Thanks Jill, Pat, Doug. Recommend a trip to Kakadu, if you can cope with
the heat. 24-39 every day.
Bill
On Thu, 28 Sep 2017 at 3:33 AM, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> I like it, too, Bill, catching the moment(s). And so that final line.
>
> Also, the way Europeans named what wasn’t quite there…
>
> Doug
> > On Sep 27, 2017, at 2:51 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> > 'Sweetheart' is such a 5 metre croc, Pat, stuffed, in the Darwin museum.
> We
> > saw live 2-4 metre crocs, mostly females apparently who are bothered by
> > packs of ducks and slink off in the water. Mostly First Australian guides
> > in Kakadu who are knowledgable and good-humoured. One guy advised
> getting a
> > tetanus shot if croc-bit. All the germs in its saliva. 'They don't brush'
> > he says.
> > Bill
> >
> > On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 at 6:34 pm, Patrick McManus <
> > [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> Bill watch out for 5 metre crocs! -those sound amazing ducks fending off
> >> crocs
> >>
> >> last line is a poem in itself for me cheers P
> >>
> >> If you liked your tour,
> >> I'm Amy.
> >> If you didn't,
> >> I'm Rachel
> >>
> >>
> >> On 27/09/2017 00:38, Bill Wootton wrote:
> >>> Pied herons, Idiot Birds,
> >>> branch squat, gaze fixed
> >>> over our shaded tourist heads
> >>> Whistle ducks don't quack, don't like water,
> >>> form up in tight batallions,
> >>> denying crocs mud bank sunbathing possies.
> >>> Rufous night herons, estuarine sentries, pass no judgments.
> >>> If you liked your tour, I'm Amy. If you didn't, I'm Rachel.
> >>>
> >>> bw
> >>
>
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