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Hope all is well with Doof

Lovely photo. What a good looking pair they were.

Saw this advertised on Gumtree and thought there might be some on here who are interested in it. http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/canberra-region/digital-cameras/opportunity-steve-parish-nature-photography-seminar-18-may-act-/1044845913

Great photos. I'm always surprised when I see Elephants at just how small their mouth actually is, considering their size.

T, I think they would love that and what a gracious gesture on your part. It would let them know that all their hard work is appreciated by others, even if they aren't told that every day. RIP Lulu

Sorry to hear about your MIL's friend Abbie. It's always so much harder when they're young and there is no apparent reason for it.

I drove from Canberra to Perth last August and loved it. I would have loved to go via Broken Hill, but I was travelling with a friend so we went Mildura, Renmark, Burra, Clare. Make sure you stop in at Head of Bight. Might not be the greatest time of year now, but we saw so many whales and calves. It was amazing. All of a sudden it was mid afternoon and we needed to be on the road again. Enjoy your trip. There is so much to see and it was nothing like I expected. Jonah looks like he is being a very well behaved boy. Be careful at the roadside stops, as many have already said, there are 1080 baits all over the place. Most are signposted, but I would keep him on a lead at all times just in case.

Rest easy everyone. It's been found. In the very last place any teenage boy is ever going to look. His toilet bag! :laugh: Must have put it in there when we were coming home from Uluru for some reason. That's the last time his camera and toilet bag were in the same place. Unfortunately not in time to charge the battery for him to take it with him on his 3 day hike.

Sorry to hear this Rozzie. It doesn't matter how long you have them, it's never long enough. How lucky you were to share his life for so long

I actually bought mine after you posted about yours. I briefly read the instructions and got it on my head that my phone wouldn't fit in its case when I fitted the mounting ring. I put the packet aside, in a semi safe place and haven't looked at it again. I might have to now and see if what I thought was correct or not... Eta - your pics are great too Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - now Free

I charged it for him, on the kitchen bench. It's not in any of the places I normally put chargers after I use them - both my camera chargers were there tho. Not under his bed - we had to make sure there was nothing under there because our old puss liked to sleep under there. All the typical places have been searched. I have no doubt it will turn up at some stage in a very safe place... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - now Free

Wow, she has some seriously nice photos. I've bought one of those little lenses for my phone, but never tried it. I might just have to now.

More than likely, but it's actually surprisingly clean at the moment - the beauty of school holidays and the threats of "no sleepovers, no friends over, no movies while your room looks like that." And I went through all his drawers to clean out the clothes that no longer fit and didn't find it. We can find the box, the download cord and instruction manual. Just not the charger. I have a Panasonic point and shoot as well and of course, the battery in his camera is marginally bigger than mine, so it's not compatible.

Just wondering if anyone has purchased after market battery chargers for their camera batteries and if you have had any problems? My son has used his Christmas gift camera on a grand total of two occasions and has managed to "misplace" the battery charger. I've been looking on ebay and I can get one for his model camera for less than $10 from Asia. If I want to splash out and spend up to $20, I can also get spare batteries. I'm not interested in the batteries - I've heard too many stories about after market batteries ending in tears and a camera that doesn't work, but I can't see that a charger would have the same problem? (It's a small point and shoot panasonic camera. The batteries apparently have a chip in them which the after market batteries don't and using other batteries will ruin your camera. No idea if it's true, or just a Panasonic rumour to make you buy branded products, but it's not a risk I'm prepared to take) Of course, he's going away on a school camp tomorrow, so I'm not going to get anything in time for that, but I would like to get something before he goes OS in June. I also don't want to spend a fortune on a branded product if I don't have to, because Murphy's law is bound to come into play and it will turn up as soon as I buy a replacement.

Hahaha. Wish she had shown us some of her photos though :laugh:

Oh my. I have a new favourite forum! I've already wasted many hours surfing through the "Photo sharing" section. So many fabulous photos. Boy oh boy do I have some work to do before I would be willing to post a photo on that site. Thanks T! What a great site

Ah, thanks for that. How do you know the co-relation between the X00 and the rebel model number? I wouldn't have guessed that the 700D was T5i - is there some small trick to it?

Thanks for that. I know that with the Panasonic Lumix cameras they are different things in America than Australia, but they are the same camera, so I thought Canon might be the same

With the EOS models of Canon Cameras, are they called different things depending on where you are? Eg - is the 70D the same as a 700D? Or are they different models? Whenever I look at Lenses on Amazon, they always have a "will this lens fit my camera" and when I go into that, and select EOS, it never has the 700D listed. Am I missing something? Or are they just called different things in different countries?

He's a very cute boy, with the cutest black nose out Enjoy him and keep posting photos

Thank you all. He really has left a hole in my heart. And only an hour or so after posting this, I got a call from the Vet to say that his ashes had been returned and were ready to be picked up. To say I didn't have a very productive day at work would be an understatement.

Somehow, no matter what time of day it was, I would always start tiptoeing if I walked into the bedroom and you were still curled up asleep You shared the first day of school with all our kids, you helped them unwrap birthday and Christmas presents. You were a beautiful man and I'm missing you like crazy. I was your devoted door slave and now feel redundant. Thanks for sharing our lives and trusting us with yours. Goodbye is definitely the hardest word Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - now Free

We said goodbye to my beautiful Ginger puss on 05April14. He was 17 1/2, coming to us as an 8 week old kitten as a Christmas present for our two daughters Later, we had a son who shared Ginger's birthday He was a lovely boy, very tolerant of the kids and he taught them about love, affection and commitment. He loved a bit of time in the garden He was big on quality control and always had to check the standards of any boxes in the house He also loved "helping", whether it was by sitting on the craftwork I was doing, sitting on the bed I was trying to make, or amongst the piles of washing I was folding He was always trying to further his education and finally managed to get the 12 X tables down pat Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - now Free

I've only ever had that one bitch that came into season, but she certainly managed to spray her perfume right out into the neighbourhood. Any other bitches I've had were desexed well before they came into season. My mum and dad kept Corgis when I was very young. One day mum was taking the washing out to hang on the line and our in season bitch got between her legs and raced out into the yard. By the time mum realised what had happened, put the washing basket down and run down the stairs, the next door mutt was over the fence and having his wicked way with her. Mum was beside herself because it was a decent sized dog. Fortunately, she wasn't pregnant either. I think that was probably slightly different circumstances than mine because that male dog was in close proximity generally anyway, so he was probably slathering about her all the time

It would be interesting to know how the dog came to be at the vet - there is a lot that's supposed in this story. http://www.smh.com.au/wa-news/stolen-dog-comes-home-after-seven-years-20140315-34tln.html?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=outbrainamplify A little Perth boy has been reunited with his dog seven years after the collie was stolen. Kai Cummings was just a baby when his family bought Sam, the border collie, but Sam was only around for a short time before he disappeared. Kai's dad Simon, a Victoria Park physiologist, said: "We live beside a park and Sam was in the park for his constitutional when he disappeared. I am fairly sure he was stolen." Simon's wife Nikki spent a lot of time putting up posters asking for information about Sam - but the family heard nothing. But recently Nikki got a phone call from the Wish Animal Rescue group who told her a dog had been surrendered to them and a scan had shown a microchip which proved that the dog belonged to the Cummings family. "The phone call was like a bolt out of the blue," Mr Cummings said. But Sam was in a bad way and the vets had to do a lot of work before he could be given back to the Cummings. "When I went to pick him up he was completely shaved," Mr Cummings said. "He had a big flea infection down his back and his back legs. He had a surgical drain in his cheek draining an abscess - the infection caused by a grass seed working its way into his skin. He'd had more than three hours of surgery." Mr Cummings said Sam was a bit distrustful of his new surroundings to begin with - but has quickly become one of the family again. The family suspects he was stolen and kept in a "puppy factory" for all the years that he was missing. "He's obviously very happy to back with us now," Mr Cummings said. "He loves life now, loves it when we taken him to South Beach in Fremantle. He loves swimming and chasing the ball and he loves having play fights with our other dog Billy." And Kai is delighted to have his first dog back home again. Read more: http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/stolen-dog-comes-home-after-seven-years-20140315-34tln.html#ixzz2yT996AiN