Went wandering this weekend and took my camera along… thought you’d might want to look at a few flowers and stuff…
and here’s an Albizia??? (I think)
I don’t know what this one was…. :(
spotted at the Palmetum (one third of Brownsville’s Botanic Gardens)
these flowers are really heavy and a bit pongy too.
pain master said:
Went wandering this weekend and took my camera along… thought you’d might want to look at a few flowers and stuff…
So is that plant commonly called Bribie Island Creeper? We have been looking for one for a while now.
And mornin to you.
and this one was pretty.
and here’s an Albizia??? (I think)
Pretty PM :)
A sight to opening morning eyes :)
a Lilly
pain master said:
and here’s an Albizia??? (I think)
A.lebbek possibly?
and another.
pain master said:
I don’t know what this one was…. :(
Neither do I.
pomolo said:
So is that plant commonly called Bribie Island Creeper? We have been looking for one for a while now.And mornin to you.
I remember IDing it during my last stint in Townsville, but I forget… shouldn’t be too hard to find again.
pain master said:
spotted at the Palmetum (one third of Brownsville’s Botanic Gardens)
What is it though?
and a Kapok.
and it wasn’t just flowers… here’s a Dragonfly.
and a Butterfly.
and the Death of a Cane Toad… but look in the background! There’s a brazillion tadpoles in that water! They’re Saved!!!
and in the next shot, a snake. So turn away if you’re squeemish.
pain master said:
and this one was pretty.
that’s cute. Is it a tree or a shrub?
The snake.
pomolo said:
pain master said:
and this one was pretty.
that’s cute. Is it a tree or a shrub?
It’s a bauhinnia. Just checked out the leaves.
and a Jet went roaring past!
pomolo said:
pain master said:
spotted at the Palmetum (one third of Brownsville’s Botanic Gardens)
What is it though?
I think it may be a Rhododendron? I will have to go back and watch that bud open.
pain master said:
The snake.
OMG! That’s it. I will see snakes around the yard all day now.
pomolo said:
pain master said:
and this one was pretty.
that’s cute. Is it a tree or a shrub?
A quite tall shrubby like tree…
pomolo said:
pain master said:
The snake.
OMG! That’s it. I will see snakes around the yard all day now.
Only the 7th I have spotted in the last 4 weeks.
Happy Potter said:
and here’s an Albizia??? (I think)Pretty PM :)
A sight to opening morning eyes :)
Thanks HP.
pain master said:
pomolo said:
pain master said:
The snake.
OMG! That’s it. I will see snakes around the yard all day now.
Were there many in PNG? We’ve seen a few round here too.
Only the 7th I have spotted in the last 4 weeks.
pomolo said:
pain master said:
Went wandering this weekend and took my camera along… thought you’d might want to look at a few flowers and stuff…
So is that plant commonly called Bribie Island Creeper? We have been looking for one for a while now.
And mornin to you.
Fraser Island Creeper actually… and Tecomanthe hillii is preferred.
pain master said:
and a Jet went roaring past!
No doubt about it your photography is good. Not that I know a lot about the subject but it’s a compliment anyway.
pain master said:
pomolo said:
pain master said:
Went wandering this weekend and took my camera along… thought you’d might want to look at a few flowers and stuff…
So is that plant commonly called Bribie Island Creeper? We have been looking for one for a while now.
And mornin to you.
Fraser Island Creeper actually… and Tecomanthe hillii is preferred.
That’s it. Got lost amongst the islands. Ta for that. We grew one when we lived on the coast and MrP wants to try another. Might order one now I know the botanical.
pomolo said:
pomolo said:
OMG! That’s it. I will see snakes around the yard all day now.
Were there many in PNG? We’ve seen a few round here too.
I saw quite a few in PNG, Papuan Black Snakes (Taipans) were very common around Moresby and I had to remove a Diamond Python from an electrical board once, and I recall spotting three long thin tree snakes in one day at Lae. Plenty of little pencil snakes in Moresby and surrounds and there is a story from the mountains…
pain master said:
pomolo said:pomolo said:
OMG! That’s it. I will see snakes around the yard all day now.
Were there many in PNG? We’ve seen a few round here too.
I saw quite a few in PNG, Papuan Black Snakes (Taipans) were very common around Moresby and I had to remove a Diamond Python from an electrical board once, and I recall spotting three long thin tree snakes in one day at Lae. Plenty of little pencil snakes in Moresby and surrounds and there is a story from the mountains…
(Taipans) were very common ……………………….What fun! Story from the mountains…………………….I’m listening.
pain master said:
pomolo said:pomolo said:
OMG! That’s it. I will see snakes around the yard all day now.
Were there many in PNG? We’ve seen a few round here too.
I saw quite a few in PNG, Papuan Black Snakes (Taipans) were very common around Moresby and I had to remove a Diamond Python from an electrical board once, and I recall spotting three long thin tree snakes in one day at Lae. Plenty of little pencil snakes in Moresby and surrounds and there is a story from the mountains…
Sticks fingers in ear la la la la la larrrrrr.
Grandsons getting a carpet python for xmas. I told my daughter thats it I’m never going to their house again lol. But I’‘m expected to help create a reptile vivarium for it.
Happy Potter said:
pain master said:
pomolo said:Were there many in PNG? We’ve seen a few round here too.
I saw quite a few in PNG, Papuan Black Snakes (Taipans) were very common around Moresby and I had to remove a Diamond Python from an electrical board once, and I recall spotting three long thin tree snakes in one day at Lae. Plenty of little pencil snakes in Moresby and surrounds and there is a story from the mountains…
Sticks fingers in ear la la la la la larrrrrr.
Grandsons getting a carpet python for xmas. I told my daughter thats it I’m never going to their house again lol. But I’‘m expected to help create a reptile vivarium for it.
My feelings exactly HP. I can’t understand why I’m so inquisitive about them because I can’t stand them. Even pictures give me the creeps.
pomolo said:
Happy Potter said:
pain master said:I saw quite a few in PNG, Papuan Black Snakes (Taipans) were very common around Moresby and I had to remove a Diamond Python from an electrical board once, and I recall spotting three long thin tree snakes in one day at Lae. Plenty of little pencil snakes in Moresby and surrounds and there is a story from the mountains…
Sticks fingers in ear la la la la la larrrrrr.
Grandsons getting a carpet python for xmas. I told my daughter thats it I’m never going to their house again lol. But I’‘m expected to help create a reptile vivarium for it.
My feelings exactly HP. I can’t understand why I’m so inquisitive about them because I can’t stand them. Even pictures give me the creeps.
I’m not inqusitive about them. I know snakes have their place in the grand scheme of things, but just not near me, preferably.
I havn’t seen any in this area for many years.
pain master said:
pomolo said:pomolo said:
OMG! That’s it. I will see snakes around the yard all day now.
Were there many in PNG? We’ve seen a few round here too.
I saw quite a few in PNG, Papuan Black Snakes (Taipans) were very common around Moresby and I had to remove a Diamond Python from an electrical board once, and I recall spotting three long thin tree snakes in one day at Lae. Plenty of little pencil snakes in Moresby and surrounds and there is a story from the mountains…
The story from the Mountains…
GF and I are travelling from the Enga Province down to Mt Hagen and the lady driving the Toyota bus was a real nutter behind the wheel, and she convinced us to sit up front with her. She was typical of the Meris in the Mountains, big strong calf muscles and feet as wide as they are long, and she used all of this power to drive the accelerator pedal through the firewall of the bus. She would start in first, go to second, into third, fourth and fifth as quickly as possible and then as we screamed down in to the valley and started to climb up the other side she would not change down gears until we nearly stalled. Then she would go from 5th into 1st and then scream up the hill.
So, as we are screaming down this hill, we all spot this massive snake that is the width of the road long and our driver has already told us she doesn’t like snakes. So at 120kph she spots this snake, and she removes both hands from the wheel, covers her eyes and screams at the top of her voice! AND puts the foot further down! Her sister (in the backseat, asleep) wakes up and screams! The first Meri screams again, she is also crying now, the sister screams, the driver screams, the sister screams!
We have yet to run over the snake (you could see that it was dead and that it had already been hit before), GF is holding onto the steering wheel and I am wondering if this is how it all ends, in a bus, in the Mountains of PNG and with two hysterical screaming Engans.
The bus hits the snake, it is like hitting a Coles Carpark speed hump! The bus goes “Thump Thump”, this triggers another wave of screaming and tears and acceleration. It takes minutes for her to regain composure and return to holding onto the wheel.
Some hours later when saying our goodbyes at the Mt Hagen Tea Rooms, I say “How about that snake?” They start screaming and crying and in true PNG style, thumping each other with their mighty hands and I also cop a thumping for my comment!
good times… good times….
pain master said:
OMG LOL!!!!!!!
pain master said:
pomolo said:Were there many in PNG? We’ve seen a few round here too.
I saw quite a few in PNG, Papuan Black Snakes (Taipans) were very common around Moresby and I had to remove a Diamond Python from an electrical board once, and I recall spotting three long thin tree snakes in one day at Lae. Plenty of little pencil snakes in Moresby and surrounds and there is a story from the mountains…
The story from the Mountains…
GF and I are travelling from the Enga Province down to Mt Hagen and the lady driving the Toyota bus was a real nutter behind the wheel, and she convinced us to sit up front with her. She was typical of the Meris in the Mountains, big strong calf muscles and feet as wide as they are long, and she used all of this power to drive the accelerator pedal through the firewall of the bus. She would start in first, go to second, into third, fourth and fifth as quickly as possible and then as we screamed down in to the valley and started to climb up the other side she would not change down gears until we nearly stalled. Then she would go from 5th into 1st and then scream up the hill.
So, as we are screaming down this hill, we all spot this massive snake that is the width of the road long and our driver has already told us she doesn’t like snakes. So at 120kph she spots this snake, and she removes both hands from the wheel, covers her eyes and screams at the top of her voice! AND puts the foot further down! Her sister (in the backseat, asleep) wakes up and screams! The first Meri screams again, she is also crying now, the sister screams, the driver screams, the sister screams!
We have yet to run over the snake (you could see that it was dead and that it had already been hit before), GF is holding onto the steering wheel and I am wondering if this is how it all ends, in a bus, in the Mountains of PNG and with two hysterical screaming Engans.
The bus hits the snake, it is like hitting a Coles Carpark speed hump! The bus goes “Thump Thump”, this triggers another wave of screaming and tears and acceleration. It takes minutes for her to regain composure and return to holding onto the wheel.
Some hours later when saying our goodbyes at the Mt Hagen Tea Rooms, I say “How about that snake?” They start screaming and crying and in true PNG style, thumping each other with their mighty hands and I also cop a thumping for my comment!
good times… good times….
But there were some Birds out yesterday… Here’s a Little Corella taking off.
and a Baby Magpie. I only got swooped twice yesterday!
what a wonderful bird is the Pelican, can fit more in his beak then his belly can.
and a Magpie Goose sitting amongst the water lillies, with a Comb Crested Jacana and two chicks! :)
And a Blue Faced Miner.
A Torresian Pigeon. I did get a shot of 6 of these feeding off a clump of palm fruit, but this shot is closer.
and lastly, a Black Cockatoo :)
Happy Potter said:
pain master said:
pomolo said:Were there many in PNG? We’ve seen a few round here too.
I saw quite a few in PNG, Papuan Black Snakes (Taipans) were very common around Moresby and I had to remove a Diamond Python from an electrical board once, and I recall spotting three long thin tree snakes in one day at Lae. Plenty of little pencil snakes in Moresby and surrounds and there is a story from the mountains…
Sticks fingers in ear la la la la la larrrrrr.
Grandsons getting a carpet python for xmas. I told my daughter thats it I’m never going to their house again lol. But I’‘m expected to help create a reptile vivarium for it.
My cousin who i am close to has a pet snake if you have me added on facebook you can see the Picture of me holding the snake.
pain master said:
and a Baby Magpie. I only got swooped twice yesterday!
PM you got swooped while playing golf?
veg gardener said:
pain master said:
and a Baby Magpie. I only got swooped twice yesterday!
PM you got swooped while playing golf?
Nope, while riding my bike.
pain master said:
veg gardener said:
pain master said:
and a Baby Magpie. I only got swooped twice yesterday!
PM you got swooped while playing golf?
Nope, while riding my bike.
yeah i get swooped by them out in the paddock now i wear my Akubra at all times out there.
Wonderful photos as always. PM. Thanks.
pomolo said:
pain master said:
Went wandering this weekend and took my camera along… thought you’d might want to look at a few flowers and stuff…
So is that plant commonly called Bribie Island Creeper? We have been looking for one for a while now.
And mornin to you.
Close but wrong Is. Fraser Is creeper.
pomolo said:
pomolo said:
pain master said:
and this one was pretty.
that’s cute. Is it a tree or a shrub?
It’s a bauhinnia. Just checked out the leaves.
I’ve never seen one that colour. Nice.
pomolo said:
pain master said:
pomolo said:So is that plant commonly called Bribie Island Creeper? We have been looking for one for a while now.
And mornin to you.
Fraser Island Creeper actually… and Tecomanthe hillii is preferred.
That’s it. Got lost amongst the islands. Ta for that. We grew one when we lived on the coast and MrP wants to try another. Might order one now I know the botanical.
Mine’s just finished flowering. There’s a red hybrid now too.
pain master said:
pain master said:
pomolo said:Were there many in PNG? We’ve seen a few round here too.
I saw quite a few in PNG, Papuan Black Snakes (Taipans) were very common around Moresby and I had to remove a Diamond Python from an electrical board once, and I recall spotting three long thin tree snakes in one day at Lae. Plenty of little pencil snakes in Moresby and surrounds and there is a story from the mountains…
The story from the Mountains…
GF and I are travelling from the Enga Province down to Mt Hagen and the lady driving the Toyota bus was a real nutter behind the wheel, and she convinced us to sit up front with her. She was typical of the Meris in the Mountains, big strong calf muscles and feet as wide as they are long, and she used all of this power to drive the accelerator pedal through the firewall of the bus. She would start in first, go to second, into third, fourth and fifth as quickly as possible and then as we screamed down in to the valley and started to climb up the other side she would not change down gears until we nearly stalled. Then she would go from 5th into 1st and then scream up the hill.
So, as we are screaming down this hill, we all spot this massive snake that is the width of the road long and our driver has already told us she doesn’t like snakes. So at 120kph she spots this snake, and she removes both hands from the wheel, covers her eyes and screams at the top of her voice! AND puts the foot further down! Her sister (in the backseat, asleep) wakes up and screams! The first Meri screams again, she is also crying now, the sister screams, the driver screams, the sister screams!
We have yet to run over the snake (you could see that it was dead and that it had already been hit before), GF is holding onto the steering wheel and I am wondering if this is how it all ends, in a bus, in the Mountains of PNG and with two hysterical screaming Engans.
The bus hits the snake, it is like hitting a Coles Carpark speed hump! The bus goes “Thump Thump”, this triggers another wave of screaming and tears and acceleration. It takes minutes for her to regain composure and return to holding onto the wheel.
Some hours later when saying our goodbyes at the Mt Hagen Tea Rooms, I say “How about that snake?” They start screaming and crying and in true PNG style, thumping each other with their mighty hands and I also cop a thumping for my comment!
good times… good times….
ROTFPIMP
orchid40 said:
Wonderful photos as always. PM. Thanks.
No worries O40. Glad to share.
bubba louie said:
pomolo said:
pomolo said:that’s cute. Is it a tree or a shrub?
It’s a bauhinnia. Just checked out the leaves.
I’ve never seen one that colour. Nice.
Thank you :)
bubba louie said:
pain master said:
The story from the Mountains…GF and I are travelling from the Enga Province down to Mt Hagen and the lady driving the Toyota bus was a real nutter behind the wheel, and she convinced us to sit up front with her. She was typical of the Meris in the Mountains, big strong calf muscles and feet as wide as they are long, and she used all of this power to drive the accelerator pedal through the firewall of the bus. She would start in first, go to second, into third, fourth and fifth as quickly as possible and then as we screamed down in to the valley and started to climb up the other side she would not change down gears until we nearly stalled. Then she would go from 5th into 1st and then scream up the hill.
So, as we are screaming down this hill, we all spot this massive snake that is the width of the road long and our driver has already told us she doesn’t like snakes. So at 120kph she spots this snake, and she removes both hands from the wheel, covers her eyes and screams at the top of her voice! AND puts the foot further down! Her sister (in the backseat, asleep) wakes up and screams! The first Meri screams again, she is also crying now, the sister screams, the driver screams, the sister screams!
We have yet to run over the snake (you could see that it was dead and that it had already been hit before), GF is holding onto the steering wheel and I am wondering if this is how it all ends, in a bus, in the Mountains of PNG and with two hysterical screaming Engans.
The bus hits the snake, it is like hitting a Coles Carpark speed hump! The bus goes “Thump Thump”, this triggers another wave of screaming and tears and acceleration. It takes minutes for her to regain composure and return to holding onto the wheel.
Some hours later when saying our goodbyes at the Mt Hagen Tea Rooms, I say “How about that snake?” They start screaming and crying and in true PNG style, thumping each other with their mighty hands and I also cop a thumping for my comment!
good times… good times….
ROTFPIMP
pain master said:
and this one was pretty.
Oh yes, just so pretty:)
pain master said:
and it wasn’t just flowers… here’s a Dragonfly.
Oh isn’t he just lovely. Great pic there PM:)
pain master said:
The snake.
We’ve had a few out down here (I think) poor bugger if they are out and about…. they’ll think their summer was pretty darn short.
pain master said:
and a Baby Magpie. I only got swooped twice yesterday!
Thanks, now I know what one looks like… wonder if our “Maggie” will bring the kids into our backyard???
pain master said:
and lastly, a Black Cockatoo :)
I have a pic of us holding (well it holding us) a Red Flamed Cockatoo from down near Murry Bridge.
Pm your photos never stop thrilling me…….always a welcome thread here….for me and for others I am sure.
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:
and a Baby Magpie. I only got swooped twice yesterday!
Thanks, now I know what one looks like… wonder if our “Maggie” will bring the kids into our backyard???
I git a shot of two babies in their nest, and Mum was doing the feeding while Dad was just wandering around on the grass below…
Lucky1 said:
Pm your photos never stop thrilling me…….always a welcome thread here….for me and for others I am sure.
Thanks Lucky1 :)
pomolo said:
pain master said:
and here’s an Albizia??? (I think)
A.lebbek possibly?
Stinkbomb acacia?
pain master said:
and this one was pretty.
Bauninia something…look like rockhampton’s nabional emblem but I think the flower is a bit different
pain master said:
pain master said:
pomolo said:Were there many in PNG? We’ve seen a few round here too.
I saw quite a few in PNG, Papuan Black Snakes (Taipans) were very common around Moresby and I had to remove a Diamond Python from an electrical board once, and I recall spotting three long thin tree snakes in one day at Lae. Plenty of little pencil snakes in Moresby and surrounds and there is a story from the mountains…
The story from the Mountains…
GF and I are travelling from the Enga Province down to Mt Hagen and the lady driving the Toyota bus was a real nutter behind the wheel, and she convinced us to sit up front with her. She was typical of the Meris in the Mountains, big strong calf muscles and feet as wide as they are long, and she used all of this power to drive the accelerator pedal through the firewall of the bus. She would start in first, go to second, into third, fourth and fifth as quickly as possible and then as we screamed down in to the valley and started to climb up the other side she would not change down gears until we nearly stalled. Then she would go from 5th into 1st and then scream up the hill.
So, as we are screaming down this hill, we all spot this massive snake that is the width of the road long and our driver has already told us she doesn’t like snakes. So at 120kph she spots this snake, and she removes both hands from the wheel, covers her eyes and screams at the top of her voice! AND puts the foot further down! Her sister (in the backseat, asleep) wakes up and screams! The first Meri screams again, she is also crying now, the sister screams, the driver screams, the sister screams!
We have yet to run over the snake (you could see that it was dead and that it had already been hit before), GF is holding onto the steering wheel and I am wondering if this is how it all ends, in a bus, in the Mountains of PNG and with two hysterical screaming Engans.
The bus hits the snake, it is like hitting a Coles Carpark speed hump! The bus goes “Thump Thump”, this triggers another wave of screaming and tears and acceleration. It takes minutes for her to regain composure and return to holding onto the wheel.
Some hours later when saying our goodbyes at the Mt Hagen Tea Rooms, I say “How about that snake?” They start screaming and crying and in true PNG style, thumping each other with their mighty hands and I also cop a thumping for my comment!
good times… good times….
Just another one of your hair raising adventures. You must have 9 lives like a cat.
pain master said:
what a wonderful bird is the Pelican, can fit more in his beak then his belly can.
My favourite bird.
Lucky1 said:
pain master said:
and a Baby Magpie. I only got swooped twice yesterday!
Thanks, now I know what one looks like… wonder if our “Maggie” will bring the kids into our backyard???
They will drive you crazy with their constant calling to Mum & Dad for food. They get up to some antics and are fun to watch. Great time wasters.
Dinetta said:
pomolo said:
pain master said:
and here’s an Albizia??? (I think)
A.lebbek possibly?
Stinkbomb acacia?
A. lebbeck more likely…
pomolo said:
pain master said:
pain master said:I saw quite a few in PNG, Papuan Black Snakes (Taipans) were very common around Moresby and I had to remove a Diamond Python from an electrical board once, and I recall spotting three long thin tree snakes in one day at Lae. Plenty of little pencil snakes in Moresby and surrounds and there is a story from the mountains…
The story from the Mountains…
GF and I are travelling from the Enga Province down to Mt Hagen and the lady driving the Toyota bus was a real nutter behind the wheel, and she convinced us to sit up front with her. She was typical of the Meris in the Mountains, big strong calf muscles and feet as wide as they are long, and she used all of this power to drive the accelerator pedal through the firewall of the bus. She would start in first, go to second, into third, fourth and fifth as quickly as possible and then as we screamed down in to the valley and started to climb up the other side she would not change down gears until we nearly stalled. Then she would go from 5th into 1st and then scream up the hill.
So, as we are screaming down this hill, we all spot this massive snake that is the width of the road long and our driver has already told us she doesn’t like snakes. So at 120kph she spots this snake, and she removes both hands from the wheel, covers her eyes and screams at the top of her voice! AND puts the foot further down! Her sister (in the backseat, asleep) wakes up and screams! The first Meri screams again, she is also crying now, the sister screams, the driver screams, the sister screams!
We have yet to run over the snake (you could see that it was dead and that it had already been hit before), GF is holding onto the steering wheel and I am wondering if this is how it all ends, in a bus, in the Mountains of PNG and with two hysterical screaming Engans.
The bus hits the snake, it is like hitting a Coles Carpark speed hump! The bus goes “Thump Thump”, this triggers another wave of screaming and tears and acceleration. It takes minutes for her to regain composure and return to holding onto the wheel.
Some hours later when saying our goodbyes at the Mt Hagen Tea Rooms, I say “How about that snake?” They start screaming and crying and in true PNG style, thumping each other with their mighty hands and I also cop a thumping for my comment!
good times… good times….
Just another one of your hair raising adventures. You must have 9 lives like a cat.
swimming with sharks, getting smashed on a Bukan Reef, driving with Engans, land talks with OroKaivans, bustin’ a sinus with a rogue helicopter pilot, getting harassed by an Indonesian Police Officer in Jayapura, getting smashed off the road by a Moresby Taxi Driver, finding myself alone in a Moresby Police Station with a M-16 the day after the Taxi incident, and driving in a crappy Hilux up a goat track in the Chimbu Province….
all priceless!
pain master said:
swimming with sharks, getting smashed on a Bukan Reef, driving with Engans, land talks with OroKaivans, bustin’ a sinus with a rogue helicopter pilot, getting harassed by an Indonesian Police Officer in Jayapura, getting smashed off the road by a Moresby Taxi Driver, finding myself alone in a Moresby Police Station with a M-16 the day after the Taxi incident, and driving in a crappy Hilux up a goat track in the Chimbu Province….
all priceless!
you going to put a book together PM? With your stories and your photos I reckon it would be a seller :)
bluegreen said:
pain master said:swimming with sharks, getting smashed on a Bukan Reef, driving with Engans, land talks with OroKaivans, bustin’ a sinus with a rogue helicopter pilot, getting harassed by an Indonesian Police Officer in Jayapura, getting smashed off the road by a Moresby Taxi Driver, finding myself alone in a Moresby Police Station with a M-16 the day after the Taxi incident, and driving in a crappy Hilux up a goat track in the Chimbu Province….
all priceless!
you going to put a book together PM? With your stories and your photos I reckon it would be a seller :)
and there are accompanying photographs!
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
pain master said:swimming with sharks, getting smashed on a Bukan Reef, driving with Engans, land talks with OroKaivans, bustin’ a sinus with a rogue helicopter pilot, getting harassed by an Indonesian Police Officer in Jayapura, getting smashed off the road by a Moresby Taxi Driver, finding myself alone in a Moresby Police Station with a M-16 the day after the Taxi incident, and driving in a crappy Hilux up a goat track in the Chimbu Province….
all priceless!
you going to put a book together PM? With your stories and your photos I reckon it would be a seller :)
and there are accompanying photographs!
I did mention the photos…
so are you?
bluegreen said:
pain master said:
bluegreen said:you going to put a book together PM? With your stories and your photos I reckon it would be a seller :)
and there are accompanying photographs!
I did mention the photos…
so are you?
I have thought about books, but I don’t know where to start…..
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
pain master said:and there are accompanying photographs!
I did mention the photos…
so are you?
I have thought about books, but I don’t know where to start…..
I am sure there would be people that could get you started, but I would be writing down the individual stories while you are sorting that out. You do have a natural way with words.
bluegreen said:
pain master said:
bluegreen said:I did mention the photos…
so are you?
I have thought about books, but I don’t know where to start…..
I am sure there would be people that could get you started, but I would be writing down the individual stories while you are sorting that out. You do have a natural way with words.
Like my photography where I shoot it as I see it, I write my stories as I say it…
pain master said:
Like my photography where I shoot it as I see it, I write my stories as I say it…
that’s the best way :)
I’ll ask my daughter who is a budding author if she can advise on how to get started.
bluegreen said:
pain master said:Like my photography where I shoot it as I see it, I write my stories as I say it…
that’s the best way :)
I’ll ask my daughter who is a budding author if she can advise on how to get started.
that’ll probably require a Vampire or some kind of un-dead to be in the story line…
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
pain master said:Like my photography where I shoot it as I see it, I write my stories as I say it…
that’s the best way :)
I’ll ask my daughter who is a budding author if she can advise on how to get started.
that’ll probably require a Vampire or some kind of un-dead to be in the story line…
lol! if she was writing it perhaps!
she says that you could do some research on publishers and find out what their criteria are then maybe send in the first chapter for their comments. A lot of publishers won’t take unsolicited work though apparently. Unless you wanted to submit your stories to a magazine or something and do it in installments. Or if you just wanted to do it for family and friends you could self publish it but that means doing all the work yourself! My dad did this with stories of his camping adventures as a young man. Or you could try an get an agent but how to know if he is a good one or not is tricky. 50% of getting in is to know someone in the publishing business, she says.
bluegreen said:
pain master said:
bluegreen said:that’s the best way :)
I’ll ask my daughter who is a budding author if she can advise on how to get started.
that’ll probably require a Vampire or some kind of un-dead to be in the story line…
lol! if she was writing it perhaps!
she says that you could do some research on publishers and find out what their criteria are then maybe send in the first chapter for their comments. A lot of publishers won’t take unsolicited work though apparently. Unless you wanted to submit your stories to a magazine or something and do it in installments. Or if you just wanted to do it for family and friends you could self publish it but that means doing all the work yourself! My dad did this with stories of his camping adventures as a young man. Or you could try an get an agent but how to know if he is a good one or not is tricky. 50% of getting in is to know someone in the publishing business, she says.
Sounds like work. I already got meself one job, why do I want another?
I could keep plugging away here online and my friends (youse guys) could get to read it all anyhow… You just need to poke me from time to time….
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
pain master said:that’ll probably require a Vampire or some kind of un-dead to be in the story line…
lol! if she was writing it perhaps!
she says that you could do some research on publishers and find out what their criteria are then maybe send in the first chapter for their comments. A lot of publishers won’t take unsolicited work though apparently. Unless you wanted to submit your stories to a magazine or something and do it in installments. Or if you just wanted to do it for family and friends you could self publish it but that means doing all the work yourself! My dad did this with stories of his camping adventures as a young man. Or you could try an get an agent but how to know if he is a good one or not is tricky. 50% of getting in is to know someone in the publishing business, she says.
Sounds like work. I already got meself one job, why do I want another?
I could keep plugging away here online and my friends (youse guys) could get to read it all anyhow… You just need to poke me from time to time….
well when you write them here, copy them into a file somewhere and soon you will have a collection. One day you (or GF) might decide to put them together and do something with it.
A, lebbeck it is, but it doesn’t quite match the acacia stink bomb trees that we have…the bark is a bit different and so are the leaves and seed pods…
Yes, the main thing is to write them down somewhere or these memories will “go”…
pain master said:
pomolo said:
pain master said:The story from the Mountains…
GF and I are travelling from the Enga Province down to Mt Hagen and the lady driving the Toyota bus was a real nutter behind the wheel, and she convinced us to sit up front with her. She was typical of the Meris in the Mountains, big strong calf muscles and feet as wide as they are long, and she used all of this power to drive the accelerator pedal through the firewall of the bus. She would start in first, go to second, into third, fourth and fifth as quickly as possible and then as we screamed down in to the valley and started to climb up the other side she would not change down gears until we nearly stalled. Then she would go from 5th into 1st and then scream up the hill.
So, as we are screaming down this hill, we all spot this massive snake that is the width of the road long and our driver has already told us she doesn’t like snakes. So at 120kph she spots this snake, and she removes both hands from the wheel, covers her eyes and screams at the top of her voice! AND puts the foot further down! Her sister (in the backseat, asleep) wakes up and screams! The first Meri screams again, she is also crying now, the sister screams, the driver screams, the sister screams!
We have yet to run over the snake (you could see that it was dead and that it had already been hit before), GF is holding onto the steering wheel and I am wondering if this is how it all ends, in a bus, in the Mountains of PNG and with two hysterical screaming Engans.
The bus hits the snake, it is like hitting a Coles Carpark speed hump! The bus goes “Thump Thump”, this triggers another wave of screaming and tears and acceleration. It takes minutes for her to regain composure and return to holding onto the wheel.
Some hours later when saying our goodbyes at the Mt Hagen Tea Rooms, I say “How about that snake?” They start screaming and crying and in true PNG style, thumping each other with their mighty hands and I also cop a thumping for my comment!
good times… good times….
Just another one of your hair raising adventures. You must have 9 lives like a cat.
swimming with sharks, getting smashed on a Bukan Reef, driving with Engans, land talks with OroKaivans, bustin’ a sinus with a rogue helicopter pilot, getting harassed by an Indonesian Police Officer in Jayapura, getting smashed off the road by a Moresby Taxi Driver, finding myself alone in a Moresby Police Station with a M-16 the day after the Taxi incident, and driving in a crappy Hilux up a goat track in the Chimbu Province….
all priceless!
You didn’t mention your near misses with lightning strikes
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
pain master said:that’ll probably require a Vampire or some kind of un-dead to be in the story line…
lol! if she was writing it perhaps!
she says that you could do some research on publishers and find out what their criteria are then maybe send in the first chapter for their comments. A lot of publishers won’t take unsolicited work though apparently. Unless you wanted to submit your stories to a magazine or something and do it in installments. Or if you just wanted to do it for family and friends you could self publish it but that means doing all the work yourself! My dad did this with stories of his camping adventures as a young man. Or you could try an get an agent but how to know if he is a good one or not is tricky. 50% of getting in is to know someone in the publishing business, she says.
Sounds like work. I already got meself one job, why do I want another?
I could keep plugging away here online and my friends (youse guys) could get to read it all anyhow… You just need to poke me from time to time….
If you put your mind to it (like you do with everything else) I have no doubt that you would succeed.
pomolo said:
pain master said:
pomolo said:Just another one of your hair raising adventures. You must have 9 lives like a cat.
swimming with sharks, getting smashed on a Bukan Reef, driving with Engans, land talks with OroKaivans, bustin’ a sinus with a rogue helicopter pilot, getting harassed by an Indonesian Police Officer in Jayapura, getting smashed off the road by a Moresby Taxi Driver, finding myself alone in a Moresby Police Station with a M-16 the day after the Taxi incident, and driving in a crappy Hilux up a goat track in the Chimbu Province….
all priceless!
You didn’t mention your near misses with lightning strikes
Only one near miss with lightning in PNG… the other 4 were way back in South Aussie.
bluegreen said:
pain master said:swimming with sharks, getting smashed on a Bukan Reef, driving with Engans, land talks with OroKaivans, bustin’ a sinus with a rogue helicopter pilot, getting harassed by an Indonesian Police Officer in Jayapura, getting smashed off the road by a Moresby Taxi Driver, finding myself alone in a Moresby Police Station with a M-16 the day after the Taxi incident, and driving in a crappy Hilux up a goat track in the Chimbu Province….
all priceless!
you going to put a book together PM? With your stories and your photos I reckon it would be a seller :)
Great stories for the kids when they come along….. mind you…they may scare you more with their stories.
pain master said:
bluegreen said:
pain master said:and there are accompanying photographs!
I did mention the photos…
so are you?
I have thought about books, but I don’t know where to start…..
Page 1 sounds good.:)