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RE: 1997 Birds Australia Twitchathon

To: "'Conole, Lawrie'" <>
Subject: RE: 1997 Birds Australia Twitchathon
From: Glen Ingram <>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 10:13:28 +1000
Watch out Lawrie. The South Africans are looking to take you on too!

Coming up, we have a team "The Maneaters" in the USA run BIG SIT (17ft
diameter circle). Are any other Aussie teams in this?


Glen Ingram
Brisbane, Australia


"He who laughs, lasts."


>----------
>From:  Conole, Lawrie[SMTP:
>Sent:  Thursday, 18 September 1997 6:43PM
>To:    'ozbird'
>Cc:    'Grant Baverstock'; 'Russell Woodford'; 'Susan Myers'; 'Stuart Dashper'
>Subject:       1997 Birds Australia Twitchathon
>
>Get in early .....
>
>Please consider my worthy team, the Common Driving-Petrolheads, for your
>sponsorship dollar in the 1997 Birds Australia Twitchathon!!  
>
>*      Lawrie Conole <>
>*      Grant Baverstock <>
>*      Russell Woodford <>
>*      Susan Myers <>
>*      Stuart Dashper <>
>
>(Either that or muster a team yourself & get out there amongst the
>Spring birds.)
>
>We've been in a rut the last 2 years with totals of 158 and 159, but
>this year we've planned it to the n-th degree and hope to get at least
>another 20 species on top of that.  Our route will start at a secret
>location somewhere between Bendigo and Echuca, & wend its way down
>through central Victoria, over towards Lorne, down & around the Geelong
>area, and back through the obligatory Werribee Farm before cruising in
>to the Zoo to take first prize (joke).  So at $0.20 a species, you'd
>only be up for about $30-$40, and it all goes to a good cause (this year
>it's the Black-eared Miner - that most controversial & rarest of
>mainland Oz birds!!).
>
>Come on Birding-Ausers, tell us about your teams, or pledge your
>monies!!
>
>Lawrie Conole
>Geelong, Victoria, Australia
>
>
>
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