when is a yowie a bunyip?

[lil foot]

just been looking up bunyip state park on the parks vic website as this is an area im interested in doing some hiking/camping. http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/1park_display.cfm?park=76 read section on heritage. the description of why the park and river was named bunyip, interestinglly seems to be more in line with a description of the yowie right down to the glowing eyes at night.
this area would most probably been used as access to most of the sightings ive read about in these parts, like emerald, lyndhurst, noojee and neerim. of course these were mostly back in the 80s, but who knows, it keeps me positive.
back to my subject now, it seems that alot of people dont know the difference between a yowie and a bunyip and maybe some accounts, especially in the early years, were maybe passed off as the mythical bunyip, just a thought.

[Dion]

Hey lil foot there is a whole thread on the Bunyip here

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=177

[deadpool]

Rather confusingly, Yowie (or "Yowie-Whowie") is also the name of a completely different mythological character in native Australian Aboriginal folklore. This version of the Yowie is said to be a bizarre, hybrid beast resembling a cross between a lizard and an ant with big red eyes on the side of his head, big canine teeth and large fangs. It emerges from the ground at night to eat whatever it can find, including humans. This creature's characteristics and legend are sometimes interchangeable with those of the bunyip

The origin of the term "Yowie" in the context of unidentified hominids is unclear. Some presume that it simply arose through confusion with the aforementioned Aboriginal legend. On the other hand, Jonathan Swift's yahoos from Gulliver's Travels are sometimes cited as a source. The word "Yowie" was also apparently a slang term for the Orangutan in Victorian England.

Well there you go. Its either a giant ant or a 12ft tall ape.

I'm going with the ape.

[homerbear]

how would you confuse a 2.5 to 3.8mtr ape with a 3.5 up to 8mtr pleisaur( 4 big flippers a big long tail, long neck and a mouth like a chain saw on steriods) I could c how you could confuse a yowie to a bunyip....

[Stainmaster]

some so called bunyip pics





yowies






:-) couldnt help myself