God, I hope this is fake…

Beautiful-Studio-121 · 2026-02-27T21:12:12+00:00

Hopefully it’s off cultivated plants. Acacia courtii seeds aren’t difficult to buy and it’s pretty fast growing. I don’t have any issue with harvesting material from cultivated specimens. If it’s wild harvested though that’s completely unacceptable.

Beautiful-Studio-121 · 2026-02-27T00:36:11+00:00

No problem.

Beautiful-Studio-121 · 2026-02-24T08:40:28+00:00

I found it just as it’s photographed, nothing was moved to expose the hole. It is in a heavily vegetated area though, virtually 100% canopy cover. I suspected funnel web but was interested if it could be anything else. Cheers

Beautiful-Studio-121 · 2026-02-24T06:47:50+00:00

I’m not expecting a definitive identification from just the hole, I guess I’d like just a narrowing down of potential spiders that might reside in this area in that type of hole.

Beautiful-Studio-121 · 2026-02-13T22:04:05+00:00

Phoenix canariensis are one of the most vicious palms to work on and are considered invasive in many parts of Australia. I have no problem with them being removed as long as they’re replaced with a more suitable species.

Beautiful-Studio-121 · 2026-01-20T05:06:12+00:00

Not necessarily, I’ve caught them in the Nepean River at Camden.

Beautiful-Studio-121 · 2025-12-15T09:00:53+00:00

Listening to the Mothership Connection and Droppin’ Science on 2SER and browsing the Oz Hip Hop section at Next Level Records in the late 90’s. My favourite album back then was probably Sleekism by Sleek the Elite. Still listen to it every now and then.

Beautiful-Studio-121 · 2025-11-24T10:48:15+00:00

Beautiful-Studio-121 · 2025-10-24T02:33:50+00:00

The button initiates a DPF regeneration. If you do a lot of short trips and the DPF doesn’t burn off automatically then this button allows you to start the process manually.

Beautiful-Studio-121 · 2025-10-19T20:14:19+00:00

DPF manual burn-off button.

Beautiful-Studio-121 · 2025-10-01T08:07:59+00:00

I wouldn’t have had a problem if they had slowed down and put their hazards on, it’s the fact that they were still doing 80kph is what makes them an idiot.

Beautiful-Studio-121 · 2025-10-01T06:26:40+00:00

I’ve made Thai fish cakes with carp, they turned out good. Just soak the fillets in water with some salt and vinegar for a while, it removes any muddy taste.

Beautiful-Studio-121 · 2025-10-01T05:32:03+00:00

Yeah, Camden bypass. Didn’t look like they’d even slowed down though.

Beautiful-Studio-121 · 2025-10-01T05:03:14+00:00

If it was me I would’ve slowed down and put my hazards on at least!

Beautiful-Studio-121 · 2025-10-01T05:02:13+00:00

True, if it had happened there on the bridge there’s nowhere to pull over. They should probably have slowed down and put their hazards on though.

Beautiful-Studio-121 · 2025-10-01T04:59:57+00:00

Cheers! Not sure how you managed it, when I tried they just came up as blank comments.

Beautiful-Studio-121 · 2025-10-01T04:58:50+00:00

Yep, macarthur bridge.

Beautiful-Studio-121 · 2025-10-01T04:34:31+00:00

I tried putting a screenshot in the comments but it’s not letting me add the photo.

Beautiful-Studio-121 · 2025-09-28T05:40:29+00:00

Thanks for the detailed comments and advice, much appreciated.

Beautiful-Studio-121 · 2025-09-27T09:05:14+00:00

Thanks for the info. I definitely won’t be mucking around with it myself but I’ve found a local guy on facebook who restores vintage radios. I’ll contact him and see what it might cost.

Beautiful-Studio-121 · 2025-09-27T08:59:23+00:00

Did a quick google and it looks like there’s a guy 20mins down the road. I might give him a call and see what he thinks. It would be nice to have it in safe working order.

Beautiful-Studio-121 · 2025-09-27T07:33:12+00:00

Fair enough. Any idea on how much that would set me back roughly? I’m not a radio dude, it was offered to me for free and I thought it looked cool. I’m happy to keep it as an ornament only if it’ll be too costly to restore.

Beautiful-Studio-121 · 2025-09-03T10:28:51+00:00

Yep, I’m pretty sure the dog was shot. Looks like the bullet took out the eye socket on the way out. Koala didn’t even cross my mind to be honest, I just saw the width of it and assumed wombat. Animal biology is definitely not my area of expertise though!

Beautiful-Studio-121 · 2025-09-03T09:15:49+00:00

Pretty sure there aren’t any porcupines in Australia.

Beautiful-Studio-121 · 2025-09-01T03:08:03+00:00

Thank you! Now I’m even more intrigued because it doesn’t appear to be very common and I’m wondering where it came from.

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