Comments on: The Aussie Scenic Public Loo that WASN’T! https://www.redzaustralia.com/2013/12/the-aussie-scenic-public-loo-that-wasnt/ go-see-do guide for adventurous travellers Sun, 26 May 2019 08:35:31 +0000 hourly 1 By: Iris Flavia https://www.redzaustralia.com/2013/12/the-aussie-scenic-public-loo-that-wasnt/#comment-8137 Thu, 19 Dec 2013 20:16:47 +0000 http://www.redzaustralia.com/wp/?p=15#comment-8137 Beautiful pics, esp whilst seeing all the grey here every day now!
Can you believe it – not one (real) Black Swan spotted in Perth this time – how can that be?!
Still have the feeling I haven´t really arrived home, Perth/Australia is still so close in “my heart/mind”…

]]> By: Red Nomad OZ https://www.redzaustralia.com/2013/12/the-aussie-scenic-public-loo-that-wasnt/#comment-8112 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 01:47:56 +0000 http://www.redzaustralia.com/wp/?p=15#comment-8112 @Jill – The origin of ‘twitchers’ is lost in the mists of time, which is a fancy way of saying I haven’t had time to google it!!!! No noticeable smell – for us, anyway – but I hope it was wafting all around the BIG lenses!! Maybe I’m just getting cantakerous, but I found them irritating rather than intimidating!!!
@Imagebloke – thank you!
@Linley – Hahahaha! They’d have got more than they bargained for if they did!!!! Besides … if they publish me squatting, I’ll publish them on the wrong levee bank! That’s only fair, right?!?!?!
@Susan – I am SOOOOOO flattered … but now I’ve got writers block – how can I possibly top the poo ponds in my next post?!?!?! Please feel free to drop by anytime with comments like these – look forward to reading more from you on your own blog!!
@TMWH – It would be the ULTIMATE public loo if they ever put one there!!!!! Maybe I should start up a petition??!!
@Our Photos – Thank you, and same to you!!
@EG Camera Girl – It’s just a giant practical joke that birds love sewage ponds so much!! But I learned a valuable lesson about taking my photographic opportunities where I find them!!!

]]> By: Red Nomad OZ https://www.redzaustralia.com/2013/12/the-aussie-scenic-public-loo-that-wasnt/#comment-8111 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 01:40:36 +0000 http://www.redzaustralia.com/wp/?p=15#comment-8111 @ladyfi – Well, that’s the sewage ponds for you!! I was certainly surprised to find them so colourful and scenic – but of course nothing will outdo your own personal lake in Sweden!
@Beach Bum – Well, they will just have to learn to live with their disappointment … we had just as much right to be there as them – even more considering we were actually on the legal track, they’d actually driven onto the WRONG LEVEE BANK!!! Maybe one day I’ll publish the pic I took!!
@Manzanita – HHHMMMmmm… Hedlund? Not sure where that is … if it’s Port Hedland, a mining town in Western OZ, then the <24 hours I spent there on my one and only visit were more than enough for a lifetime! Let me know if that’s the place you mean!!
@whiteangel – Couldn’t believe the number of waders – and it wasn’t even the peak season for them!! I’ll never pass judgement on sewage ponds again!!
@Sallie – Hahaha, it’s just that I find the world of serious twitching a little pretentious!!! But I’ll never knock back an opportunity for Pilchard to show me a good time like this!!!
@Fun60 – Haha! Looks like you’re up for a return trip just to come here!!! Surprisingly, there was no smell – I think the ponds accessible to the public are at the end of the sewage’s long journey!!
@Anne – I did spend a little time at the fabulous You Yangs (look out for a future post). I think the filtration system must have been working well when we were there – I didn’t notice the smell at all!! But maybe it was just the excitement of being in Melbourne’s largest treatment plant!!
@Joanne – Who indeed?! I challenged myself to make them look totally unlike sewage ponds – luckily for me, this was fairly easy!!

]]> By: Red Nomad OZ https://www.redzaustralia.com/2013/12/the-aussie-scenic-public-loo-that-wasnt/#comment-8110 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 01:28:18 +0000 http://www.redzaustralia.com/wp/?p=15#comment-8110 @TFG – No birds were harmed in the making of this post – the origin of the water seems to make no difference!! Wherever we go, P is on the lookout for sewage ponds because that’s where you see the best/most birds! Who knew!!
@eileeninmd – Haha, just look out for my photos next time you want to see the highlights of Melbourne, Australia!!!! But you’re right … the birds do not discriminate, as long as there’s food to be had!! And these days the birders don’t discriminate either …
@Andrew – How great would it be to have a school excursion to the Poo Ponds!!!! Although it IS an interesting spot, I can’t imagine going there except for the birds!! But shame on you!! How can you be a true-blue Melbournite and NOT go there??!! And thanx for the tip – I’ve visited the other Campbells Cove mention! Weirdly, it also featured on the calendar my local chemist gives out!!
@River – I’m SO grateful you’ve bought ONE calendar – no need to get two!! The 2nd loo calendar will still be available next year, anyway!!
@Carole – I’ve read ALL Sean Dooley’s books!!! But Pilchard’s the one who carries the ‘Big Twitch’ on our travels as a reference guide … and the BIG lenses don’t know just how close they came to having their picture published!!!
@Joop – Thank you my friend! This is a different side to Australia, yes?!
@Weekend Windup – So glad you enjoyed it!!

]]> By: EG CameraGirl https://www.redzaustralia.com/2013/12/the-aussie-scenic-public-loo-that-wasnt/#comment-8109 Tue, 17 Dec 2013 05:25:31 +0000 http://www.redzaustralia.com/wp/?p=15#comment-8109 Thanks for making me giggle, Red. I loved your take on this especially since I’m a novice birder and I have visited a similar (though much smaller) sewage facility here north of Toronto. Serious birders are forever posting online the names of rare-to-my-region birds, and twitchers (never heard that term before) flock to see them. ;))

]]> By: Our photos https://www.redzaustralia.com/2013/12/the-aussie-scenic-public-loo-that-wasnt/#comment-8107 Mon, 16 Dec 2013 02:51:24 +0000 http://www.redzaustralia.com/wp/?p=15#comment-8107 Beautiful are your photos!
Happy Monday to you!

]]> By: Susan Flett Swiderski https://www.redzaustralia.com/2013/12/the-aussie-scenic-public-loo-that-wasnt/#comment-8105 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 23:52:45 +0000 http://www.redzaustralia.com/wp/?p=15#comment-8105 Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment. I do appreciate it, and it was my pleasure to return the favor.

But now, you’ve got me! How can I possibly resist anyone who writes about poo ponds and twitchers? Alas, I cannot, so I have no other option but to sign on as your newest groupie.

Fun post! It’s nice to meetcha.

]]> By: TMW Hickman https://www.redzaustralia.com/2013/12/the-aussie-scenic-public-loo-that-wasnt/#comment-8106 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 14:48:24 +0000 http://www.redzaustralia.com/wp/?p=15#comment-8106 What an ingenious way to clean up the sewage, and draw in the birds! Although not having a public loo in such a place, when inevitably you will think about what’s being “treated”, seems rather cruel, don’t you think?

]]> By: Imagebloke https://www.redzaustralia.com/2013/12/the-aussie-scenic-public-loo-that-wasnt/#comment-8103 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 12:01:51 +0000 http://www.redzaustralia.com/wp/?p=15#comment-8103 Fantastic pictures!

]]> By: Life Images by Jill https://www.redzaustralia.com/2013/12/the-aussie-scenic-public-loo-that-wasnt/#comment-8102 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 09:44:26 +0000 http://www.redzaustralia.com/wp/?p=15#comment-8102 once again written in your fun and informal but informative style! I always love reading your posts Red. I think I would be intimidated by those twitchers with the big lenses. and why the heck are they called twitchers? And did the sewage ponds smell? thanks Red!

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