohol it is not too big volume to put you in trouble for DUI. especially as 0.5L or even 1L are typical glass volumes.
Both the Hefe (Yeast) version and the Kristal(Crystal) clear types are good, but as pure refreshment I like the clear over the cloudy versions. To me wheat beer is my preffered type for pure refreshment, other times I prefer "Pils" beers, but I steer clear of the like of 'Becks', of course you have little choice, needing to get what limited types you can get in US retail. I currently have 4 bottles and 8 cans of the Paulaner HefeWeizen and also 6 bottles 0% Kristal Weizen for our summer, sadly so far we have few days into high 30°C range, so not had much yet, just keeping some cold and ready.
In Germany about any village has own brewery, so there are hundreds of brands, and each part of Germany will have own major brands. Depending where you are will determine what major brands are most common. There are also many styles of beer, including some rather great special beers, including some like BOCK and DOUBLE BOCK, the latter being a stronger alcohol version of BOCK, with from memory well over 20% alcohol. BOCK is a thicker dark Meade like beer. Originally invented by monks for "Lent" fasting, where eating is forbidden but drinking allowed. On the rich BOCK beer they typically gained weight during the Lent fasting.
Beer flavours do vary. The one feature throughout Germany, only the basic 4 ingredients are allowed, a about 400 year old fixed rule. NO FUNNY ADDITIVES, bittering agents colour, stabilisers, preservatives, no chemical additives period. Nothing but pure water, hops, yeast, and relevant grain
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The Valiant Charger was definitely a popular performance car in Australia. The model was also used by police especially the highway patrol in NSW. There they got a boosted performance engine, special 300 Kg lead weight in the boot to improve highspeed handling and improve traction under leadfoot power takeoff, for better pursuit.
I in those days had a Suzuki LJ50 Jimny 4WD, a tiny 3 Cyl 540cc two stroke engine with around 33 hp, that sadly needed a repair needing parts from Japan, caused by the dealer workshop after some defective service repair work. I had to over two weeks drive my bosses wife's Ex-police pursuit model, Valiant Charger, all orange paint job, borrowed to keep me mobile while without my little Suzi.
After driving this for two weeks, with ample ' kick in the pants' go power I picked up my now ready Suzuki. Letting the boss's wife drive off in her car, as mine was returned to me.
On engaging 1st gear, and driving off, my first reaction was having missed being in gear. Engine reved up to say 7000 rpm, no sensation of acceleration, as the Suzi barely rolled away. After driving with heaps of tyre squealing power available for over two weeks, going to beyond 50 kph, before even bothering to up shift gears that free wheeling high performance 6 Cyl Hemi easily pushed power to high revs without any effort.
By comparison the tiny 540cc Two Stroke low power, but with matching high ratio 1st gear, only accelerated you to a bit over 3 kph and high revs, before needing to up gear range, till top gear, 4th, allowed 80 kph at some 7500rpm and speedo red line indication. In reality you could push that three cylinder, glorified motor bike engine over 10,000 rpm and have speedo at end stop, with road speed at around 100 kph. No need to say in 1st gear, it was as if you had no gear engaged, compared to the punch of Charger takeoff. Case of big difference of performance car vs NO Performance 4WD. Just in 4WD the Suzuki would do far more than the Charger, which was impossible driving on even rough dirt roads, a number of police pursuits failed as the persued drivers took off into rougher unsealed side roads. Just poor ground clearance and suspension travel limits.
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The Red Back is in most ways the local version of Black Widow. The red stripe on the back is different, but both have a almost diamond red patch on the underside. The red colour in fact varies for bright orange to darker brown, almost invisible brown/black.
There are very few deaths as antivenom is readily available, Main bites seem to be accidental, in shoes, gloves, moving stuff on the garden or yard, even sitting on the toilet seat, especially outdoor/public facilities.
Greater danger are the Sydney Funnel Web, that are actually attack inclined. Really a Sydney issue, related spiders elsewhere are less venomous.
I got bitten by a large female Red Back while gardening did no more than wash and bleed the wound, had sore swollen hand, elbow and shoulder for about a day. Note both Red Back and Funnel Web, the males are largely harmless, the females are the danger.
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Those samdstone cliffs are what remains of very ancient sandstone layer that was over 20km thick layed down over 400 million years ago, as ancient mountains pre 1 billion years ago weathered away. That was capped by lava several km thick, forming sandstone. After the lava layer eroded, the sandstone began eroding. Leaving only upto 100m sandstone today. Facinating geology, natural wilderness across northern part of Australia.
Another interesting aspect is the name Kimberley Ranges, that was given by explorers, due to similarity to South Africa Kimberlies. Now it is known from continental plate drift, that these two areas are in fact related, having been joined in the ancient GONDWANA LAND continent.
Another aspect, South Africa Kimberlies are known by that name fot KIMBERLITE volcanic cores of ancient volcanoes, bearing DIAMONDS. For which SA is so well known. However similarly the Australian Kimberlies have its known Diamond deposit mined at Argyle mine.
Note the earlier lava overlay, mentioned above, was from the significant volcanic activity that deposited the Kimberlite cores, containing these diamond deposits.
A little research can produce lots of fascinating information, to add to the picture perfect, beautiful scenery. Other than huge distances from most populated centres of population it is absolutely a must see area, with numerous places to visit. Some other major regional places include Broome pearling hub, Bungle Bungles bee hive mounds, huge tide rise/fall, Ord river dam and Kunnunnurra irrigation farming, Barramundi fishing trips, and more.
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The UNIMOG has often been well represented in Dakar Rallies. Both competing and even more so as support team and spares transport..
Concerning arid looking Southern France it is in many section much like Spain. An area that has become well known for "Spagetti Western" movies to film the many "westerns" emulating Mexico and southern USA.
You have become captivated by Unimog as I was on my first work visit in Stuttgart area in 1979. Seeing many on farms, city and highway maintence, even one on tram rails, and a fire brigade at my work company site, shared as local village fire brigade, a service offered free by my employer to the community.
I had been so close to buying one second hand, that work was disposing of, that could have been mine for mere DM10,000, which at that time was under 6 months of my wages.
At that time sadly it would have been an expensive mistake. Then there was NO RIGHT HAND VERSION, never designed or manufactured until much later , late 1980s from memory, when Australian Army bought some. At the time any Left Hand Drive vehicles could only get short term permit to be used in Australia, before either needing to be converted to Right Hand, or exported out or scrapped. This applied to many test cars I drove for my job that were left hand drive. Yes I have spent thousands of kilomters in various countries driving various vehicles with steering arranged opposite to normal traffic, a situation that you can get used to, but causes many drivers BIG problems.
As no parts existed at all for right hand conversion it would have been a VERY expensive custom conversion with many costly engineering verification and certification of conversion costs to be able to register for legal street use. A little less for only private property use, say on a large farm or outback cattle/sheep station which might even have been possible without conversion though thatvwas a requirement even to import a vehicle into Australia.
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Aborigines would, like most societies have invented monstrrs to scare children to obey directives to not stray from home where adults can make sure they remain safe. So I take most "monsters" as pure myth.
Some like the black panther are a maybe as apparently a US navy person did bring a large cat on shore , as detected. On the otherhand having seen some feral cats, they were large not panther size, but on short view from some distance, could have been judged larger than real. There certainly have been sightings and some photos that seem credible, but never conclusive including actual size. Some farm stock does get taken, but whether panther, feral cats, feral dogs,dingo or in the case of lambs, calves by Wedge Tail Eagles is not certain. At least all those are known predators taking stock.
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Being totally nomadic, tribal groups totally dependant on walking, it was largely tribal languages, restricted to local area that the group travelled in. With possibly some shared language elements to neighboring groups. Australia had no large animals used for transport and riding. All being walking around areas with water and food resources detrrmining to large extent area a given group of families covered in the necessary nomadic life.
Unlike most cultures around the world with farming, trade and travel supported by animals domesticated, crops grown and riding of some animal, be it horse, donkey, oxen, deer, elephant etc. Those societies had more commonly widely used language, shared over major national and trans national, rather than almost tribal boundary. Aboriginals as for jungle tribes, the isolation of family/tribal groups leads to unique multiple laguages, with some commonalities but large differences too. Far apart groups not able to communicate except on limited basis.
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A month and a half, covering 13,600km of countless parks, gorges, waterfalls, rivers, beaches, reefs, rain forest, gem diggings from Victoria to Cooktown North Queensland seems to vanish as if it is a long weekend only. Time past, long before you realise, and sad to rejoin daily city grind.
Similar 2 months to Kakadu Northern Territory and to Broome Western Australia, visiting the many sites, parks, wonders galore, too many to do all possible places, as that needs years.
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Clearly best to avoid such situation, may be better to reverse back out, since clearly the driver was capable of precise reversing.
Had similar circumstance once just not so right angle shaped faces, more like 60° slope down and near 75° slope up.
Problem was having just driven down a steep rocky track came round a slight right bend to find about 100m length of track had slipped off the mountain side in a big rock and dirt slide. No way forward, and a tough and rocky steps and boulders, steep climb back where we, two Suzuki LD50 had just descended. Reversing would have been extremely testing. Turn around was however also more than seemed possible.
However we both chose to try a U turn, not 3 point but more like 15 point turn.
My Suzuki had a winch but first took to trying to climb the up embankment and short reverses to tyres just on drop off similar to this video. At one stage my vehicle was at tip over at a slant, had to step out, had open top with rooftop and doors removed, so door opening clear to around ankle level. Standing out on the gravel track I held up the Suzuki by the passenger seat, waiting for a person from the other Suzuki to come and do sideways rollover support. Continued in small increments to finally face the otherway, forward up slope. The other Suzuki was then going through same exercise but somehow had a slightly better patch of up slope, had no near rollover. We both battled up the rocky slope to a larger track up top.
The whole exercise would have been impossible in any larger 4W as where we turned around the track was not much wider than the Suzuki was long. The super low 1st gear and diff ratio giving 56:1 reduction made the entire manoeuvre using the up embankment to assist possible.
The climb back up the rocky part would have been hell in reverse though probably would also have succeeded. Any larger 4WD would have not made it impossible to turn around and the low 1st/reverse gearing of most 4WD could have made reversing also impossible due to bouncing on boulders and rock ledges. A perfect case, in hard places explore ahead first on foot, you could save your vehicle and yourself from such getting permanently stuck. Larger typical US vehicles would not even have fitted on that narrow track, best suited to hiker's and trail bikes, probably not even for vehicle access.
One time I actually went up a couple of miles of a walking track, finally noting only one worn path, and regular sharp turns over protruding tree roots or rocks. The Suzuki was such fun to drive and agile that pushing through tight disused trails was always tempting.
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As noted, Aussies can be quite loose in language, especially commenting on idiots.
One aspect is that our dashcam videos are mainly of traffic events, bad driving, silly things, rather than crash recordings. The US and especially Russian videos seem more concentrated on crashes. While all videos can add education aspects, crashes do not teach good driving, while showing idiot drivers doing th ed wrong thing can teach better driving and above all the kinds of things a driver may have to cope with in daily driving. Possibly raising the absolute need for very defensive driving practice, keeping aware of all action on the road and constant attention, no lapse of attention, or you may suffer badly. Of course bad drivers also may learn worse driving from the idiots shown, but such drivers should not be allowed to keep their licence.
As far as adjusting to driving opposite to home land standard, it is actually only the first few hours that very special attention is required. A good driver adjusts quickly, especially on automatic cars, manual is harder, as shifting is very awkward using unfamiliar arm and hand to do shifts. Essential is keep attention, do not drive in tired state, and certainly not drunk. Within days it is relatively normal. Yes intersections and on ramp entrances to freeways can be issues, especially choosing the wrong entry to a freeway, ending up going opposite direction than intended, more so than going wrong direction on the ramp, that also can occur, fortunately there are bold signs stating wrong way.
Harder by far than driving the corresponding opposite side in the suited vehicle, is driving your normal left or right hand vehicle on roads with opposite traffic, so left hand car on left side traffic, ie UK, India, Australia, NZ, Japan. Or Right hand vehicle on right side traffic, as in most remaining world. I have as part of my fuel injection application work had all combinations , including driving in four days, each day in the same vehicle on opposite sides on sequential days, Australian Right driven, first in Germany, next day in UK, next day France, next day UK, and then back to Germany. That takes care as every day you wnd up adjusting to opposite the previous day , the easiest for me then was UK as it was the normal for me but changing in the same car does NOT help. Otherwise had many cases of same car model but mix of left and right hand versions driven on the same day. Switching driving sides every few hours, at least all on same road side. In one instance a car company engineer driving an Australian right hand car, late in the day having driven over 400km, on a narrow country road, suddenly was confronted by a tractor with hay trailer on his side of the road approaching just after a bend. In somewhat tired mental state was instantly totally confused. Was he on the wrong side? Or was the tractor on the wrong side? Well he jammed the brakes on in panic, stopped and thought it through. The tractor was wrong, about to turn across the road into a farm gate right where we stopped. We backed up a bit let the tractor tow its trailer into the farm track and then proceeded at slower speeds.
As easily visible in these Australian dashcam videos, it is essential to practice very defensive driving to keep safe, no good if the other driver is at fault a crash will cause much cost in time and inconvenience even if cash is not the issue. But as most insurance carries some cost, significant for young or newly licensed driver, contribution that is often not recoverable to guilty party. Best remains not becoming entangled in accidents (sic) in the first place. I hope to continue my luck, as other than being rear ended at intersections/stopped at pedestrian crossings and one test car being rear ended while travelling at 80 to 100kph, run off the road by a Toyota Landcruiser, driven by a over tired young school teacher with a dog in her lap and 5 Aborigines crammed in having driven over 600km on desert dirt tracks near Alice Springs, I have a 52 years of over 1 million km of driving no accidents. Not to say I have not had numerous incidents that could have even been fatal, but for skill and defensive driving to handle dangerous circumstances. Even had a 4WD up on 2 wheels around a 90 turn at an intersection, or doing 720 degree spin on muddy dirt road, recovering direction just before hitting a deep water pool on the track, that would certainly have flipped the vehicle. Not even to speak of hair raising 4WD adventures.
Remain alter and aware of all traffic around, do not drive over tired, micro naps can be fatal, and definitely zero alcohol or drugs and driving. Maintain your vehicle in safe condition.
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The "PAULANER Hefe-Weizen" is a beer that Aldi in Australia have several times each year, however the 0%alcohol type.
The 'Weizen' beer is available in two forms the clear type and the 'Hefe' variety that is cloudy in form due the the yeast residue that it contains. Both are terrific refreshing in hot summer times.
One important feature of the ckear type is it is highly gassed, and pouring is an art. Too fast, and particularly in not perfectly clean glass, it foams as poured to the point that you lose a lot spilling over as you pour. MUST slowly pour gently running down one side of the glass, tilting to vertical as the glass fills. Do NOT drop hard vertically to massively foam over. Note all German beer is EXPECTED to have a big foam cap. In fact if you get served a glass of beer without cap, it is taken as stale beer and expected to be replaced not consumed. Do not worry, the correct beer measure is assured as the serving glasses have top space for that foam cap. In many places, including Australia and USA, as well as others countries, a foam cap is NOT accepted as it is assumed you are being under servdd on beer volume.
German beer inside Germany must conform to only the specified 4 pure ingredients, a 400 year old rule, that forbids all those additives used around the world, bittering agents, preservatives, foam stabilisers/inhibitors, even colouring. As such without any false additives, German beer must be very fresh brew, and fully natural flavours from brewing art. No preservatives means it must be new, fresh beer, as long term storage (and world shipping time) makes it necessary recently brewed. Thus even German export beer can be less than full national standard and quality, as for export the beer must be age stable, for shipping, warehousing and distribution to stores, so may deviate from home (German) quality and flavour. Also the export beer may have foam stabiliser, bittering agent, as it is expected by the foreign consumers. I suggest caution rating German beers if "export" grade, though far from certain that you could not get authentic quality German export product too.
There is really only one good way, have the beer in Germany or at most have some brought direct by a traveller to be consumed within few weeks of German purchase.
Of the many beers, my favourites are Pils, Bock, Double Bock, Clear Weizen, Cloudy 'Hefe-' Weizen beer, but certainly there are many beer types beyond these. I have on travel for work had many different beers in various places and in various containers, from carboard cup at hot dog stand to glass 1L boot, all very satifying. Virtually each city, town or significant vollage will have one or more resident breweries.
Only one type beer made in Berlin, claimed popular there, that I got from a boyfriend of my girl cousin, to me was terrible, beyond drinkable, plain disgusting. It by my statement may as well have been 'Cow Piss'. Had a horrid clover like aftertaste, and created a strong burp to follow.
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On topic of avoiding snakes, it remains so surprising that very many people concentrate on ground level for snakes. Stomping feet can help, but sadly, as my dad discovered after several visits to a local animal sanctuary. SNAKES DO CLIMB INTO BUSHES AND TREES. For many years while fishing and camping dad would always look to where the feet were going, but grab bushes and branches, pushing them aside. He then saw snakes in the bushes and even up in a tall tree. Shock and horror. Stomping the ground is NOT scaring snakes not on the ground and that includes those in large tussocks of grass. Always be aware of the entire surroundings. I have caught as many snakes in bushes and away from ground as on the ground or under objects, like rocks, wood, bark, garbage lying around. But I would say if basic precautions are practiced, you are most likely only finding snakes if looking for them. They keep out of your way if at all possible.
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Uluru is only a short hop of 470km once you are in Alice Springs. So if traveling from Gold Coast, once you have spent probably 4 days driving to Alice Springs it is a mere 1 day to go to Uluru. Longer if not prepared to drive 500 to 1000km day distances. Japanese can not even imagine the sizes/distances in Australia.
On topic of drop bears, while the impression of ferocious bears that rip you to bits is scary fiction. There is one aspect that they DO DESERVE the "Drop Bear" title for, nothing ferocious, but walking in forests inhabited by Koalas, there is a serious unpleasant "DROP" hazard. They Wee freely and drop other wastes. It is quite high probability, that while it is sunny blue skies, no clouds that you experience a warm shower below the trees, and as their diet is strong scented Eucalyptus, the shower does have a strong Perfume, not commonly sold (Yet)
And also can be bombarded with hard pellets, that can fall into you clothing, also with a natural scent.
So in some ways 'Beware of drop bears' has some validity. It will not be deadly, but you could find yourself unpopular with other people. Most bushland is also not well served by wash rooms, so you could spend most of your day well scented. HA HA.
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This McDonalds wages issue is interesting when you consider that a number of US people have criticised Australian McDonalds for not having the value deals like $1 burger. Though here you can get the deal of $2 Mac. Given the wages here are legally minimum a bit over $18 /hr full time. I do not know actual salary but that would be minimum. That is full time and would have holidays and other benefits too. However McDonalds has very many young teens and younger generation employed part time. That I presume applies in US too. And likewise both countries there are no or less benefits. Of whatvI believe from this presentation and others in US there is nothing extra on casual pay. Yet in Australia there is a legal requirement where no benefits apply like casual positions thevsalary must be loaded by 25% of the equal full time pay. Sorry to say that is all too frequently cheated on, as casuals will be offered a rate of pay claimed to be loaded to compensate, and then unknowingly the casual employee agrees to work for that rate, where in fact other full timers are on equal or in extreme more pay, and under orders to not discuss their wages with the casuals if they want to retain their pay rate. Of course if caught the business involved will be severely fined and even forced to backpay the employed people even former employees many years in arrears.
Recent years many cases of "mistaken" under pay by large organisations have been hitting the news. Companies like banks, restaurants, delivery firms, manufacturers. Ok some might self report that for last 10 years they have failed to fully pay overtime, work on weekends and public holidays, night shift on call jobs (pay penalty rates up to 50% and 100% apply) .
I am convinced that US can offer these super special $1 deals because their labour cost is minimal, while here the same super low pricing is not possible due to wages level. So absence of such can not be validly criticised. Base cost is just limiting, but if wage levels compare then our special deal is generally far better, as for minimum payed persons they can still better afford our higher prices than the minimum payed US worker.
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In mid 1970s the NSW police used Chargers as highway patrol vehicles. Possibly other states too. The NSW ones and I presume others were booosted performance engines and 300kg lead plates in the boot (truck). The normal road common sales models were too light and prone to loosing driving traction on hard accel pedal to the floor.
My boss had one , second hand ex highway patrol, bright orange replacing the police patrol colour, used normally by his wife. I then had a Suzuki LJ50 540 cc two stroke 4WD, that had to be repaired by dealer as they damaged my transfercase oil plug hole by stripping the thread. Unfortunately as they needed to get a spare part from Japan I was left minus my Suzuki for 2 weeks. My boss let me use this high power Charger for that time. No problem I handled it without issue. But when receving my Suzuki, on first drive away, I first thought I hsd missed engaging a gear, as the engine reved screaming and no go power. Not so, the low power and extremly low 1 st gear ratior, reaching a bit over 5kph at 7000rpm, gave the no go impression, compared with the powerful engine of that Charger, and fast speed accelerating in its 1st gear.
A number of months later the boss sold it to one of his plumbing apprentices, who was arrested one afternoon, as the orange charger had hit an elderley man late one night, and a hit and run was reported. Soon the apprentice was however released as evidence was raised that a mate at a pub had borrowed the Charger to gp home for his wallet that had been left home. That mate had done the deed and said nothing. Got a stiff fine and 2 months jail, disqualified licence for 2 years. But also the apprentice got regular speeding fines.
Certainly the Charger was very successful, and competed very well in market to V8 Holden and Ford, the real success for Chrysler Australia, that went downhill in later years into 1980s, when Mitsubishi took over the Adelaide factory.
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At primary school I actually participated in teaching geology and wildlife. I got rock samples and talked and wildlife I did topics like Dinosaurs with diagrams on the blackboard and did the class talk while teacher marked homework at the back. I caught various animal specimens including bats, spider, scorpions, crayfish, beetles, lizards, and my pets, bringing to class for many class sessions even skipped other classes while going out of school range to catch things for upcoming class. Also did talks on Krakatoa volcano both at primary and secondary level.
Funny event at 2nd year Secondary school a young female teacher jumped in horror as she took the yard long blackboard ruler and had a LARGE huntsman spider , leg span like her hand width, on it. She screamed and dropped the ruler. The spider ran up the wall as girls in the class also were shocked. I casually went and with my handkerchief took the spider in hand and proceeded to the classroom window. Sadly it riggled free and dropped to the floor and ran up the row of girls desks. You can probably imagine the girls screamed and scattered. I simply went along trapped the spider again lifted it to the window swung it open and dropped it outside. Order soon restored in class. Other boys were laughing at the girls. Teacher was most concerned that I was not bitten, my reaction "why would it want to do that all I did was help it get outside" . No issue I have handled many.
Another was in my first month in school here in Australia after the family migrated here. At morning break I sat on a benchseat in the yard, eating an apple. I did notice a few bees buzzing around, but was not worried. Suddendly a teacher ran up agitated, gesturing to me. I understood mo english at that time, but he grabbed my hand causing the apple to fall. Direct under where I sat down was a large swarm of bees hanging as a mass. Guess I was very lucky, or judged by the bees as not a threat. No stings. Yet I have been stung by many bees while rescuing them from water they fell into, unthankful little critters...
Had numerous early adventures in my first six months in Australia, with attacking Magpies, large Preying Mantis, 3 inches long, landed and clamped to back of my neck. Finding lizards and even three times seeing snakes. I at that time did not catch them, that was tried as of years later
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