Nope Paul, they would be the same sunflowers, it just depends on the weather. We have had great rains throughout QLD in the past month and nothing really for most of last year, so planting was "held back" in the hope of rain. Sooo, now that we have had so much rain and flooding over the past 3 to 4 weeks, the farmers are madly ploughing and planting, with sunflower crops expected to be blooming in April. During a "normal" season, one would expect to see them in January/February, but this totally depends on weather conditions and when the farmers decide to plant etc....
Now, as for your whiskey concerns - had you been ordering a Rum and Coke, I think you'd find the exact opposite! Whiskey is probably a bit too sophisticated a drink for the country folk around these parts, and so your bar attendant may have been being very conservative. Stagger into the pub and yell, "hit me with a Bundy mate", and you'd probably receive a glass containing 3/4 Bundaberg Rum, a big handful of ice, and just enough Coke to darken the colour! (yuck!)... Me, I prefer to drink Fire Engines - .... without the Vodka... hehehe.... Oh, and flies, shcmies! You just have to learn to keep you mouth closed and not to take any deep breaths or you could end up with an unwanted late afternoon snack... (eeeeeew!) tan. Paul observed: > It is a big place, isn't it? Our Australian sunflowers bloomed in > January, perhaps they were a different variety. I'll have to look for > one of my pics. It was quite a sight. I enjoyed what little I saw of > Australia and hope to return some day. My only negatives were that they > pour the drinks too shallow in the bars. (I had to order four whiskeys > at once and tell the bartender to put them all in one glass.:-) And I > could do quite nicely without those summer flies, although the locals > seemed quite accustomed to them. > Paul > > LOL! No Paul! QLD is a very big place. I am about 9 hours drive > > north-west > > of Toowoomba. > > > > Not sure of the small town you are referring to though... > > > > We have ALOT of sunflowers around here, and lots of cotton too (looks > > like > > snow when it is all in flower! lol)... My boys love to collect the > > dead > > flower heads from the side of the road and eat the seeds (sunflower > > seeds)... > > > > I have a wedding in April, the date of which was chosen specifically > > by the > > couple to be during the height of the sunflower season, and I just > > can't > > wait! Can you imagine a bride in white dress, with deep blue skies, > > and > > bright yellow sunflowers... Beautiful stuff! > > > > tan. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 1:15 PM > > Subject: Re: *istD Manufacture > > > > > >> > >> On Feb 9, 2004, at 9:49 PM, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: > >> > >>> I am in > >>> Central, hot, dry, western QLD, no where near a beach or ocean > >>> (unless > >>> you > >>> count the cattle troughs...), and closer to Brisbane than I am to > >>> Cairns! I > >>> am located about 3 hours west of Mackay... > >>> > >> > >> Are you close to Towomba? (I think that's how it's spelled.) It's a > >> fairly large town in central QLD, about two hours drive from Brisbane > >> if memory serves me correct. I spent a couple of weeks there on an > >> advertising shoot a few years ago. We did the actual shooting in a > >> tiny > >> farm town that was about a 20 minute drive from there. The name of the > >> town began with an "A," but I can't recall it now. It claimed to be > >> the > >> sunflower capital of the world. Somewhere I have some pics of 50 acre > >> sunflower fields. And yes, I was there to shoot the sunflowers. > >> Paul > >> > > > >
