Footy Fever Friday

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Ah, Melbourne – the only place in the world that’s had two sports-related public holidays each year forever, and now has a third . . .

Still, it’s been a beautiful day for it. The mercury reached 28.6C earlier this afternoon, and as far as I can tell from a brief foray to my two nearest larger strip shopping areas, the shops were humming. Well, one of them is Hawks heartland, so I guess that was inevitable.

Tomorrow the forecast maximum is 30C, with northerly winds 25 to 35 km/h for anyone interested in possible twists and turns. Not moi!

I believe something’s also happening up north this weekend.

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Even though it’s an all-Queensland grand final, it is being played in Sydney (just like AFL finals).

What’s more, daylight savings starts for the southern states this Sunday – at least both teams, being from Queensland, will be at an equal disadvantage.

For all those doing things outdoors, remember your hat and sunscreen – it will be warm (hot, even) and sunny pretty well all across Australia, and enjoy the rest of Friday and the weekend, whatever you are doing.

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467 thoughts on “Footy Fever Friday”

  2. Well done Ferranti-Wells (sp). Stressed several times that we need not just a “national security” approach as it was under Abbott. Said there must be another option for parents than ringing the National Hotline or police if they are worried about their kids.

    All in all she sounded like quite . Me thinks she is happy to be free from the Abbott solution to everything “More flags and more uniforms”. She mentioned 2-3 times how the potential for young kids going off the rails was labelled as just a “National security” issue under “prime minister Abbott ” ……………… unlike now.

  3. Zoomster has landed. Is nesting in Puff y’s Magic Cave.

    Her hubby is playing in the Masters Games in Futsal. We are watching.

  4. ” nesting in Puff y’s Magic Cave. “….burn ’em a tasty BBQ. Puff’…an’ throw ’em a tad of Barossa red.

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  7. Got your email, Puffy—sent to Yahoo again! Might be a tad late, possibly can’t make it at all.

  8. For a larf, a good find from over the road. A reminder of The Great Emu War ‘wot’ we lost.

    How we lost the “Emu War”.

    Following the long hot summer of 1932, wild emus in the Murchison district of Western Australia went on the rampage in search of food and water – much to the chagrin of local farmers who feared for their crops. In a bid to stop the advancing emus along the rabbit-proof fence farmers enlisted the help of the army. Armed with Lewis machine guns and 10,000 rounds, a party, led by Major Meredith of the Royal Australian Artillery, was sent to the Campion district where it was estimated 20,000 emus were causing damage. However, due to the abundance of food the emus were gathered in small groups, most of which were outnumbered by the 50 settlers who had turned out to meet Major Meredith and his men. A group of 40 emus was sighted and beaters were sent to herd them into firing range. At a distance of 1,000 metres the first burst of fire landed short, with the second killing about a dozen birds as they raced for the cover of trees.
    In an attempt to improve its tally the army party resorted to ambush tactics. Later the same afternoon the guns were set up at a dam. Close to sundown, as 100 birds approached to within 100 metres, again the gunners opened fire. The birds scattered and dispersed, so much so that further shooting was pointless.

    The following day a similar strategy was employed in a paddock where emus had caused widespread damage. This time a flock of more than 1,000 headed for water and the waiting guns.

    Again the birds ran off, their escape aided by the jamming of one of the machine guns. Onlookers were surprised by the emus’ ability to sustain injury and keep running. Major Meredith was quoted as saying: “If we had a military division with the bullet-carrying capacity of these birds it would face any army in the world. They could face machine guns with the invulnerability of tanks. They are like Zulus….”

    Less than a week after the “Emu War” had begun the Defence Minister of the day, George Pearce, ordered a withdrawal. The action prompted debate in the House of Representatives, which included the following comments:

    Mr Thorby (NSW): “Who is responsible for the farce of hunting emus with machine guns mounted on lorries? Is the Defence Department meeting the cost?

    Prime Minister Lyons: “I have been told the Defence Department will not be paying the bill.”

    Mr James (NSW): “Is a medal to be struck for this war?”

  11. political animal
    hope you can come, sorry this is so short notice and a bit disorganised. only found out about zoomsters coming at the last minute so to speak.

  14. Have a wonderful time, you lucky South Aussies. Think of moi as I plough through assignment after assignment . . .

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