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[blamebrampton]

People often ask 'why do you stay in Australia when all of the fauna and some of the flora is lethal?'* This is the wrong question.

The right question is: 'What the hell are you thinking staying in a country that has new fire danger warnings like this??!!'


ETA: And just in case there is any suspicion of this being another example of my love for hyperbole, I give you the news page the image came from. Alas, I've not found a copy of the TV advert explaining the Catastrophic level on YouTube yet, but it is along the lines of 'RUN! RUN! RUN AND DO NOT LOOK BACK!' Which I have to say is wholly reasonable under the circumstances.


* This is not strictly true. The sheep, as Terry Pratchett accurately observed, are quite safe. Most wallabies, kangaroos and koalas are perfectly harmless. Many of the birds are actually pleasant! But steer well clear of the cute little octopuses.

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[brissygirl.livejournal.com]

This is not strictly true. The sheep, as Terry Pratchett accurately observed, are quite safe. Most wallabies, kangaroos and koalas are perfectly harmless. Many of the birds are actually pleasant! But steer well clear of the cute little octopuses.

LOL you forgot the teeny tiny deadly jellyfish (irukanji or however the hell you spell it) I live a block from the beach if you can call mud flats a beach. There was a blue ring octopus that was found at my local beach when I was in primary school. One of my BFF's used to do surf life saving at a local beach about 20 mins away and they had an encounter with one of the teeny tiny deadly jelly's.


That fire warning system needs to be matched with one for cyclones here in QLD. Catatrophic fir warnings YIKES!!!!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I didn't forget them, but I can never remember how to spell it! And yes, given the gruesomeness of recent storm years, you definitely need one! Sadly.