tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post4765177444351646874..comments2023-10-02T18:02:52.243+10:00Comments on 3 Word Slogan: How much can a Koala Bear?Cartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-35623450869743066242007-11-24T05:56:00.000+10:002007-11-24T05:56:00.000+10:00abi, I'm not partial to reptiles, but these critte...abi, I'm not partial to reptiles, but these critters can be very engaging. Self serving of them perhaps, but they have adapted themseleves to the realities of creeping urbanisation. <BR/>Unlike koalas who tend to piss on anyone who gets close enough.Cartledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-59567792815935428322007-11-24T01:28:00.000+10:002007-11-24T01:28:00.000+10:00Koala marsupial doesn't have quite the same ring t...Koala marsupial doesn't have quite the same ring to it.<BR/><BR/>Why would you get close enough to a lizard to find out what color its tongue is?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-43656322982438492032007-11-23T16:45:00.000+10:002007-11-23T16:45:00.000+10:00Fleas and wet humid... But I don't recall eucs bei...Fleas and wet humid... But I don't recall eucs being a pesticide per se. Certainly they don't discourage the mosquitoes here, a bigger menace than fleas.<BR/>But yes, they were on the right track, so to speak. I won't bore you with E. species names, but this is a hardwood country as opposed to NA softwoods. Or it was when we had lots of it.<BR/>I used to work for an outfit in Tasmania - Gunns Cartledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-67629334495988614212007-11-23T15:45:00.000+10:002007-11-23T15:45:00.000+10:00so you mean those old RR bldrs had a germ of an id...so you mean those old RR bldrs had a germ of an idea & just planted the wrong type of euc? The one I called red gum might've been a blue gum. It grew taller than a telephone pole in 2-yrs. There were some pretty hairy windstorms where we feared it would fall over on the house. The peppermint one was my fave. <BR/><BR/>No koalas, but the SD bldrs had to contend with endangered species rules D.K. Raedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451065603615752038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-86567136007191988732007-11-23T13:15:00.000+10:002007-11-23T13:15:00.000+10:00“…help keep the ever-present San Diego fleas at ba...“…help keep the ever-present San Diego fleas at bay” I seem to recall, but could be wrong, that most of the south Cal eucs were Blue Gums (E. globulus) A glorious tree and the leaves are wonderful, but the wood is essentially only used for pulp wood chips. <BR/>Red gum is what they use for railroad ties, and peppermint is just exquisite, as long as you don’t mind the falling branches and year Cartledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-89860324954803106042007-11-23T12:46:00.000+10:002007-11-23T12:46:00.000+10:00aww, you make me homesick for all the eucalyptus a...aww, you make me homesick for all the eucalyptus around san diego. the railroad bldrs planted them many decades ago because someone told them they would be a good renewable source of railroad ties. Hah! They are worthless in that regard. But the trees thrived in that mild environment & so today the whole area is eucalyptus heaven. We planted a few at our last home there (a red gum, a lemon &D.K. Raedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451065603615752038noreply@blogger.com