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This is the Journal of Vestboy back in the UK << I think my blood is thinning Visitor from the other side of the planet >> Subject: Pros and cons of Australia Posted Feb 6, 2012 by Vestboy back in the UK   Posting 1 Pro It's sunny and warm and it February Con A cockroach the size of a small buffalo has just nimbled from my bathroom to my bedroom. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Pros and cons of Australia Posted Feb 6, 2012 by lil ~ ACE/Scout/CE/Guru ~ Auntie Giggles ~ wearing her Summer 'at! This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 *shudders and lifts up her Matt* Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Pros and cons of Australia Posted Feb 6, 2012 by Vestboy back in the UK This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 The little/not so little blighter has made his way into the guest bedroom. I'm glad my daughter wasn't in there. She may have been a bit upset. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Pros and cons of Australia Posted Feb 6, 2012 by Vestboy back in the UK This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 I was chatting to a bloke I do some voluntary work with today and he'd found a funnel web spider. He managed to trap it in a jar and took it to the hospital where they extract the venom to make anti-venom for people who are bitten by them. They turned him away as someone else had just come in with 20! Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Pros and cons of Australia Posted Feb 6, 2012 by Icy North This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 5 Don't they eat cockroaches in that part of the world? (and apologies if the sum total of my Australian cultural knowledge was gained from watching I'm A Celebrity) Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Pros and cons of Australia Posted Feb 6, 2012 by lil ~ ACE/Scout/CE/Guru ~ Auntie Giggles ~ wearing her Summer 'at! This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 6 It's a beautiful country - yet so very dangerous too Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Pros and cons of Australia Posted Feb 6, 2012 by aka Bel This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 7 Vestie, I want an article and a photo for . Please? Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Pros and cons of Australia Posted Feb 6, 2012 by Vestboy back in the UK This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 8 A photo of me or the cockie? (as Aussies call them as they are so common). I'm afraid he's gone to the big RoachMotel in the sky and so isn't so photogenic as he may have been. I'll see what I can do. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Pros and cons of Australia Posted Feb 6, 2012 by Vestboy back in the UK This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 9 You are right Lil. People seem to be bitten by all sorts of deadly things ranging from spiders and mosquitoes through to snakes, crocodiles and fish. Well a shark isn't a mammal, is it? Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Pros and cons of Australia Posted Feb 6, 2012 by aka Bel This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 10 A photo of you and a cockroach, if it suits you. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Pros and cons of Australia Posted Feb 7, 2012 by Vestboy back in the UK This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 11 I may have to find a new cockroach as the other is now extinct. I threw a noose roung its neck and rode it over a cliff. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Pros and cons of Australia Posted Feb 20, 2012 by Vestboy back in the UK This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 12 I have sent off an entry to the Post and will hopefully get round to sending the cockroach Before and After shots. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Pros and cons of Australia Posted Feb 20, 2012 by aka Bel This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 13 Wonderful, many thanks. Conversation list Conversation list

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