Hi MsD, long time no converse. Barry died did he? He had a good run & will be well remembered by a few delighted at his contributions to Aussie culture.
Triffid has either gone walkabout, committed to the local lock up or asylum, though he may have died. He still had huge problems from his industrial accident when he saved his mates life on the railways. I'm frequently tempted to ring up Broken Hill police to enquire but never have a spare round tuit to get it done! This was one of the groups that was stolen from me after 2 wokes complained & I was thrown off by the program. Triffid inherited it & I let him keep it. It's unfortunately not a rule that that abscence for 3 months means that the coordinator mantle passes to someone else. I always found it sad that the German girl, Walklihhtly just took off & ceased to belong no matter where in the world she ended up.
Have you had @vocaloldfart share his link to his chatboard for Aussie Atheists. In fact Kurt please post it hear & on all of my groups listed below so that we can all keep in contact if the doomsayers prognostications of the demise of this site on 2nd June does actually happen.
We've had a good run here over the years sharing many interesting pieces of information & experiences good, bad & downright ludicrous or distressing.

Hi Kurt. Triphid seems to have gone walkabout so I'll respond to your plea. I determined nearly 50 years ago to never visit Queensland again. I broke my resolve about ten years later, briefly did, regretted it & never returned.
As for mosquitoes 15 years in Western Victorian dryness has seen few mozzies till this year's incredible humidity & rainfall. As you say these days the diseases bourne by mosquitoes grows daily. . . Perhaps they will make humans become extinct.
Welcome to the pack.

@FrayedBear I have similiar qualms about Victoria. 50 ago I was camping in the little desert and got stung on my groin/ scrotumn by a scorpion. I enjoyed the experience so much I swore that once was enough and I would never go there again. I haven't so far. Still too scared ! Although other parts of Victoria I have visited since like Melbourne( no scorpions) Dandenong/ springvale(no scorpions) and Moe( no scorpions)

@Kurtn for 18 months I lived on the fringe of the Little Dessert. One of my mates used to be a driver\guide through the dessert & so showed me some of it. Sadly we never saw scorpions & thankfully were never stung. My eyes water at the thought of your experience. Yours is the first scorpion warning that I've heard off.
You can't blame that on the people though. I totally blame the inhabitants of Queensland for their bad behaviour.

Thank you for the welcome. Yep, I'm in New Zealand but originally from South Africa, been here three years now and it is heaven. The Kiwis seem quite relaxed about people being atheists so I thought I'd join you guys and have a chat.

@Corden Many leaving SA it seems. There are quite a few amongst my local medicos. Frequently do not see eye to eye but occasionally do get valuable information. There also seems to be a problem with their religiosity so I'm delighted to read of your lack of it.

Thanks for the welcome. This is very new to me. I’ve never navigated around a group like this, so lots of weird things are happening! All good fun. I’ve seen lots of interesting stuff and am spending far too much time on my computer just looking around. Thanks for the welcome. Any hints on what I can get up to while I am here?

@Sanderson1 please check your messages.

Where about on the other end? I lived in Portland for a couple of years in about 1980.

@Dooley Wimmera

Thanks mate

I am sure that you will be able to have many interesting discussions with @irascible.

Alex, Illawarra, bloody foreigner. Married into religion and woo, trapped in Kiama with a religious extended family. Kids infected as well. Trying to talk softly about reason, mostly failing.

@ThinkPlot There is only one possible reply to that -"you poor bastard, she must have your manhood in vice like enthrallment". Having encountered some of those south coast god bothering nuts I suggest at least the acquisition of a fully operational and loaded Abrams tank to be used in response. @irascible over in Perth region may have some suggestions for your benefit.