Hamster Dancin' Around the World

I wanna mail myself to dadpad.

Dadpad knows how to show a girl a good time.

Today we went for a drive to the mountains.

I have lots and lots of photos.



There is the mountain. It is called mt Buller and is the second highest in Victoria. Australias montains arnt very high really compared to Austria or Even the rockies. Mt Buller is a ski resort in winter.

I think blinky likes me, he put his arm around me. He "said" it was to stop me falling. (giggle)


This is a nice photo The name of that road is buttercup road. Isn't that sweet.


There are lots and lots of trees


Here we are at the foot of the mountain


We stopped to go for a paddle in the river. Isnt the water clear.


I think this is a lovely photo


Here I am with my Aussie friends near a pool


There are many different shaped leaves for trees here.


This is where a big bushfire burned last year.


It is very steep


Dadpad showed me a waterfall. It was cool


Lots and lots of very tall straight trees.


Yea! we made it




We went to the post ofice and talked to Bec. she gave me 2 fridge magnets


I met an Aussie hamster!


dadpad said thats not a hamster.


Some of the houses here look like Germany or Austria.



We wwanted to walk to the summit. It doesnt look like it in the photo but it was very steep. I wonder if my little legs will make it all the way.


Nope!

Awwwww.....!!!

Love the last pic and the Ozzie Possum pic..!!!!

All of it's great though, wow!

The transition from the drive (dry scrub) to the mountains (lush, green) is amazing.

There were some pretty wildflowers


and some lovely scenery. The air is a bit hazy. dadpad said maybe it's smoke from bushfires in South Australia.


Wow Steep and rocky


Phew! 1800 m How many feets is that? Soz's house, a long way > that way.


Look how far we walked. Thats dadpad car waaaaay down there.


Heres a sign for you to read


There was a Funny little building right at the top. Dadpad said its the spotters tower.


This is dadpads friend Chris He's the best fire spotter in Australia. He told me that himself.


I helped look for bushfires. I didnt see any though.


No wonder chris is the best fire spotter, he has REALY expert help.

Here are some cool pics of the mountains. They go on for ever and ever. and are just so beautiful.




Then I met Caitlyn. Guess where she's from? ok I'll tell, She's from Whitby near Toronto in Canada.
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Mumpad took a photo of a tiny little bird.


More flowers

Dadpad's piccies are so cool! And it makes me feel a bit warmer to see people in summer clothes! (Has anyone else noticed how many pretty girls seem to crop up in DP's photos...? )

that was the first thing i noticed, cypher! that dadpad! :wink:

Oy! Penny!

I thought I warned you - no librarian jokes!

That's just not nice!

Loving all of the photos, especially the ones of dad and then mompad + Penny facing the scenery, thank you. Reminds me quite a bit of California but not entirely. I see why you love it there so.

This is all a lot of effort, dadpad, and we appreciate it.

You'd be welcome, squinster.



Naughty noddy.



mumpad made me put that last pic in. She did I tell ya.



Australia is definitly a land of contrasts. As the poem says:

I love a sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains, of ragged mountain ranges, of drought and flooding rains......




I think Wombat and Terrible Towers would have something to say about this.





Unintentional, I swear.





Its no effort at all really. I'm enjoying myself immensely. I love reading all your comments. The feedback is what is most satisfying.

Penny came to work with me today.

We were up early and had breakfast. Yummy a crumpet with vegemite and a cup of coffee.


After a 40 min drive we got to the plantation. This one is on a farm. Its about 10 ha in size.


Penny helped got the tree saw ready.


We have to climb up and trim branches off so when the tree is fat there will be no knots in the timber. That ladder is 4.5 meters (14 ft 9 inch) so we are trimming to 6.5 m (21 ft 3 inch)


Put your PPE (personal protective equipment) on Penny. Yes you do have to wear 30+. You'll get melanomas if you don't.


Its hot, sweaty and dirty work.

G'day from Oz. :wink:

What was the temperature up there, dp?

Today was a scorcher!

Here, have a chilled tinny on me!

Fantastic effort, dp, you've shown Penny a great time!

vegimite is just something I don't think I could ever handle. A spoonful of fermented yeast, oh well.......I'll havve a cupa though

<crosses BillW off his list of closet Australians>

I do love Aussie Hippie Chicks does that count for anything :wink:

They taste good

Vegemite is supposed to have very high unami....


cough. I'm thinking it's an acquired taste, or so it seems, as I haven't tried it yet. It's pretty expensive here. Six dollars or something like that for a little jar.

unami ~ does that mean "not friend"? This is a quality I question

I screwed it up. It's spelled umami, they call it the fifth taste, whoever "they" are...

Wikipedia - isn't it amazing, learn something new very day on hear :wink:

Umami ( 旨み、旨味, うまみ, Umami?) is a proposed addition to the currently accepted four basic tastes sensed by specialized receptor cells present on the human tongue. The same taste is also known as xiānwèi (traditional Chinese: 鮮味; simplified Chinese: 鲜味) in Chinese cooking. Umami is a Japanese word meaning "savory" or "deliciousness" and so applies to the sensation of savoriness, specifically to the detection of the natural amino acid, glutamic acid, or glutamates common in meats, cheese and other protein-heavy foods. The action of umami receptors explains why foods treated with monosodium glutamate (MSG) often taste "heartier".

Glutamate has a long history in cooking: it appears in Asian foods such as soy sauce and fish sauce, and in Italian food in parmesan cheese and anchovies. It is the taste of Marmite in the UK, of Golden Mountain sauce in Thailand, of Maggi Sauce worldwide, of Goya Sazón on the Latin islands of the Caribbean, of Salsa Lizano in Costa Rica and of Kewpie mayonnaise in Japan. It also is directly available in monosodium glutamate.

In as much as it describes the flavor common to savory products such as meat, cheese, duck, and mushrooms, umami is similar to Brillat-Savarin's concept of osmazome, an early attempt to describe the main flavoring component of meat as extracted in the process of making stock.