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-----Original Message-----
From: Barbara Preston
Sent: Monday, 11 January 2010 5:42 PM
To:
Subject: tortoises on the roads
While travelling through very wet northern NSW (from south of Walcha to west
of Inverell, then down to the coast) early in the new year we saw many, many
tortoises crossing the country roads (and lots of frogs).
It was good to see them - the tortoises were treasures of my country
childhood in central western NSW, when I would ride to dams around our
property and search for tiny babies (2cm diam) around the water edges and
take them to the homes I created in the garden or under the tankstand -
ponds with islands, lots of plants etc, and rather flimsy fences so they
usually were gone after a few days. Not an activity I would now recommend
.... when I went away to boarding school, the always ultimately
unsuccessful search for baby tortoises around the dam edges was a repeated
theme of my dreams.
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From: "Geoffrey Dabb" <>
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 12:25 PM
To: <>
Subject: FW: [canberrabirds] tortoise or turtle
> Sent to Elizabeth, but bounced. Try this way.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geoffrey Dabb
> Sent: Monday, 11 January 2010 8:19 AM
> To: 'Elizabeth Compston'
> Subject: RE: [canberrabirds] tortoise or turtle
>
> An old chestnut Elizabeth. In brief, US and English/Australian usage
> varies
>
> English/Aust: They are all tortoises except the marine ones with flippers
> US: They are all turtles except the domed 'box tortoises', Galapagos
> tortoises etc
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elizabeth Compston
> Sent: Sunday, 10 January 2010 8:00 PM
> To: Canberra Birds
> Subject: [canberrabirds] tortoise or turtle
>
>
> Is the long-necked---? a turtle or a tortoise?
>
> Elizabeth
>
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