Hi all,
Apologies from Jacqueline...of course the Saturday start time described below
should have read "3:59pm", not "2:59pm".
Beware the use of "Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V" she says!
Mick Roderick
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From: Mick Roderick <>
To: Birding Aus <>
Cc: Farm Plough <>; David Geering
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Sent: Friday, 5 December, 2008 9:49:37 PM
Subject: [Birding-Aus] "The ABC of Good Brewing" - The Hunter Home Brewers 2008
Twitchathon Story
Hi all,
Herewith the Hunter Home Brewers 2008 Twitchathon wrap-up, direct from the pen
of Jacqueline Winter. Hope you all enjoy it.
As always, I worry about formatting but this looks perfect to me as I send it,
so here goes...
Mick Roderick
Twitchathon 2008 – "The ABC of Good Brewing"
October 2008 and the calendar was gravitating heavily towards the annual NSW /
ACT Twitchathon. The lead-up to the 2008 event was punctuated by the screening
of “Chasing Birds” on ABC TV – a film that documented 3 teams and the goings-on
during the 2003 Twitchathon. Mick Brew had endured a string of ABC radio
interviews in the days preceding the show though this didn’t prevent him from
carrying out some ‘good oil gathering’ in the preparation for the Hunter Home
Brewers title defence.
“Chasing Birds” screened the Thursday evening before the 2008 Twitch. Around 8
hours after the show had ended the Brewers were on the road, headed for the
same locations they had just watched themselves running around on national
television – generally the same locations anyway. Perhaps it was the
humiliation of being done over like a Barking Owl’s breakfast on national
television that spurred them on this year? More likely it was the sniff of a
3rd consecutive victory, aspiring to join the now legendary ‘Grey Toilet
Thrushes’ and sparring partners, the ‘Whacked Out Woodswallows’, as teams to
have achieved the elusive hat trick of wins.
Following mid-year threats of changing their now tried and tested route, the
boys decided that if they did actually get the hat trick, that they would agree
to try something different in 2009. Besides, there was a reasonable amount of
face to be saved after seeing the cringe-worthy complacency of lying around in
a park in the 2003 silver-screened affair in which they were monstered by the
Woodswallows, as well as being beaten by local doyens, the Hunter Thickheads.
The bottom line was that it was simply too tempting not to head back onto the
same route, especially in light of the ruthless efficiency they had now built
upon with this run.
And so it was, Mick, Steve, Ando and Grena Brew piled into Larry Landcruiser
and were Gunners-bound early on the Friday morn. Eric the Esky was primed and
the predictions in the annual ‘Twitch Tab’ were mooted before the Brewers
embarked on the ‘Dummy Run’. Cracker’s Disco was held on the Friday night, with
the Brewer’s voting their Top 10 Twitch moments to celebrate their 10th
campaign this year. They will be pleased to explain what these are in person.
Come 2:59pm Saturday and 3 of the Brewers were locked onto a perched Red-winged
Parrot, which soon thereafter became Bird No. 1, keeping the Twitch Tab bookies
happy. A new record was set at their starting point this year, with a total of
51 seconds spent there. They all agreed that this was highly inefficient
birding and jumped quickly into the vehicle to get to the next location.
Spotted Harrier and Plum-headed Finches were welcome accomplices to the
customary White-winged Fairy-Wrens and Singing Bushlarks on their next tick
session.
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