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    From David Drummond@3:640/305 to Paul Quinn on Sat Feb 6 20:13:16 2021

    On 6/02/2021 12:01, 3640/1384 wrote:

      DD> Thunderbi * Origin: Chinchilla, QLD, Oz (3:640/305)

    WTF are you doing there?  Rock hunting?

    They have rocks here? I've seen plenty of gas wells but no rocks of note. I've heard that they have a melon festival here each year too, and it is not a wet Y-shirt competition.

    I'm on holiday - seeing the country but too concerned to go too far unless they lock state borders or insist I stay at a hotel for 2 weeks and pay for it myself.

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    Regards
    David

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  • From Paul Quinn@3:640/1384 to David Drummond on Sat Feb 6 22:02:24 2021

    Hi! David,

    On 06 Feb 2021, David Drummond said the following...

    They have rocks here? I've seen plenty of gas wells but no rocks of
    note. I've heard that they have a melon festival here each year too, and it is not a wet Y-shirt competition.

    Kewl. I had no idea. Thst was way better than a Google. Thanks. Aw, I cannot tell a lie...

    I checked Google later. There are actually petrified tree rocks there...

    Cheers,
    Paul.

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  • From David Drummond@3:640/305 to Paul Quinn on Sun Feb 7 13:00:16 2021

    On 6/02/2021 22:02, 3640/1384 wrote:

    I checked Google later.  There are actually petrified tree rocks there...

    I wonder where they hide them. No sign of them in the main street...

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    Regards
    David

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  • From Terry Roati@3:640/1321 to David Drummond on Sun Feb 7 14:26:52 2021


    Maybe the tourists took them :)

    On Feb 07, 2021 01:00pm, David Drummond wrote to Paul Quinn:

    On 6/02/2021 22:02, 3640/1384 wrote:

    I checked Google later.  There are actually petrified tree rocks
    there...

    I wonder where they hide them. No sign of them in the main street...

    --
    Regards
    David

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  • From Paul Quinn@3:640/1384.125 to David Drummond on Sun Feb 7 16:40:20 2021

    Hi! David,

    On 02/07/2021 01:00 PM, you wrote:

    I checked Google later. There are actually petrified tree rocks
    there...

    I wonder where they hide them. No sign of them in the main street...

    In plain sight. They grow them petrified for sale the following year.

    Cheers,
    Paul.

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  • From David Drummond@3:640/305 to Paul Quinn on Mon Feb 8 07:12:20 2021

    On 7/02/2021 16:40, 3640/1384.125 wrote:

     PQ>>> I checked Google later.  There are actually petrified tree rocks
     DD>> there...

     DD>> I wonder where they hide them. No sign of them in the main street...

    In plain sight.  They grow them petrified for sale the following year.

    It seems that there is a public fossicking area for petrified stuff just north west of the town. One has to have a fossiker's permit to participate.

    I'm leaving here today for other parts so I won't be seeking a permit.

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    Regards
    David

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  • From David Drummond@3:640/305 to David Drummond on Mon Feb 8 16:55:52 2021

    On 8/02/2021 07:12, 3640/305 wrote:

    I'm leaving here today for other parts so I won't be seeking a permit.

    And now I'm at this thriving metropolis for a couple of nights.

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    Regards
    David

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  • From Paul Quinn@3:640/1384.125 to David Drummond on Mon Feb 8 17:33:48 2021

    Hi! David,

    On 02/08/2021 04:55 PM, you wrote:

    And now I'm at this thriving metropolis for a couple of nights.

    Ah, the Bun... some say. Nice pub. Looks familiar. ;)

    Cheers,
    Paul.

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