Thursday, March 18, 2010

Things Australian

Just wanted to share a few pictures. One of the striking things about Australia is all the indigenous beasties they have. Like Plate Spiders. They're called that because they are the size of dinner plates...

Here's a picture of an Australian house cat. They're not that different from American house cats except the slightly longer aft legs:

















This Saltwater Crocodile was *extremely* well trained and mellow. They also feed him a lot before bringing him out for the photos. Also, I think liability laws are different here than in the States:




























This is a less well behaved "Saltie". He weighs more than 2,200 lbs. They don't let the kids near him:














A bit of civilization:

2 comments:

dank0 said...

Hello Maurice,
Today I was googling up some sailing blogs with the intention of trying your advice. I tried to contact you on your mobile phone after you left Autodesk, but without luck. Someone told me that you sold your house and that you're on the water. I did a search for your name on google and the first title I got was "Drama at Sea". My initial thought 'oh no!' but I read the whole story and found out that you are a Hero :-) (and apparently handsome one too hehe). It's a little bit late, but I have to say wow. Is it possible to get your email or Skype? I would like to ask you a few questions. And btw, I want to thank you for your advice (again ;-) about Fiji. We (my girlfriend and I) are planning to move to Ovalau or Australia - Queensland.
Take care now!
-Daniel

MC said...

Hi Daniel. You can reach me at mauriceconti -at- yahoo -dot- com

Cheers,

Maurice