In Brisbane Today

[Cloud]

very cool to see pics from the other side of the world!

(runs off to look up Brisbane on the map)

[Hagar]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Is the barbed wire fence to keep the roos in or out?

It's a (cowless) cow paddock. That fence doesn't stop roos at all. Its only three strands (and the bottom one is plain wire), so they typically crawl under, but they can also go over if startled. 'Cause the trees are still there, the roos love it - lots of shade and lots of grass. It's not unusual to see 20 or so roos grazing, even during the day. There's a big commercial golf course about a kilometre down the road, and it's the same down there.

More of the same mob:

The "f off, I'm resting" look. (digital zoom=grainy!)


From the adjacent street. The other roos were under the trees to the right of frame.

[Cloud]

wow. That just seems so exotic to me!

I suppose tumbleweeds and roadrunners would seem exotic to you.

[Aliantha]

We're so jaded in australia. Nothing seems exotic.

[Cyclefrance]

Hi Hagar nice to see Brisbane - one of our clients is an Australian shipowner who runs contracts with vegoils from East Coast South America into New Zealand and East coast Oz - we usually end up at Brisbane, but, until now, I had no idea what it looks like. Given my experiences in Beijing and Qingdao two weeks ago the first thing I noticed is how little air pollution you appear to have there. The Chinese could learn some lessons from Brisbane dwellers methinks!