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VR1Ton
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Went and collected some Casurina nuts this arvo before the Gloosy Blacks eat them all on me. Only got about half a 4lrt bucket full and a tick in the arse for my trouble. Probably Karma for taking all the cockys feed :lol:
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Memories now of my late Nanas house at Blackheath and having all manner of pine nuts , casaurina shells etc dropped on ones head by the Black Cockies ( red tails I think) .
Reminds I must find the photos of them in her front yard during a snowfall , awesome sight . The Black Cockies are an awesome bird .
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Oh and ouch on that tick , what a place to get you :o
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i got a heap of casurina trees at work so i don't have to go far to get them i bring a milo tin full a day pick them while i wait for the golfers......pete p.s and no ticks.....ouch
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tick on the bum vs getting hit by a stray golf ball .... :lol:
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Some of the trees are on my property, so I only walk out the front door, but some of them are a little tall, I only pick what I can reach & leave the rest for the Glossys.

And you better make that 2 ticks, found one in my back last night :evil:
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Far north coast ! you would get paralysis ticks up there ....scary stuff.
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with the casurina nuts, don't forget to leave some for the cockies, they are an endangered and protected species... beautiful too...
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VR1Ton wrote:And you better make that 2 ticks, found one in my back last night :evil:
Im guessing these are not good for the health? I have heard of them getting on dogs and cats but not humans. Do they affect birds too?
How do you get them off?
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Scrub tick or Kangaroo tick aren't to bad make you itchy for a while.But the paralysis tick is bad news poisons the blood system can kill small animals have had cattle go lame and lost dogs to the mongrels.To get them off use a sharp instrument and scratch them out if you get them before they bury in to deep or its hello doctor and antibiotics.
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