Bush Chooks 1

barcoo river

The real thing

early machinery

machinery

GALAH CREEK

 Hahahahahaha.  They are emus and yes they are farmed for both their meat and the skins.

Below is a photo of some on a farm on the Warrego Highway between Brisbane and Toowoomba.



Derek

Little_Kopit wrote on Dec 6^th, 2006 at 9:20pm:


No I wouldnt but others may have different views.  I have only ever eaten it in a pie.


Derek

Hey PD being from the barcoo is a religion in itself "Well" thats what they tell me anyway and the photos of the old machinery should have bought back a few memories I know it was my thoughts of you and Mikel that prompted me to take the photos at Illfracombe. and LK that water tank is a fair dincum Furphy so now you know what I was explaining when you asked what a Furphyslinger was and "Bush Chook" the call them that because they taste FOWL" .

Dear God what a font of information at times
Cheers Furphy       (Must be the silly season coming on guys)

Deck the halls with oh you know how it goes

Heres some more "bush chooks". Juveniles this time and quite curious
cheers mikel

PD. You have seen a list of what I carry in the back of the truck. What you havn't been told about is what goes on top of the canopy.
We have to keep away from low clearance bridges!
mikel

Mike, are you saying those purty little outback chickies will race you?

Who gets the best of it when a car, just a car, not a 4wd, not a pick up, just a car, nails 1 of them?  BTW how much does an adult bird weigh.

{{Old farm machinery is on display at a neighbors.}}


(BTW, speaking of decking the halls,  we already have snow, but it may go as I speak)

Ok, Furphy, let's play my animal does greater damage than your animal.



That picture is rather famous.  Deer, caribou and moose are to be watched out for on the road.  Many of us in this province try to stay off the roads at night for this reason.

Oh, PD, item for your fav. menu.

An adult moose will run 500 kg or more to the bull and 400 kg or so for the cow.

G'day Kel, I can support your figures, a couple of years ago travelling south on the Matilda Highway from Barcaldine to Blackall we counted an average of twenty fresh roadkills per kilometre, pigs, goats, roos you name it.

We turned off at Blackall and continued south thru Adavale and maybe because of less traffic or that it was unfenced but there were'nt nearly as many carcases.

Many years ago I worked in Darwin for a short while and the drivers of the road trains coming up from down south would talk of cleaning up a buffalo or two. Those pulling three trailers travel at about 80kph and slow down for nothing, you need a pretty hefty bullbar to blow a buff off the road without denting yourself, imagine it !!

pd

Remembering the story the old uncle told about the brother in law from the big smoke came his first bush visit.
Next morning  Old UNC asked his new city bil one egg or two and how many toasts . Two please was the reply. The old fella then fried two EMU eggs served with slices of toast.
My grandmother always said that one Emu egg was equeal to 12 emu eggs.  Imagine sitting down to 24 fried eggs.
The old lady used to make the most light  and tasty sponge cakes with Emu eggs.
She was a real keen fisher and swore by Emu guts as bait, and had a score of big Murry Cod to prove it.
Back then the Emu was fair game and I must have shot hundreds for dog meat, light a fire, cut it up  and burn the feathers off and feed the dogs.

Bloody hell someone has stolen my idenity and posted this   
I did not neva dun dis sorta fing it is illleggelll
me isa good BUSH BOY an I kant spel 
KEV

Desus qurist cuz torken like dat brung back a lot a mem meme old finking
i waz jarst lyke old tymes heerin ya voyce again
Furp

Are they what they eat?  & what do they eat?  Does ye know?

(Marsh grass, half rotted marsh grass maybe)