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."
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>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
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>Get in early .....
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>Please consider my worthy team, the Common Driving-Petrolheads, for your
>sponsorship dollar in the 1997 Birds Australia Twitchathon!!
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>* Lawrie Conole <>
>* Grant Baverstock <>
>* Russell Woodford <>
>* Susan Myers <>
>* Stuart Dashper <>
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>(Either that or muster a team yourself & get out there amongst the
>Spring birds.)
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>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!!
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>Lawrie Conole
>Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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