OMG, sounds like The Wicker Man (the original, of course--I don't acknowledge the existense of a remake).

I hated the original, also picnic at hanging rock.

There is no remake.
Only some bizarre DVD footage of Nicholas Cage punching a woman.

Have we spread into a general opinions on rocks in Australia now? Or am I missing a connection?

Will see the ex-owner tonight at a meeting and will try my best to raise the issue with her in a casual sort of way... "Oh hi, would you like a biscuit with that cuppa, and what's with all the creepy stones with faces?" something like that.

Stay tuned.

Spooky movie ... Wickerman ... picnic at hanging rock.

I wouldn't raise the issue this time. Build rapport. If she comes out with it, great, if not, some other time.

ETA: or, sod it, bring a couple of the stones and drop them on the table. "WTF are these?" :lol:

That's actually a good idea, Zen--bring just one with you, say you found it and wanted to give it back to her in case it was a little memento lost in the yard by one of her children (or nieces/nephews if she has no kids.) That way, she doesn't have to panic thinking you found all of them, if it turns out they're hers and she's embarrassed.

But you're half a day ahead of us, so I'm too late anyway. Eager to hear what she said, sandy!

Think of it as continental drift. It happens a lot, and not just in Australia.

We know all there is to know about rocks in Australia.
Men At Work and Uluru.

(drum roll....)

Okay, so I went to the meeting, met said lady, and basically did what ZenGum suggested: pulled one of the stones out of my pocket, and said "o hai, WTF are these?" And she told me.

But my other half says it would just spoil everything if I told you. As Winnie-the-Pooh wisely pointed out: there is a moment just before you eat the honey that is better than actually eating the honey.

:lol:

sandy, you are awesome!

You certainly did.

I said something like this to my Dad last time we were up at his place.

His farm is on the side of a mountain that was a fairly recently active (in geological terms) volcano, so there's rocks everywhere on his place. In order to create better grazing for his cattle and ease of access in the little bush basher he drives around in, he chucks all the rocks into piles about the place.

Anyway, I said that one day when a new age of civilization comes along, they'll find these piles of rocks and attribute some meaning to them rather than just say, hey, that's just a pile of rocks.

Sandy, you've got us on the edge of our seats, do tell!!!!!!!!!

SP - this must be important; burns334 has only posted 11 times in seven years, and four of those have been in this thread.

Maybe Burns is the owner of the stones and has been waiting all this time for this thread to appear...