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Aussie Animals


John B

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2 hours ago, JimErn said:

Very nice work.

Curious, can't really tell from the pics, are the eyes inset or are they stuck on the outside?  That is a nice touch by the way.

Jim, The eyes are inset and super glued. Metric Forstner bits make it neat. 15mm for the larger and 6mm for the small ones.
They are a tight fit. I put one in the other day and forgot the glue, had to pick it out with an awl and chuck it away as it was pretty screwed up after getting it out of the hole.

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13 hours ago, Charlie E said:

I love those John. My grandkids love it when I make them puzzles. Me and their parents, my kids, are trying hard to teach them there's fun things to play with without screens!

Thanks Charlie. I loved making them for our kids and my Grandson. I think all the nieces and nephews have a few, along with their kids. Now I content myself with seeing the look on the nipper's faces when Mum or Dad buy one for them. The Grandson is 14 , a little old for these, but I take him out bush and let him drive the ute. A fair exchange :)

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6 hours ago, John B said:

Thanks Charlie. I loved making them for our kids and my Grandson. I think all the nieces and nephews have a few, along with their kids. Now I content myself with seeing the look on the nipper's faces when Mum or Dad buy one for them. The Grandson is 14 , a little old for these, but I take him out bush and let him drive the ute. A fair exchange :)

No bush around my house but I have a golf cart we drive the grandkids around the neighborhood in. There's a practice ball field we "off road" on. Not as cool as the bush, but still fun. 😁 

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8 hours ago, Scrappile said:

Those are great and I got myself educated, had to look up Echidna.  Very interesting for sure.  Are they endangered?  Looks like a cross between a armadillo and a porcupine.  Egg laying mammal, I thought the platypus  was the only  one.  Thanks.

Paul, no they're not endangered although they are pretty shy. I have never seen one in the wild. When hit by cars (reasonably rare and at night) it is not unusual for the spines to pierce the tyre causing a flat.

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3 hours ago, John B said:

Paul, no they're not endangered although they are pretty shy. I have never seen one in the wild. When hit by cars (reasonably rare and at night) it is not unusual for the spines to pierce the tyre causing a flat.

I had to stop for one recently, he was crossing the road, very slowly.  I have seen about 6 or 7 now.

Marg

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10 minutes ago, wombatie said:

I had to stop for one recently, he was crossing the road, very slowly.  I have seen about 6 or 7 now.

Marg

It's amazing Marg, I am guilty of forgetting how bloody big our country is and the diversity of areas. ;) The only things we have to be careful of on the roads are Roos, Emus, cattle and sheep. If you go bit North  Goannas  get large enough to do serious damage to a vehicle.

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5 minutes ago, John B said:

It's amazing Marg, I am guilty of forgetting how bloody big our country is and the diversity of areas. ;) The only things we have to be careful of on the roads are Roos, Emus, cattle and sheep. If you go bit North  Goannas  get large enough to do serious damage to a vehicle.

We don't get Emus down here, we do have Pelicans though.  We do have Roos and we do see the odd live one but mainly dead.  We are a rural sea side area so plenty of sheep, cattle and horses, oh and a few camels but only on farms.

Marg

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