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Posts Tagged Platypus

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SPLASH THE PLATYPUS

On October 3, 2022   /   Blog   /   Leave a comment
Tags: Australian wildlife, Boer War, Duck billed platypus, Healesville, Platypus, Robert Eadie, Splash the Platypus, Winston Churchill
SPLASH THE PLATYPUS

In a letter to the nature page of The Weekly Times in 1934, a little girl began by mentioning Splash, a most unusual pet. Dear Charles Barrett – I am writing to tell you about Splash the platypus which belongs to my uncle, Mr Robert Eadie of

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THE GRAVEL PIT PLAYGROUND

On December 1, 2018   /   Blog   /   5 Comments
Tags: Australian native heath, Childhood, Epacris impressa, Farming, gravel, Gravel pits, Ivor Harris, Mr Jack Smith, nostalgia, Platypus, Tadpoles, Tasmania, Ulverstone
THE GRAVEL PIT PLAYGROUND

There was a large gravel pit on the dairy farm I grew up on outside Ulverstone, in north west Tasmania.  I don’t think the income from it was huge, but it  must have been a big help to my parents when they bought the property in 1952.

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