cooooooooooooeeeeeeeeeee aussie BBQ ,... (tea party cont..)

Ah Laura thanks for the wonderful job you gave me I guess I did ok the fire is going and FP liked my tp holder. lol I am not sure how I got the job it must have been the smirk.... ! Thanks RR for chocolate I sure needed that. If Laura comes looking I am hiding out.....! I just know she has another dirty job for me.

(PPSSSTTTT! Mystic...over here...you can hide out with me...we'll let some one else "entertain" a while)hehehe TM/RR/CC Jo)

Ok RR here I come move over. Hey anymore chocolate left?(whispering don't want anybody to hear about the chocolate)

I see you there mystic and RR!! isnt it funny that you happen to be sittingunder a chocolate tree!!http://www.anu.edu.au/Forestry/wood/nwfp/chocolatetree/chocolatetree.html



now I have been scouting around forsome bush tucker....http://openlearningcommunity.org/schools/larapinta/bushtucker/

I have some grubs, bugs,,lizard, goanna.....native bee honey for the damper... bunya bunya nuts, bush coconuts and bush tomatoes... how about a couple of you gals prepare the tuckerhttp://www.teachers.ash.org.au/bushtucker/
http://www.globalgourmet.com/destinations/australia/austbush.html

flowerpot and i will take the ground beef and go to the billabong and catch some yabbies for the meal......grab the hook and line and meat FP....

Keep an eye on that damper.... when it looks done, just tap it and it should sound hollow..... we will slather on the native bee honey and enjoy that!

weedwalker and RR, you have a look at what I have brought back and see what you can make o.k.?

ginlyn, can you please pull the heads off those grubs and wrap them in leaves?
lizh.. try and keep RR away from the booze and the ramps wold you? what a combination!

sand can you tie up the horses.. water and feed them and then perhaps you could skinthe lizard and goanna?

o.k.
off we go FP....have you seen northerner and jeeves?

Oh my did you see all the things these people eat????? Not in your life, where the heck is Djm. "DJM" where are you? I can't eat that stuff honey ants, "goanna" Is a big freaking lizard, they eat snakes oooooowwww the only thing I can stomach is the fruit and bread. (Laura thanks so much for all the info on your country I've put it in a favorite file so I can read it all at my leasure)I'll be paying more attention to Dh's nature shows when it comes to Australia. I didn't come across yabbies should I be nervous? Be ready girls who know's what we'll come back with.

here is a little pic of what you are looking for.........
http://davesgarden.com/editgj/viewentry.php?rid=10088
yabbies are like prawns.. fresh water prawns.

Laura, is that your hand holding the nuts and berries and things? I notice you're not holding the grubs and other things!(does ginlyn wrap the heads or the bodies of the grubs?)Way to go ginlyn!! I'm more than happy to take care of the horses. hehehe I aggree with FP, Laura..thanks for all the interesting things you've taught us on this trip.

Hey RR she spotted us I think we need to find a better hiding place.( did she say chocolate tree?) Lets move quick so you can't spot us!

Oooh...what a yucky job,beheading grubs.Who's going to eat these things? I'm with FP,bread and fruit will be just fine,maybe some honey. I know...Jo and Liz can share my portion.Did anyone think to bring some "Peptol Bismol" I gotta feelin some of us are gonna need it.. Maybe weedwalkers medicinal herbs will work as well.

(You're right Mystic....You do a quick run through and grab some of that fruit...no lizards or grub though (shuddering)...I've still got some chocolate here...while you do that I'll sneak a couple of cutting off these chocolate trees and hide them in WW travois...she'll never know the difference with all the weird plants she'll try to smuggle back home.I'll meet you down by that rock...yes, just by the billabong. .....we'll come back when the fun starts...like desert and campfire singing...TM(undeserved)/RR/CC Jo

I knew, it those two little rasscals TM/RR/CC and TMH_Mystic are going to be trouble, Djm you're going to have to watch them like a hawk....I think you'll have to keep a supply of chocolate to bribe them into doing something they don't want to do..
I went over to Northerners today had a lovely time Lilith and Northerner gave me a tour of some castle's I ran out of time so I was told I could go back as often as I wish to tour their neck of the woods. They're just like Laura they Love to show you a good time.

OH Laura,Laura, Laura, after reading all the hyperlinks, (really interesting) I'm going on a diet. Maybe a few candle nuts & orchids. Lets save all the "good" things for the others.... The orchids are beautiful and taste good too.

pssssst... Fb,lizh!
RR and Mystic are hifing out by the billabong... lets sneak up behind them and push them in! and then RUN>>>>>>>>>... cos they have been eating those ramps!
The grubs?? taste like chicken... *smile* trust me.....

ooo I think the damper is ready.........
I will put some fish in the coals and some potatoes... they wont take too long....
I also brought along some jam for the damper....
the billy is on for tea...

sand, can you please get the marshmallows from the packs on the horse? thanks...

now whilst I am putting the final touches on dinner, how about you all think of a song you would like to sing..
I have my old faithful guitar here *strum*....

http://davesgarden.com/gj/roadrunner/viewentry/10094.html
EEEEEKKKK!....HELP!!!.....(gasping, panting ,crying CROC tears)...We went over yonder behind those rocks to hide..oops...I mean REST, and we came across these MONSTERS!!!!My poor, dear Mystic jumped in the billabong to escape, while I ran for help. (looking dazed) HEY! CAN'T YOU PEOPLE PUT THOSE MARSHMALLOWS DOWN? THIS IS A DIRE EMERGENCY! oooh! MARSHMALLOWS. I have some Graham Crackers , and(of course) HERSHEY BARS....could we make S'MORES? ...What? OH! Yes, we have to help Mystic....some one get Jeeves awake. HURRY! TM(undeserved)/RR/CC Jo

Ha ha ha ha no wonder they didn't go after you TM(deserved)RR/CC they thought you were related. (oh oh now I'm in for it)Oh Mystic how are you doing I'll get the sling shot and see if I can scare them off. Your partener in crime is cooking up some S'MOres now isn't she the one???????Flo-P

(that flowerpot is going to get it! I'll put that sling shot some place only her Proctologist will find it...hhehehe)I brought some S'Mores...going to try to lure the Papa Taz away. I sure do wish my friend Sami was here...she is so "alluring" (excuse the pun). Sand, bring one of those horses over here...yes, that old pie-bald Laura assigned me to will be fine for this.
Where are northerner and DJM/ Do they still have the "honey bucket" detail? Liz, bring some of those ramps...I know they will LOVE those, after all they are scavengers, aren't they? Ginlyn...Please....pass around some of Papa's Recipe...I think we all need a good belt. Where is my DD/WW? probably on a "search and rescue" mission...searching out new plants, and rescuing them from Australia! WHEW! We sure could use isis...she's probably off with WW...looking for eatable plants. (Have you noticed Laura has made her self scarce...looking at her insurnace policy!) TM(undeserved)/RR/CC Jo

HELP!!!!!!!!(splashing in the billabong) GET THESE MONSTERS AWAY FROM ME!!!!!!!!!!! (YELLING AS LOUD AS I CAN) RR you said they wouldn't come in the water but they are getting closer. Where did you go I thought you went for help you should be back with help by now (thinking I bet she stopped to get something to eat and drinking papa's recipe) OH no they are moving in closer.. what am I going to do? Yuck I feel something on my legs slimy eeeccccckkkkkk its LEECHES !!!Now what do I do stay in with the LEECHES or get out and take my chances with those MONSTERS!!!!!! HELP!!!!!!!!!!! Oh I found some fruit and chocolate in my pocket think I will throw it and maybe those monsters will leave.

Here I come to save the day!!! (mighty mouse music)Hang in there Mystic. I've got the fast horse (they don't mind leeches)YEEEHA(I've got a whip and snapping it in the direction of the taz)I don't want to hurt the poor thing, he was defending his young ones. Just scare him a little. Oh...I saw RR on my way here, she was mumbling something about hershey bars. Give me your hand Mystic, jump onboard and we'll ride over to the fire to get you dried out. Maybe someone has a jug handy, that would help too.

Mystic, It's a good thing you have been eating the ramps. When Those monsters get a bit closer and smell you, they will back off. Here, give me your hand,I'll pull you out. Ooooh! you smell awful. Let me out of here.

Hang on there Mystic, I got something they'll be more interested then you. What the heck, are you doing out here by yourself anyway!! Okay boys come on over here to ole Flo-P I got some nice little tasties for yah, (out of a cloth bag I drop a couple of rats, a hare and some eggs)there that should do it. I'll bring the other horse around, and when they start eating get out of the water and up on that horse, and hi tail it back to camp, I'll be right behind you. You'll need a box of salt to get those leeches off. Sheesh where is that Jo, I thought she was, going for help. That dang, "hillbilly" "joy juice" gets her brain all smoked up and she can't remember which way she came in. oh boy oh boy

Ha ha ha ha boy Mystic you really got saved.

oh mystic!! poor you..........

come over by the fire and have something to eat....
pass around the booze.............
where is Isis when you need her????
that poor tazzie wont be back for a while! gave him a real fright!
and what a rescue you had! well done mighty mouse!
FP.. areyou going to eat those rats? ewwwwwww... I'd rather have the grubs......

RR you have been getting into far too much trouble.. so i think perhaps some food preparation is the thing.. perhaps you could prepare the rats for FP???? heheheh

we need to keep her off the sugar... its hyping her up!


here are some dry clothes mystic......
yum the damper is great! who wants some......????

No Laura the rats are for Tazzzzzzz It's TM(deserved)/RR/CC that should have to eat, the rats not me!!!! I was helping Mystic out, and where was Miss TM(deserved)/RR/CC having a few swigs of Hillbilly Joy Juice oh yah and making s'mores while the rest of us, are helping poor little Mystic. (boy did I lay that on thick enough he he he) Well, I just won't eat them, that's all there is to it. Jo you better get over here and get rid of these rats. Djm where are you, did you see what just happened?

Oh thanks Sand my hero and you too FP. I sure was scared. (I wasn't out here by myself I was with RR and she took off for help and never came back.) Those things are vicious. FP now what do I with the salt to get rid of these leeches?Oh this fire feels good. FP What did you throw out to get them scurring like that whatever it was they sure liked it. Thanks for the dry clothes Laura and I don't mind if you pass the jug this way I am still shaking. Now just where is RR? Did she take off with the jug?

Mystic you poor the salt on the leeches and the shrival up and fall off. When we were kids and lived in Northern Ontario we took salt with us all the time, because where we swam was mud bottom and the "blood suckers" that's what we called them would be on us when we came out of the river. The other way is to light a match and hold it close to them and they'll fall off. I threw a couple of rats a hare and some eggs this is what they like, DH helped save you cause I asked him what a tazmanion(sp) devil ate besides chocolate whoops wrong devil he he he! (Don't tell her I said that)He said they are vicious animals and they'll eat just about anything smaller then them. So you being in the water wouldn't show your whole height so they'd think you were a tender little morsel. Now as for where TM?RR/CC is I get the feeling she's up to something not like her to be this quite.

What's been going on around here? All that screeching and hollering! It has to be Mystic or TM(deserved)RR/CC/. What are all these Hershy kiss wrappers doing all over the place? What in the world is cooking now? I'll just have a hunk of damper, please. Might have to pop over to Northerners to get some decent food! Maybe send Jeeves back!

Ok I got the leeches off and am all nice and dry.. DJM I am sorry about all the screeching.....I was scared.. Whoops sorry RR I threw the last of the chocolates(you where hidng) to get rid of those monsters.. Flowerpot where are you?

EEEeeek! Are those Leeches being grilled over the fire?? Flowerpot, what ever are these people up to? Looks like TM(deserved)RR/CC has been gnawing on the chocolate tree.
Laura, I see you brought your guitar along. Isn't there an old aussie song, can'at remeber the name, but the first line is: "Tie me kangaroo down, boys, Tie me kangaroo down... Ever heard of it? Was that a rat that went whizzing by? Looked like it was hanging from a boomerang!

I've been looking for you djm I needed help you know who has gone missing, she left mystic in the billybong with the taz breathing down her neck. Have you seen TM(deserved)/RR/CC? The hersy kisses must be from Mikepipers diet, hemight have come over to see what all the noise was about to.

Good heavens Mystic, look at all those little plunger marks all over your arms and legs! I don't blame you for screeching. Wheres Flowerpot? No doubt visiting the UK again. Each time she comes back she has plants under her blouse!

Ha! the lost is found! Now that is the mystery, where is TM(deserved)RR/CC? Suppose she got sick gnawing on the chocolate tree? It's pretty solid but all those teeth marks.... Yes, I popped home for a bit and brought some cream cheese brownies back along with a chocolate cheesecake. Plus some toffee bars and chocolate chip cookies. That should bring our troublemaker back fast! Come to think of it, I think Jeeves is missing too! Do you think?????

I heard that djm, I was just brushing down the horses. I got to start someplace, cause there's no flowers where I'm going. So I'll see if taking, is as good as trading. ha ha ha. Glad to see you got all those leeches off Mystic they give me the creeps. I know that song Doris just don't know all the words. All together now, tie me Kangaroo down sport, tie me Kangaroo down. Now if we don't sing this song tonight I'll be humming it all night. he he he.DJM, TM(deserved)RR/CC has been into that hillybilly joy juice and I think she might be sleeping it off. Her Daddy didn't know she'd like that stuff this much. Where's Ginlyn and Lizh and Weedwalker oh oh they must be looking after TM(deserved)RR/CC.

Hey FP I know this in not going with the post but I really will miss ya.. Email me ok?

Flowerpot, Mystic and I will have to try and keep TM(deserved)RR.CC/ under control. Either she's passed out and laying on the ground. (God knows what kind of bugs they have here in the Outback!) or she's hiding somewhere up to no good! Maybe following that trail of Hershey kisses on the ground. Or maybe something pulled her back into the billabong! Aaackk! We've been drinking the water!

We will miss you, and before you go, remember to stop by Laura's house while she's not there. Here's a couple of oversized shopping bags so you can load up on plants before you skip out. Maybe take Jeeves along to dig them up for you.

Well, looks like everyones crawled into their tents for the night, so I'll duck into mine too. Gotta check for anything crawling, OOps, theres something slithering, I'll put my glove on, and easssyy,(crawling out of my tent to the tent next to me and opening the flap) Swish--- right into the tent! heh heh heh. G'nite.

WELL! (with a handsome young man in tow)....Ladies, I am CRUSHED! Crushed!...That any of you would THINK that I would desert my dear friend and chocolate eating companion, Mystic, in her time of dire disaster!!!I RAN to hospital (notice here that I says hospital....not THE hospital...that is the way it is in all English writers novels), to obtain the services of this fine young doctor for Mystic!! Now, I will accept apologies with my usual good grace and aplomb. Dr, after you've seen to Mystic, would you care for a cuppa and some of the Chocolate Cheese cake that our sweet DJM brought? (simmpering around the Dr). It looks just DEVINE!( that little smarty pants...as if I would chew on a tree...)TA-TA, Flo-P. We shan't be the same with out you. Do pop in when you can....CHERRIO TM(Undeserved)/RR/CC JO

Hey Doris, I stayed around and couldn't find anyone, looked for you at Norterner's and you weren't there, so I thought everyone must be tuckered out and I went to bed.All that energy getting Mystic out of the billybong(Mystic you've got mail)Then My DEAR DEAR FRIEND finally shows up with a male model(sorry DOCTOR) I used to like to play that game. Have a look Mystic aren't you still sore some place????
All kidding aside, I've had so much fun, these past few weeks with you guys. I'll miss the tom foolery, but I have my contacts, and will be able to keep in touch, with my new friends. We'll have to start some new adventure when I come back. Hope I can keep my same name. Bye for now Flo-P
P. S. Laura see you Flo-P

sob........sob........

Hey, You were here this morning, and I just got here? Goodbye, goodbye! Couldn't find you last night. I'll keep in touch so you can be apprised of the antics of TM(deserved)CC/RR !!! Well Mystic, are you going to let the lovely young doctor look at all your suction marks from the leeches? (to myself,Take advantage you fool!) will pop in again later. Goodbye Flo-P, Snif!