This was well-known in even in late 19th century’s Germany…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Boxende_Känguruh
We also train them to attack unsuspecting Poms. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B66gFbN3sg&feature=related
Shows how little time they need to inflict some serious damage.
And even in France, apparently. Where with typical Gallic chivalry the man appears to be trying to knee the poor defenceless animal in the nuts.
Meanwhile, another example of why (a) you shouldn’t put boxing gloves on a roo and (b) you shouldn’t put a roo on TV. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2k8vDyxj_Y
I can picture RS in a helicopter with a Big smile as he does target practise on the camels LOL!
http://www.torontosun.com/news/world/2009/11/26/11933476.html
ALICE SPRINGS, Australia — Australian authorities plan to corral about 6,000 wild camels with helicopters and gun them down after they overran a small Outback town in search of water, trampling fences, smashing tanks and contaminating supplies.
The Northern Territory government announced its plan Wednesday for Docker River, a town of 350 residents where thirsty camels have been arriving daily for weeks because of drought conditions in the region.
“The community of Docker River is under siege by 6,000 marauding, wild camels,” local government minister Rob Knight said in Alice Springs, 500 kilometres northeast of Docker. “This is a very critical situation out there, it’s very unusual and it needs urgent action.”
The camels, which are not native to Australia but were introduced in the 1840s, have smashed water tanks, approached houses to try to take water from air conditioning units, and knocked down fencing at the small airport runway, Knight said.
The carcasses of camels killed in stampedes at water storage areas are contaminating the water supply, he added.
The government plans to use helicopters to herd the camels some 15 kilometres outside of town next week, where they will be shot and their carcasses left to decay in the desert. The state government will give a 49,000 Australian dollar grant for the cull and to repair damaged infrastructure in the town.
“We don’t have the luxury of time because the herd is getting bigger,” Knight said.
It is common to see some camels in the remote community, but a continuing drought and an early heat wave have dried up other water sources and forced great numbers of them into town. Much of Australia is gripped by some of the worst drought conditions on record.
In August, the federal government set aside 19 million Australian dollars for a program to slash the wild camel population, including a possible mass slaughter.
Glenys Oogjes, executive director of national advocacy group Animals Australia, said the plan to kill camels by helicopter was barbaric, and that the community could instead focus on setting up barriers to keep out the camels.
“It’s a terrible thing that people react to these events by shooting,” she said. “The real concern is the terrible distress and wounding when shot by helicopter. … There will be terrible suffering.”
Camels were first brought to Australia to help explorers travel through the desert, and now an estimated 1 million roam wild across the country.
They compete with sheep and cattle for food, trample vegetation and invade remote settlements in search of water, scaring residents as they tear apart bathrooms and rip up water pipes.
Docker River residents were not especially concerned when about 30 camels came into the town looking for water a few weeks ago, said Graham Taylor, head of the local council. But their fears grew as more animals arrived day by day.
He said many people were too frightened to leave their homes because of the big, strong animals, which can grow up to two metres tall and weigh 900 kilograms.
This gives an idea of the camel problem in Docker River.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1PhHwZRWi0&feature=player_embedded
We’re into the start of the bushfire season again, but it’s hit unusually early because of unusual temperatures and rain and things are more dangerous than usual at this time of year. People are quick to respond to anything that might cause a fire, such as leaking gas cylinders on rural properties.
Farting pig sparks gas leak emergency
Posted Thu Nov 26, 2009 10:05am AEDT
Updated Thu Nov 26, 2009 10:42am AEDT
Victoria’s Country Fire Authority says a call out to a suspected gas leak in Central Victoria on Tuesday night was not what they were expecting.
Fifteen firefighters and two CFA tankers attended a property in Axedale near Bendigo following reports of a strong smell of gas.
But when they arrived they discovered the source of the gassy smell was a flatulent 120-kilogram sow.
Axedale fire captain Peter Harkins says the pig’s owner had alerted authorities.
“He was a little bit embarrassed to say the least. It took us a little while to compose ourselves, to speak to him,” he said.
"When we got there, as we drove up the driveway, there was this huge sow, about a 120-odd kilo sow, and it was very obvious where the gas was coming from.
"We could not only smell it, but we heard it and it was quite funny.
“It was fairly obvious what it was. I think we dealt with it fairly professionally and had a bit of a giggle when we got back to the station.”
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/26/2754023.htm
The version from unofficial sources is that the reason the fireys took a while to compose themselves was because they were lying on the ground laughing.
If I were RS, I would be shittin Bricks right now, cause pretty soon, Australia is going to be drowned by this massive iceberg and no more Australia. The penguins will find a new home and the kangaroos will all drown. Be Brave RS.! Come To Canada where you will be safe and sound and where your Number 1 fan lives!!
http://www.torontosun.com/news/world/2009/12/09/12094851.html
A monster iceberg twice the size of Manhattan is drifting towards Australia, raising fears that a collision with the continental shelf could cause tremors in the country.
The iceberg ˆ known as B17B - measures 140 square kilometres. It broke off Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf in 2000 along with several other icebergs. Only B17B, however, has travelled this far north, now drifting about 1,700 km from Australia’s west coast.
"B17B is a very significant one in that it has drifted so far north while still largely intact. It’s one of the biggest sighted at those latitudes,‰ reported Neal Young, the glaciologist who spotted the glacier, writing on the Australian Antarctic Division.
An iceberg this large has not been reported in waters this far north in more than 100 years.
It has stayed completely still in one spot for about five years, but is now on the move again, raising some concern that it could crash into the continental shelf, causing medium-sized tremors in Australia.
However, Dr. Young said the iceberg was unlikely to come anywhere near the mainland in its present, gigantic form, as the warmer waters are already causing it to melt.
“As the water warms up the iceberg is slowly breaking up, resulting in hundreds more smaller icebergs in the area,” he said.
Oh Please!, like the guy couldn’t pull the emergency brake or turn the engine off. Ya he applies the handbrake like 30 minutes later! What takes him 30 minutes to decide that he might wanna try the handbrake? You think you heard it all when you read stories like this!..and why do I always read the most bizarre stories like this coming from Australia?!
http://itn.co.uk/b374ea0bee8bdd231fe5a1d5b9ffa926.html
An Australian motorist has spoken out after being held captive by his own car after it developed a fault whilst he was driving.
Chase Weir called the police after he discovered he could not stop his vehicle. The car’s cruise control malfunctioned leaving the 22-year-old unable to stop it.
Police accompanied the driver along more than 20 miles of freeway outside of Melbourne, in an attempt to stop him from slamming into other vehicles.
Weir managed to stop the vehicle safely after he veered across the central reserve and applied the handbrake, meters away from on coming traffic.
There is more of a concern of the island of Tasmania colliding with the continent. This is caused by Melbourne sucking so much;)
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Yes, we are still afraid of being forced to marry our cousins because the rest of our siblings and parents have already married each other ; duelling banjos; and being made to squeal like a pig.
No, Melbourne is is trying to blow Tasmania away.
We’re trying to suck New Zealand in.
It’s the lesser of two evils.
WOW, them Aussies are Nasty when they want to be!. WOW!..all over a pizza!~~
http://www.news.com.au/national/man-threatens-to-kill-over-3-pizza-extra-topping-charge/story-e6frfkvr-1225814586180
Man threatens to kill over $3 pizza topping charge
A GEELONG man( in AUSTRALIA ) assaulted a pizza delivery driver and threatened to cut the pizzeria owner’s ears off because he was charged $3 extra for toppings he hadn’t ordered.
Angry and upset, Jimmy Barling decided to take it out on the delivery driver by giving him a thumping and demanding he be allowed to pay the usual $28 instead of $31.
Barling, 28, of Karoomba Cres, Herne Hill, pleaded guilty in Geelong Magistrates’ Court yesterday to charges of unlawful assault and making threats to kill.
Police prosecutor, Senior Constable Clare Murphy said that on April 19, this year, Barling and his partner placed an order for a pizza from a Bell Park pizza shop.
Sen-Constable Murphy said when the delivery driver arrived he requested $31 payment instead of the $28 that Barling usually paid.
Barling became upset after learning the $3 was for extras he hadn’t ordered.
“He verbally abused the driver, pushed him in the chest and then grabbed him by the collar demanding he only be charged $28,” the prosecutor said.
“The terrified driver agreed and, after accepting $28, Barling then punched the driver in the stomach and threatened to kill him if he told anyone what had happened.”
Sen-Constable Murphy said the driver went back to the shop and told the owner, who then phoned Barling to tell him his custom was no longer welcome.
“Barling became angry and abusive and threatened to cut the owner’s ears off,” she said.
"When the owner hung up on him, Barling went to the pizza shop and again threatened to cut the owner’s ears off.
“He then wiped everything off the counter, jumped up on it and threatened to kill the owner.”
Sen-Constable Murphy said that when interviewed by police, Barling denied the assault or threatening the owner and claimed he could not remember jumping on the counter.
Bill Sizeland, for Barling, said his client refused to pay $3 for extras, which he had not ordered.
“At the time he had been drinking and fell asleep,” Mr Sizeland said. "He woke to hear his partner arguing with the pizza driver.
“He agrees his behaviour was disgraceful and ridiculous and all over $3 on the price of a pizza.”
Mr Sizeland said his client never intended any harm but accepted his actions would have caused fear and apprehension.
“He has a couple of similar offences in the past but nothing coming up,” he said.
Magistrate Ron Saines adjourned sentencing until 10am today.
Sounds as though the denziens of Herne Hill haven’t changed since I was last there in the mid 90’s:shock:
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LMFAO. That brings back horrifying memories, but unfortunately you find the bastards anywhere now.
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Hardly surprising.
Their main pastime is careless breeding, especially when the baby bonus was in.
That was an absolute disaster! Teenage girls were popping out all over the place. now there’s more little bastards than ever running riot in the suburbs:evil:
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I just heard on the news that its already New Year in Australia!. I can’t beleive how lucky these people are!~ They6 even get to celebrate New Year earlier than me. Like the title say’s…Australia does it Again!:mrgreen:
If it ain’t fires its Floods!..What is going on in Australia. You never hear about this stuff in Toronto. What next? It’s going to snow now? I just don’t get it, why the Gods are so merciless on this poor little island….
http://www.torontosun.com/news/world/2010/01/04/12339231.html
SYDNEY, Australia — Authorities declared two flooded farming regions in southwestern Australia natural disaster zones Monday as residents in one town nervously watched a river peak without breaking its levees.
Parts of Coonamble and Bourke districts in New South Wales state, several hundred miles (kilometres) northwest of Sydney, have been isolated by floodwaters since heavy rains last week. While meteorologists said the worst of the rain was over, rivers and reservoirs were still rising from the extra water.
Coonamble’s Castlereagh River peaked Monday afternoon without breaking its levees, and the water level was expected to begin falling, State Emergency Services spokesman Dave Webb said. He said evacuated residents would return home overnight after the levees were examined for damage.
New South Wales Premier Kristina Keneally declared the two districts disaster zones Monday, entitling them to state emergency funds including loans and subsidies.
“That will provide much needed longer term help to residents, primary producers, business owners and councils,” said Keneally while on a tour of Coonamble. “It will help them to rebuild.”
On Sunday, emergency officials advised 1,200 residents in Coonamble to relocate to safer parts of town away from the rising Castlereagh River. People rode away in motorboats and ranchers herded horses and cattle through the deep water to higher ground. Brown water submerged main roads into town.
The Castlereagh River peaked at 17 feet (5.2 metres), according to the Bureau of Meteorology. The levee stands 19 feet (5.9 metres) high in most places; in others it is as low as 17.7 feet (5.4 metres).
Bourke, a district with a population of about 4,400, was deluged by some of its heaviest rain in a decade, leaving dozens of properties cut off from roads and forcing some farmers to fly livestock to higher ground.
The Darling River is expected to overflow in Bourke by Thursday, causing further minor flooding as it swells from rainfall farther upstream, the Bureau of Meteorology predicts.