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Re:Lord Howe/New Caladonia

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Subject: Re:Lord Howe/New Caladonia
From: Thyer <>
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 22:27:02 +1000
> 
> Just as a by the way, did anyone else pick up the gaff on Attenborough,s
> Life of Birds last Sunday when an aerial shot of Lord Howe was refereed to
> as New Caladonia!!
> 
> Cheers
> John Walter

Yes John,I wonder how that happened?
Another classic gaff on an Attenborough program was on Kingfishers,where
a Laughing Kookaburra is shown at the nest in an arid, sparsely treed
area of the outback and in the background a Wompoo Fruit-Dove keeps
calling!!
Makes yer larf hey!!
Cheers
Les Thyer

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