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Re: 1997 Birds Australia Twitchathon

To: "Conole, Lawrie" <>
Subject: Re: 1997 Birds Australia Twitchathon
From: Margaret Cameron <>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 12:27:07 +1000
Gosh Lawrie I thought I'd be faster this year

Do you want me to sponsor you this way again or as before? ($1 a bird for
each not seen on the other's list?) You have more scope for improvement
than we do and given the youth and energy of your team wil probably
overtake us

Margaret

ps Anyone else I know (or don't know) in Birding-aus is welcome to sponsor
us, as we are old and boring we don't have a quaint name we are Very
Serious Birdwatchers

At 06:43 PM 18/09/97 +1000, Conole, Lawrie wrote:
>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
>
>
>
>
Margaret Cameron                                        03 5229 9792
4 Connor Street
East Geelong 
Victoria 3219
Australia

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