Australasia in the Playground V

**Titan of Blood** · 2012-02-22, 06:15 PM (ISO 8601)

I was going to introduce myself in the new people thread.

However then I saw there's a bunch of my Australasian brethren in their own thread and decided to do it here!

Melbourne, 25, have a child, married in 2 days and huge fan of OotS

:) Hi.

**Rising Phoenix** · 2012-02-22, 09:00 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Serpentine

My mum and her husband were doing a bunch of birdwatching around their place. They were listing every single species of bird they saw, but within a specifically defined range - I think on the beach from the headland to part-way down the beach, in the sand dunes, and a specific distance inland. Last I heard they were up to something like 120-150 species before they ran out.
I'm thinking I should get a bird book for the UK... And maybe animals - I saw deer today

Aye that's called patch listing. With 'local patch' referring to a place you visit on a regular basis to birdwatch.

For a field guide I recommend the Collins Bird Guide. The Most Complete Field Guide to the Birds of Britain in Europe by Mullarney and Svensson. It has some of the best illustrations I've ever seen in a field guide, the information is fantastic and the layout makes it very easy to use.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Collins-Bird.../dp/0002197286

If you can get the 2nd edition it's better than the first.

**Skeppio** · 2012-02-22, 11:28 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Titan of Blood

I was going to introduce myself in the new people thread.

However then I saw there's a bunch of my Australasian brethren in their own thread and decided to do it here!

Melbourne, 25, have a child, married in 2 days and huge fan of OotS

:) Hi.

Hi.

**veti** · 2012-02-22, 11:31 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Rising Phoenix

For a field guide I recommend the Collins Bird Guide. The Most Complete Field Guide to the Birds of Britain in Europe by Mullarney and Svensson. It has some of the best illustrations I've ever seen in a field guide, the information is fantastic and the layout makes it very easy to use.

When I was a kid, my constant companion was the Observer's Guide to British Birds. It fit easily in a pocket, and had a beautifully simple layout - one species per double-page spread, picture on one side, text opposite. Unfortunately the only copies I can find online seem to be older and more dated than the one I remember, which must have been printed in the mid-70s.

Is there such a thing nowadays as a pocket-sized guide?

**Rising Phoenix** · 2012-02-23, 12:47 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by veti

When I was a kid, my constant companion was the Observer's Guide to British Birds. It fit easily in a pocket, and had a beautifully simple layout - one species per double-page spread, picture on one side, text opposite. Unfortunately the only copies I can find online seem to be older and more dated than the one I remember, which must have been printed in the mid-70s.

Is there such a thing nowadays as a pocket-sized guide?

The guide I linked to isn't that big, but wouldn't fit in your average pocket. Still it has such a wealth of information that you won't regret getting it.

If you have an i-phone you could get an electronic field guide. Some are quite inpressive and some even come with actual bird song recordings! Unfortunately I don't have a smart phone so I really can't provide advice on this.

**Elemental** · 2012-02-23, 02:59 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Titan of Blood

I was going to introduce myself in the new people thread.

However then I saw there's a bunch of my Australasian brethren in their own thread and decided to do it here!

Melbourne, 25, have a child, married in 2 days and huge fan of OotS

:) Hi.

Congratulations on your upcoming wedding.

**Lady Moreta** · 2012-02-24, 08:58 PM (ISO 8601)

My sister got engaged!

She rang me about an hour ago from the top of the gondola in Queenstown... they flew down there for the day so he could propose. I approve of this man

(this isn't the first time my sister has been engaged. The first guy was a jerk who broke off the wedding... I have a better feeling about this guy, for one - I've met him and I approve, and I never liked her first fiance... and two, her first engagment, I got a text message. This time around, she rang my mobile from hers - and we're in different countries.)

Moreta is pleased

**Skeppio** · 2012-02-24, 09:05 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Lady Moreta

*snip*

Moreta is pleased

Yay!

**DarkLightDragon** · 2012-02-25, 07:34 PM (ISO 8601)

Congrats for your sister, Moreta! I hope things work out well!

I'm considering taking a trip to Sydney when their Supanova rolls around, as it's just days after my 21st birthday. What do you all think? I will, of course, be in cosplay.

**Dispozition** · 2012-02-25, 07:52 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by DarkLightDragon

I'm considering taking a trip to Sydney when their Supanova rolls around, as it's just days after my 21st birthday. What do you all think? I will, of course, be in cosplay.

Do it. And I can give you more reason to...I'll be there with some of my awesome cosplay friends...Probably as Cats (from the musical). So...That's a reason!

**DarkLightDragon** · 2012-02-26, 08:55 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Dispozition

Do it. And I can give you more reason to...I'll be there with some of my awesome cosplay friends...Probably as Cats (from the musical). So...That's a reason!

Oh my god! I'm not the only one on the internet who likes Cats! I want to hug you!

*hugs and celebrates*

My own cosplays will be from TF2 and/or Assassin's Creed, depending on what does and does not get finished on time.

**Dispozition** · 2012-02-26, 11:14 PM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by DarkLightDragon

Oh my god! I'm not the only one on the internet who likes Cats! I want to hug you!

*hugs and celebrates*

My own cosplays will be from TF2 and/or Assassin's Creed, depending on what does and does not get finished on time.

Aaaaccctually, I'm not a big fan of cats, /BUT/ the cosplay group I'm the photographer for/part of is one of the major Cats cosplayers in Melbourne, and I believe she was at sydnova last year...And some of the group in general wants to do it. I'll 100% be coming, but only like, 75% be cosplaying a Cat :P

If you go I'd totally want to grab lunch with you or something. I'd likely be there all three days (:

**DarkLightDragon** · 2012-02-27, 12:07 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Dispozition

Aaaaccctually, I'm not a big fan of cats, /BUT/ the cosplay group I'm the photographer for/part of is one of the major Cats cosplayers in Melbourne, and I believe she was at sydnova last year...And some of the group in general wants to do it. I'll 100% be coming, but only like, 75% be cosplaying a Cat :P

If you go I'd totally want to grab lunch with you or something. I'd likely be there all three days (:

Is that a date?

I kid, I kid. I think you'd be a great person to hang out with, though.

**Dispozition** · 2012-02-27, 12:20 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by DarkLightDragon

Is that a date?

I kid, I kid. I think you'd be a great person to hang out with, though.

XD My girlfriend might object to a date :P

Either way, if we're both there I'm sure we'll arrange something (:

**Moonshadow** · 2012-02-28, 12:36 AM (ISO 8601)

My younger brother is walking around singing the Trollolol song. Somebody please end my suffering. Please.

**Elemental** · 2012-02-28, 12:59 AM (ISO 8601)

Just listen to something soothing. It helps me block out my friend's terrible music.
However, if he's being really obnoxious about it, then I've got nothing.

**_Zoot_** · 2012-02-28, 02:47 AM (ISO 8601)

Well. They said it would rain. And so far it has. But then again. They said that it will pore down 100mm and not stop for two days...

Well, we'll see about that. I can't remember the last time the weather forecast was correct about the rain.

**Anuan** · 2012-02-28, 06:11 AM (ISO 8601)

Been raining for two days on and off here. Lovely and cool after the hot weather we've been having, but the sudden switch has made me sick, as it always does. I'd just started getting over a bit of a flu, too

Ah well. In other news, I'm selling a single-handed sword in the style of a 13th-14th century military sword. Hammer forged, through-hardened. Wanting around 300 including shipping within the eastern side of Australia. Anybody interested before I go to eBay?

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**Elemental** · 2012-02-28, 07:04 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Anuan

Been raining for two days on and off here. Lovely and cool after the hot weather we've been having, but the sudden switch has made me sick, as it always does. I'd just started getting over a bit of a flu, too

Ah well. In other news, I'm selling a single-handed sword in the style of a 13th-14th century military sword. Hammer forged, through-hardened. Wanting around 300 including shipping within the eastern side of Australia. Anybody interested before I go to eBay?

It's times like these I wish I had more money...
Why're you selling it?

And as for the weather where I live, it's been rainy some days, other days it's been sunny.
We managed to get our lawn mowed, which is good. And I didn't have to do it, which is even better!

**Anuan** · 2012-02-28, 07:11 AM (ISO 8601)

Various reasons. I don't use it as much as the other two currently with me, even though I prefer it to my katana but mostly because as much as I love my swords, I prefer being able to pay rent and buy food.

**Milo v3** · 2012-02-28, 07:35 AM (ISO 8601)

The weather where I live is unbearable for me yet for some reason I don't seem to care.
I moved to the central coast about three years ago from sydney and the heat is truly ridiculous.

But everyone of my friends is wearing shorts or in the case of girls really short skirts, while I've been wearing a wooly jacket for the past three months just to troll everyone else who is complaining how hot it is.

**Thurbane** · 2012-02-29, 01:36 AM (ISO 8601)

Anyone else going to Soundwave?

I'm really looking forward to seeing Black Label Society, Sisters of Mercy, Cro-mags, Kittie, SoaD, Machine Head and Mastodon....among others...

**_Zoot_** · 2012-03-03, 08:39 AM (ISO 8601)

Right.

So it did rain. A lot. The weather forecasters were correct.

First time for everything I guess

**Elemental** · 2012-03-03, 09:15 AM (ISO 8601)

It rained here too.
My friend got soaked cause he had to walk home.

**Anuan** · 2012-03-03, 08:26 PM (ISO 8601)

It only stopped raining here today. Wish it'd hurry and start up again before it gets hot.

**Hironomus** · 2012-03-03, 09:34 PM (ISO 8601)

I am not sure how I never noticed this thread before, but I am Australian so I thought I would just check in.

Hi guys! I am a 21 year old male from Albury New South Wales. It is super rainy at the moment. What's with that?

**Elemental** · 2012-03-03, 11:00 PM (ISO 8601)

It's been raining here recently as well, and at the moment, the sky is that bright white it goes when it's overcast, but not grey overcast.
It's too bright to even look at.

Anyway, welcome to the thread.

**Lady Moreta** · 2012-03-04, 10:39 PM (ISO 8601)

Send some rain over here!

We finally get to autumn and the temperature shoots up again. Stupid weather.

**Kittenwolf** · 2012-03-06, 05:26 AM (ISO 8601)

Originally Posted by Lady Moreta

Send some rain over here!

We finally get to autumn and the temperature shoots up again. Stupid weather.

I'd try and will Melbourne's "wonderful" weather over to you, but it changes every 15 minutes, so I'd probably send you a heatwave rather than a thunderstorm :P

**Lady Moreta** · 2012-03-06, 07:07 AM (ISO 8601)

Four seasons in one day... I kinda miss it.

But yeah, got enough heat over here, don't want any more. Want rain. Lots of rain and weather I can comfortably wear trousers in.

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