OHbaby! Forums : Tasmania Australia

OHbaby! Forums : Tasmania Australia https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:37:18 +0000 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:45:43 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=15792 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Tasmania Australia : Fleur they are visiting from Bunnythorpe...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=339455&title=tasmania-australia#339455 Author: mummy_becks
Subject: 15792
Posted: 30 March 2008 at 6:45pm

Fleur they are visiting from Bunnythorpe

]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:45:43 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=339455&title=tasmania-australia#339455 <![CDATA[Tasmania Australia : Emma I have a phobia about birds,...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=339141&title=tasmania-australia#339141 Author: caliandjack
Subject: 15792
Posted: 30 March 2008 at 9:47am

Emma I have a phobia about birds, for me it comes from being attacked by a goose at Western Springs when I was 3yrs old on a kindy trip.

Emus scare me, they're so big.

Doing film studies on Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds didn't help either.

I haven't been to Tassie, I have been to most of the Eastern States of Australia and I love the place, there is a lot to offer, I'm always surprised at how different Australia is to NZ.

As for inbreeding, you should try Feilding, everyone looks the same.

]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:47:56 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=339141&title=tasmania-australia#339141 <![CDATA[Tasmania Australia : Tassie is a lovely place.....to...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=339130&title=tasmania-australia#339130 Author: peanut butter
Subject: 15792
Posted: 30 March 2008 at 9:33am

Tassie is a lovely place.....to visit! I have friends there and I also worked there for a month. The Tassie accent REALLY got to me after a while. Even old ladies sound crass.

As for the inbreedng. You think Waiuk is bad (my hubby is born and bred waiukuian), the west coast is worse, then you get Tassie, THEN you get Tassies west coast OMFG....all freaks!!!! If only I could do accents in text I could tell you a great story about Irene!

But seriously it is a beautiful state and the people have a different attitude to other aussie states. I think itsthe fact that the rest of Oz picks on them some what.....very similar ot NZ I guess

The country side is beautiful and some places are very much like NZ, I even took photos to prove that their bush is like our bush.

The houses are like ours, villas and bungalows etc.

But dont know if I'd be happy living there full time.]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:33:01 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=339130&title=tasmania-australia#339130 <![CDATA[Tasmania Australia : Emma Maya did good with the clown...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=339056&title=tasmania-australia#339056 Author: mummy_becks
Subject: 15792
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 11:55pm

Emma Maya did good with the clown in Welly last year thou.

]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:55:44 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=339056&title=tasmania-australia#339056 <![CDATA[Tasmania Australia : LOL M2L, hilarious mental images! Cassowaries!...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=339053&title=tasmania-australia#339053 Author: caraMel
Subject: 15792
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 11:53pm

LOL M2L, hilarious mental images!

Cassowaries! Man those birds are freaky! They look completely prehistoric and MEAN! I was freaking out at Wildlife World when I thought it was looking at me even though it was behind glass!]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:53:25 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=339053&title=tasmania-australia#339053 <![CDATA[Tasmania Australia : An umbrella fold pram that is...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=339024&title=tasmania-australia#339024 Author: BuzzyBee
Subject: 15792
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 11:24pm

An umbrella fold pram that is ....one that is not meant for rough terrain LOL! ...trust me.

I like how Mum never mentioned that they chase & attack people UNTIL we were about a metre away from a huge flock of them when they turned and started heading towards us ...never run so bloody fast in my life]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:24:20 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=339024&title=tasmania-australia#339024 <![CDATA[Tasmania Australia : I don't like seagulls I must...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=339020&title=tasmania-australia#339020 Author: BuzzyBee
Subject: 15792
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 11:22pm

I don't like seagulls I must admit ...their eyes! They were flying low over us at the duck pond today.

AND now that I remember ...geese at the botanic gardens ...chasing us ARGH, you should have seen me literally running for the hills (man its tough work pushing a pram and running up/down hills at the same time LOL)!]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:22:43 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=339020&title=tasmania-australia#339020 <![CDATA[Tasmania Australia : LMAO my Maya is pathologically...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=339005&title=tasmania-australia#339005 Author: Maya
Subject: 15792
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 11:17pm

LMAO my Maya is pathologically afraid of clowns! As in she gets incredibly anxious at even the suggestion that there is going to be a clown somewhere. We're good at phobias in our family lol.

And crows? Ewwww! The worst of the worst. Except Cassowaries which are totally evil.]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:17:24 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=339005&title=tasmania-australia#339005 <![CDATA[Tasmania Australia : Everyone has their phobias ...I...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=339001&title=tasmania-australia#339001 Author: BuzzyBee
Subject: 15792
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 11:15pm

Everyone has their phobias ...I can understand your fear of birds though. They are pretty darn hideous when you look up at them close.

We have a blackbird that sits on the railing outside our window ....every morning, now thats just creepy!

It's people with a phobia of clows that crack me up, how can people honestly be scared of a person wearing facepaint & silly clothes? ]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:15:39 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=339001&title=tasmania-australia#339001 <![CDATA[Tasmania Australia : Yes birds. I am pathologically...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338984&title=tasmania-australia#338984 Author: Maya
Subject: 15792
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 11:09pm

Yes birds. I am pathologically afraid of them. My psychiatrist tells me it's not normal. My therapist thinks its coz I had traumatic childhood experiences with birds...

But seriously: feathers, beaks, claws, beady eyes... what is RIGHT about that?]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:09:37 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338984&title=tasmania-australia#338984 <![CDATA[Tasmania Australia : LOL! ...well waiuku is basically...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338931&title=tasmania-australia#338931 Author: BuzzyBee
Subject: 15792
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 10:50pm

LOL! ...well waiuku is basically an extension of Puke!

But in saying that, Puke has a nice little township. Would much rather live out there than Papakura -a tad bit safer! But then nowadays is anywhere safe? ....anywhere in NZ? ]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:50:55 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338931&title=tasmania-australia#338931 <![CDATA[Tasmania Australia : LOL birds emma!!!!!!! seriously....???? tazzie...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338918&title=tasmania-australia#338918 Author: Bombshell
Subject: 15792
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 10:47pm

LOL birds emma!!!!!!! seriously....????

tazzie is a bit inbred....but kinda like going to pukekohe really - EVERYONE knows EVERYONE and the oldies esp need to know WHO you are related to...or like me going to coromandel and oldies demanding to know my lineage cause i look like half of the coromandelites! LOL!!!!]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:47:57 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338918&title=tasmania-australia#338918 <![CDATA[Tasmania Australia : Omg Birds? ...dare I ask? Eww...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338905&title=tasmania-australia#338905 Author: BuzzyBee
Subject: 15792
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 10:44pm

Omg Birds? ...dare I ask?

Eww blackbirds ...or birds that dive bomb you!

]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:44:45 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338905&title=tasmania-australia#338905 <![CDATA[Tasmania Australia : Nah, Taranaki is inbred hick country...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338893&title=tasmania-australia#338893 Author: Maya
Subject: 15792
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 10:41pm

Nah, Taranaki is inbred hick country here lol (I can say that, my family are from there for generations!), esp Inglewood.

I'm not scared of any insects. Birds are a diferent story...]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:41:49 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338893&title=tasmania-australia#338893 <![CDATA[Tasmania Australia : And when you mention inbred hicks,...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338887&title=tasmania-australia#338887 Author: BuzzyBee
Subject: 15792
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 10:40pm

And when you mention inbred hicks, I think of Waiuku in Auckland LOL! ....everyone seems to be related or know everyone else there! (No offense to Waiuku residents on here ...I have a lot of friends out there) ...]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:40:00 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338887&title=tasmania-australia#338887 <![CDATA[Tasmania Australia : Yeah I'd like to think somehow...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338883&title=tasmania-australia#338883 Author: BuzzyBee
Subject: 15792
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 10:38pm

Yeah I'd like to think somehow that throwing myself in the deep end, or in this case in a country/state FULL OF SPIDERS might cure my phobia ....YEAH RIGHT!

We've lived with Weta's all around our section (lots of native trees) for all my life, and I'm definitely not immune to them LOL! Try having them drop on your shoulder when you walk outside ....least to say I screamed my bloody lungs out!]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:38:51 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338883&title=tasmania-australia#338883 <![CDATA[Tasmania Australia : And the mining thing was Launseston. Ha...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338875&title=tasmania-australia#338875 Author: mummy_becks
Subject: 15792
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 10:37pm

And the mining thing was Launseston.

Ha that what they say about WA isn't full of western Australians.

]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:37:37 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338875&title=tasmania-australia#338875 <![CDATA[Tasmania Australia : The massacre was at Port Arthur. The...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338867&title=tasmania-australia#338867 Author: Maya
Subject: 15792
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 10:34pm

The massacre was at Port Arthur.

The prob with tasmania is that it's full of Tasmanians...

LOL, seriously tho, I know nothing about it except that us mainlanders like to give them stick about being inbred hicks. I'm not actually an Aussie (thank God) but lived there for quite a while when I was growing up. We were in Sydney, used to get Huntsman spiders the size of your hand in our shower, but they're harmless, I think that's part of the reason I've never been afraid of spiders.]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:34:56 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338867&title=tasmania-australia#338867 <![CDATA[Tasmania Australia : I do remember that massacre in...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338856&title=tasmania-australia#338856 Author: mummy_becks
Subject: 15792
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 10:32pm

I do remember that massacre in Tas, but Tas is quite big as well.

]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:32:08 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338856&title=tasmania-australia#338856 <![CDATA[Tasmania Australia : I think I'll avoid Melbourne...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338855&title=tasmania-australia#338855 Author: BuzzyBee
Subject: 15792
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 10:32pm

I think I'll avoid Melbourne altogether ...just to be on the safe side

]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:32:07 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338855&title=tasmania-australia#338855 <![CDATA[Tasmania Australia : LOL yeah melbourne is a big enough...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338850&title=tasmania-australia#338850 Author: Bombshell
Subject: 15792
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 10:30pm

LOL yeah melbourne is a big enough place not to run into him....]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:30:45 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338850&title=tasmania-australia#338850 <![CDATA[Tasmania Australia : LOL big brother, that was 'random'...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338847&title=tasmania-australia#338847 Author: BuzzyBee
Subject: 15792
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 10:29pm

LOL big brother, that was 'random' as the kids these days say! ...

No doubt he'd still have an excuse like 'can't afford a boat trip' (that's IF i was to even attempt to make contact ...which i certainly WOULD NOT)

ETA: would be odd knowing he was THAT close to home though ...as it stands I like to think he doesn't exist or at least lives on another planet!

Edited by Mum2Lucas]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:29:51 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338847&title=tasmania-australia#338847 <![CDATA[Tasmania Australia : I think I'm going to google...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338839&title=tasmania-australia#338839 Author: BuzzyBee
Subject: 15792
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 10:28pm

I think I'm going to google the massacre, sounds interesting! Mum said thats the only bad thing she can recall hearing about Tasmania.]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:28:18 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338839&title=tasmania-australia#338839 <![CDATA[Tasmania Australia : yeah and that girl who won big...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338834&title=tasmania-australia#338834 Author: Bombshell
Subject: 15792
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 10:27pm

yeah and that girl who won big brother that time...LOL!]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:27:13 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338834&title=tasmania-australia#338834 <![CDATA[Tasmania Australia : Hmm BS funny you mention Melbourne,...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338832&title=tasmania-australia#338832 Author: BuzzyBee
Subject: 15792
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 10:27pm

Hmm BS funny you mention Melbourne, thats where the 'sperm donor' escaped to & is living permanently...]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:27:02 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338832&title=tasmania-australia#338832 <![CDATA[Tasmania Australia : There are a lot of mines in Tas,...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338823&title=tasmania-australia#338823 Author: mummy_becks
Subject: 15792
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 10:24pm

There are a lot of mines in Tas, remeber the miners that got trapped.

]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:24:14 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338823&title=tasmania-australia#338823 <![CDATA[Tasmania Australia : dont be too worried about those...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338814&title=tasmania-australia#338814 Author: Bombshell
Subject: 15792
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 10:22pm

dont be too worried about those things...but it is different too here.

I went to tazzie a while back (OMG anyone remember Big fresh doing the 2 for one flights to oz? - well I took mum!)...loved it, ate heaps of crayfish...they are in abundance. Divine fish and chips...LOL.....

my idea of tazzie was it was kinda small town NZ....very similar and in parts you could swear you were in the sth island. Does snow in parts (like in ruapehu etc) - I can show you thru some photos one day if youd like to see more and if it gets serious...

I liked it...Im not a small town girl so not sure i could handle most of it to live there...some parts are very arty farty, but there is some amazing history...like the old gaols....and the ghost tour at the place where the massacre was...Ok SOOOO not trying to scare you tho...LOL!

to get to melbourne is a boat or plane ride...boat gets pretty rough and mum and i were the only people able to eat - the rest were too busy upchucing! but close to melbourne....I love melb shopping!!!!

]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:22:38 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338814&title=tasmania-australia#338814 <![CDATA[Tasmania Australia : Can't say too much for Tas...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338788&title=tasmania-australia#338788 Author: mummy_becks
Subject: 15792
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 10:15pm

Can't say too much for Tas as i'm not from there, but I was born and raised (until I was 4) in Brisbane. All I remember about the creepy crawly things were the ants nothing like the ants in NZ. My mum was bitten by one the other day and it was nasty.

]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:15:13 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338788&title=tasmania-australia#338788 <![CDATA[Tasmania Australia : Can someone tell me what it's...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338771&title=tasmania-australia#338771 Author: BuzzyBee
Subject: 15792
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 10:10pm

Can someone tell me what it's like over there? I've never hopped on a plane or even been outside of Auckland really (except one small holiday stint to rotorua when I was younger).

Talk with parents is that Tasmania may be on the cards, if not moving to another part of Aussie. I'm secretly excited but don't want to get my hopes up as I've been let down various times before LOL!

But for anyone thats visited there, can you give me a bit of feedback, what is the spider/snakes/geeko situation like? I have a terrible case of arachnophobia (fear of spiders ....all creepy crawlies in my case) so am not liking the sounds of aussie from stories i've heard, BUT at the same time I can't wait to get out of here, been living in a hole that is South Auckland all my life, same house and all. I want a better life for Lucas.

TIA ]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:10:47 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15792&PID=338771&title=tasmania-australia#338771