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A strange sound around the place.

Submitted: Friday, Dec 01, 2006 at 22:51

Footloose

For years I have been occasionally hearing a strange sound at night. Sounded like a horse snoring. Quite loud but no animals around that area. I could never work out what it was. I'd never heard it in the bush.

The other day I had a visitor who also lives on a few acres, a fellow 4wder.
This time I heard it in the daytime. He looked up and said "Oh it's a koala !"

I knew we had them around, but didn't realize how loud they could be.
You can learn something new every day.

PS. Maybe it's not me snoring that wakes my wife up. Maybe its the koala...well it might be worth a try :)))))))
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AnswerID: 208088   Submitted: Friday, Dec 01, 2006 at 23:12

DIO replied:

Some liken the sound of the male koala to that of a pig snorting. Can sound quite 'spine tingling' when heard late at night.
The other more distressing and terrifying sound is that of the female koala when cornered and threatened by the male. Wife and I awoken one night (early a.m.) to the sound of extremely loud screams coming from our front yard. Armed myself with pick handle and torch. Discovered male koala had female on the ground and was trying to mate with her. She was really protesting. Eventualll got him to head upa nearby tree, she made her escape - up the same tree (??). We returned to a sound and peaceful sleep.
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FollowupID: 468038   Submitted: Friday, Dec 01, 2006 at 23:28

Gramps (NSW) posted:


"She was really protesting"

Not unlike humans then LOL
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FollowupID: 468108   Submitted: Saturday, Dec 02, 2006 at 14:35

Footloose posted:

Gramps, methinks you once knew the wrong sort of women. LOL
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FollowupID: 468109   Submitted: Saturday, Dec 02, 2006 at 14:40

Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses posted:

F'loosie, what is the right sort of women?

You obviously know a point of difference, you know both types?
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FollowupID: 468112   Submitted: Saturday, Dec 02, 2006 at 14:55

Footloose posted:

John, being the gentleman I assume you to be, I'll explain it thus :
The wrong sort of woman says "NO"
The right sort of woman says "No thank you." :)))))))))
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FollowupID: 468154   Submitted: Saturday, Dec 02, 2006 at 20:04

Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses posted:

Thanks for your explaination F'loosie ........ ........ oh, and your assumption.

Think I am having the pleasure of lunch with your neighbours, the 'Goldcoasters' next weekend. Are you heading South too?
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FollowupID: 468157   Submitted: Saturday, Dec 02, 2006 at 20:14

Footloose posted:

John, I was tempted to say something like "Why ? Do I look like a Japanese submarine ?" ...but I fear nobody would know what I was on about.
My neighbours... son was telling me how many neighbours I actually have now...no wonder the roads are full. Oh you mean the nice ones...well they wouldn't be too difficult to spot here :))
Not going that way, sadly. I know of a couple of spots where I'd actually be welcome for at least 5 mts down that way.
We have family coming home for Xmas etc. Wife doesn't finish work until a few days before, and I have to tame a bit of jungle etc before the freeloaders get here.
One of the highlights of living here is that the vizzies usually arrive during their winter. Until they realize that it's our winter also.
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FollowupID: 468178   Submitted: Saturday, Dec 02, 2006 at 21:22

Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses posted:

Ahh, F'loosie, I would not have understood the reference to the submarine so am pleased you desisted.

I was using the term 'neighbours' loosely I know, just that there are some Mudgeerabites that come down here. Yes, nice too and capable, help keep the 'Coast revolving. I am sure you would be welcome down this way mate, Gramps too of course. I guess sending wife to work ties her there, but you?

I am surprised you have winter too. It seems to rain when I am there anytime.

Wasn't agent O to tame jungle? Guess a bit close to houses. May upset the vizzies too
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AnswerID: 208089   Submitted: Friday, Dec 01, 2006 at 23:18

Footloose replied:

And I always thought of them as such gentle creatures...apparently not.
As I write this the koala is at it again and you're right, it does sound like a pig snorting.
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FollowupID: 468037   Submitted: Friday, Dec 01, 2006 at 23:24

Willem posted:

Cheez, you have a veritable zoo in your backyard. First there were Flying Foxes, then Cane Toads and now Koalas. What next?
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FollowupID: 468039   Submitted: Friday, Dec 01, 2006 at 23:29

Footloose posted:

Willem, you name it , it's probably around here somewhere. Nice to go bush for a bit of peace and quiet :)))
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FollowupID: 468049   Submitted: Saturday, Dec 02, 2006 at 04:41

Kiwi Kia posted:

You didn't mention Q'Landers in that menagerie Willem :-)) (ducking for cover)
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AnswerID: 208107   Submitted: Saturday, Dec 02, 2006 at 07:23

Bonz (Vic) replied:

We were at a campsite in the Grampians back a few years with 120 cub-scouts and two koalas startedgrowling at each other outside one of the cabins with 20 of the litttle darlings in it, who quickly became frightened and almost hysterical, as we came running to calm them down to got to sleep the koalas started a real ding dong battle. Suffice to say the kids were really scared and wouldnt believe us when we told them it was only a couple of Koalas.

In the end we trooped them outside and shone the torch on the furry warriers and the kids calmed down.

But hell them Koalas maed a noise

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AnswerID: 208157   Submitted: Saturday, Dec 02, 2006 at 13:31

Member - Royce replied:

Usually take visitors spotlighting for wildlife.... even when you know what it is.. the old koala claiming it's territory is a spine chilling sound.

Amazes me that you only just realized what it was... but then.. in a few years time someone will say WHAT IS THAT?... and you'll be surprized that they don't know I guess.
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FollowupID: 468105   Submitted: Saturday, Dec 02, 2006 at 14:26

Footloose posted:

Hey I'm surprised that I didn't know :)) We knew they were here occasionally, seen em and photod em but I just didn't put THAT noise and cute almost cuddly dirty and smelly koalas together.
Kinda like the first time I heard a peacock call. I thought it was a child in trouble !
There was one on my verandah this morning. Good job the dogs inside didn't spot him.
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FollowupID: 468191   Submitted: Saturday, Dec 02, 2006 at 23:39

Gramps (NSW) posted:


Peacocks !!! Now them's noisy mongrels :)))
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AnswerID: 208163   Submitted: Saturday, Dec 02, 2006 at 14:29

Member - Royce replied:

It took me ages to work out what a sound was a few years ago.. well a decade or two ago.... finally realized that it was the gang gang cockatoos.
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FollowupID: 468107   Submitted: Saturday, Dec 02, 2006 at 14:32

Footloose posted:

Is it just my mind here, or can you explain what that term means on a family forum :)))
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FollowupID: 468165   Submitted: Saturday, Dec 02, 2006 at 20:48

Des Lexic posted:

Footy, if you are refering to the term Gang Gang, they are a breed of Cockatoo. Grey in colour with the male having a red head. Saw some flying around Jamieson and Walhalla last week.
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FollowupID: 468170   Submitted: Saturday, Dec 02, 2006 at 21:10

Footloose posted:

Dezzie thanks for that, another thing learned today. I wonder where there name came from ?
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AnswerID: 208168   Submitted: Saturday, Dec 02, 2006 at 14:42

MartyB replied:

My place has koalas as well. Especially one large male named Kenny who regularly serinades us. I often wonder if all the bunyip & yowie legends started from hearing Koalas. Imagine what the poms on the first fleet would have thought the noise was, they didn't have any strong torches to see what was making the noise so the imagination would have been running wild.
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FollowupID: 468111   Submitted: Saturday, Dec 02, 2006 at 14:53

Footloose posted:

Marty, excellent point. I'd never considered it from the historical angle and you may well be onto something there.
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