>Dear Margaret,
>Sponsor me: I am further north. That team is all run-down Queenslanders
>anyway.
Glen Ingram
Brisbane, Australia
"He who laughs, lasts."
>
>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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