That's why country Ozzies talk with their mouths half-closed - keeps the flies out!
John Coyle Brisbane, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tanya Mayer Photography" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 10:35 PM Subject: Re: *istD Manufacture > 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 > > >> > > > > > > > >
