........Ormeau.
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 5:14 pm
A couple of years ago, the National Rugby League decided it might be a good idea to enter another team into the competition. All you fellow footy freaks will know what I'm talking about. They were tossing up between a new Gold Coast team or another Sydney-based Central Coast team.
The Gold Coast side was in need of a mascot, so the Gold Coast Bulletin held a competition for their readers, to see who could come up with a mascot and logo. I had a few ideas, so I had a bit of a scribble and sent one in.
I thought you guys would get a bit of a kick out of it.
Anyway, the NRL ended up deciding that they didn't want another team until further down the track, much to the disappointment of both parties, however the Gold Coast adopted a mascot for further reference.
Now, I would have assumed that a bloodthirsty, 8-foot cryptic hominid would strike fear into the hearts of their opponents. But you know what they went for? The Gold Coast Dolphins.
Fairies.
Now, in regards to Ormeau....
Last Saturday, at about 11:00 am, a few friends and myself were driving along a very rough dirt track out the back of Ormeau Hills, looking for a suitable stake-out position for that evening.
We came across a very nice little clearing, about 5 metres by 6 metres, close to thick bush and very close to where the car would be, in case sh*t went down. Anyone who's wandered through the Ormeau bush in the middle of the night will know exactly what I'm talking about.
We got out of the car for a bit of a poke around. About 5-10 metres into the bush from the track we noticed something. A tree, about 7 or 8 feet from the ground had been snapped in half in what appeared to be an incredible feat of strength. Not only that, but it seemed that other branches had been strategically placed around it. We decided that this warranted some more exploring.
After another few minutes, something about 20 metres away, down in a gully, caught my attention. It was hanging from a tree, swaying in the breeze. You know that feeling you get? Your blood runs cold and your heart skips a beat? I got that. It was the corpse of an animal, hanging from a tree.
I decided to have a closer look, despite one of my mates turning into a quivering mess and locking himself in my car.
On further inspection, I noticed something quite unexpected. It was indeed an old carcass, a kangaroo, and it was hanging in a tree, but it was tied there by a rope. Now, either 'Big Fella' has taught himself to tie knots and decided to hang his lunch in a tree until dinner time, or someone has placed it there.
Which brings me to my next question......Why?
Keeping in mind that this is bang-smack in the middle of an infamous hotspot.
My assumption was that we had stumbled across some sort of set-up where it was being used as bait. I can't tell for sure, but what else could it be? I mean, you put 2 and 2 together, a roo carcass hanging from a tree, a short distance from a mangled tree, in down-town Yowieville?
What do you guys think?
Can anyone claim responsibility? Should I continue my research elsewhere? Or does this matter deserve further investigation?
The Gold Coast side was in need of a mascot, so the Gold Coast Bulletin held a competition for their readers, to see who could come up with a mascot and logo. I had a few ideas, so I had a bit of a scribble and sent one in.
I thought you guys would get a bit of a kick out of it.
Anyway, the NRL ended up deciding that they didn't want another team until further down the track, much to the disappointment of both parties, however the Gold Coast adopted a mascot for further reference.
Now, I would have assumed that a bloodthirsty, 8-foot cryptic hominid would strike fear into the hearts of their opponents. But you know what they went for? The Gold Coast Dolphins.
Fairies.
Now, in regards to Ormeau....
Last Saturday, at about 11:00 am, a few friends and myself were driving along a very rough dirt track out the back of Ormeau Hills, looking for a suitable stake-out position for that evening.
We came across a very nice little clearing, about 5 metres by 6 metres, close to thick bush and very close to where the car would be, in case sh*t went down. Anyone who's wandered through the Ormeau bush in the middle of the night will know exactly what I'm talking about.
We got out of the car for a bit of a poke around. About 5-10 metres into the bush from the track we noticed something. A tree, about 7 or 8 feet from the ground had been snapped in half in what appeared to be an incredible feat of strength. Not only that, but it seemed that other branches had been strategically placed around it. We decided that this warranted some more exploring.
After another few minutes, something about 20 metres away, down in a gully, caught my attention. It was hanging from a tree, swaying in the breeze. You know that feeling you get? Your blood runs cold and your heart skips a beat? I got that. It was the corpse of an animal, hanging from a tree.
I decided to have a closer look, despite one of my mates turning into a quivering mess and locking himself in my car.
On further inspection, I noticed something quite unexpected. It was indeed an old carcass, a kangaroo, and it was hanging in a tree, but it was tied there by a rope. Now, either 'Big Fella' has taught himself to tie knots and decided to hang his lunch in a tree until dinner time, or someone has placed it there.
Which brings me to my next question......Why?
Keeping in mind that this is bang-smack in the middle of an infamous hotspot.
My assumption was that we had stumbled across some sort of set-up where it was being used as bait. I can't tell for sure, but what else could it be? I mean, you put 2 and 2 together, a roo carcass hanging from a tree, a short distance from a mangled tree, in down-town Yowieville?
What do you guys think?
Can anyone claim responsibility? Should I continue my research elsewhere? Or does this matter deserve further investigation?
