Transporting Parrots from the Gold Coast to Port Headland
Submitted: Sunday, Mar 29, 2009 at 19:33
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My next door neighbours are relocating to Port Headland early next month,He has been working there for the past 2 months, he managed to rent a house there and now they are relocating all their furniture ect, the only problem is they have 2 King Parrots and 1 Cockatiel, they wont handle going in a plane, so they are going in his Landcruiser,they are going via the Barkly Hwy into the Territory ect, Question, do they need permits to take these birds into the Territory, I understand they got information regarding WA, but forgot to enquire about travelling through the NT,I told his wife if anybody knows the answers it would be with the Exploroz People, thanks in advance.
PS. these Parrots are like bloody kids, they talk and do all the crazy things you can think of.
Cheers
Daza.
Reply By: Jedo_03 - Sunday, Mar 29, 2009 at 20:14
Sunday, Mar 29, 2009 at 20:14
Hmmm
Well I reckon these people should be reported to the RSPCParrots for even 'thinking' about taking the two birds to
Port Hedland... Not to mention his poor wife...
I lived and worked there (Nah - not BHP) and the place is really the pits... BHP quite willingly share their enormous mountains of red oxide with everyone who lives within 10km of the place - the stuff gets (and is) everywhere - no soap-powder known to man will shift it...
And did I say that the place is 'dreary'..?
Well it is... The shops at
Port Hedland are non-existent, a few banks, a
post office, a cafe and a small Mall... Hedland is not much better except the Mall is slightly larger...
Pretty Point is okay for a few hours at the weekend... The 'reef' is unimpressive - the sand-bank is a nice walk IF you can stand the temperatures - fish and chips at the Yacht club of a friday nights was the highlight of my week...
Oh - make sure you visit the Salt Dumps (can't miss em)...
The heat is unbearable - but the humidity will drain you...
Take plenty of DVD's - and a fan for the parrots...
Mind you... Good traveling in that region... 80 Mile Beach,
Broome (Michael Douglas's croc and wildlife
farm is a must visit), Karajini NP
All good reasons to get out of P.Hedland...
In my opinion...
Jedo
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Follow Up By: oldfart1953 - Sunday, Mar 29, 2009 at 20:47
Sunday, Mar 29, 2009 at 20:47
Michael Douglas.....ooh that must be
Malcolm Douglas's brother
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Follow Up By: Member - DAZA (QLD) - Sunday, Mar 29, 2009 at 20:59
Sunday, Mar 29, 2009 at 20:59
G/Day Jedo
It sounds like a nice place, yes he is working for BHP,as a Plumber,
any way the Parrots aren't fussy lol lol.
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Follow Up By: Jedo_03 - Sunday, Mar 29, 2009 at 21:00
Sunday, Mar 29, 2009 at 21:00
Oh
Well...
Previous posters got away with Port "Headland"...
But I stand corrected...
Apologies to
Malcolm Douglas...
"New" series starting next saturday night...
Jedo
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Follow Up By: Jedo_03 - Sunday, Mar 29, 2009 at 21:32
Sunday, Mar 29, 2009 at 21:32
Daza..??
Is he renting in
Port Hedland or down in Hedland..??
Hedland is also "dreary"...
The streets/houses down in Hedland are 'designed' in circles/swirls - said to be the whim of some architect who liked roses... Consequently most of the streets are curved and many house plots are "V" shaped... Easy to get "lost" once you have been driving amongst the 'petals'... Also,
well... some neighbours can be a bit "bothersome" and the local constabulary are often "reluctant" to intervene...
I lived in
Port Hedland (halfway between PH and Pretty Point, on the lee side of the breaker sand-dune). One minute walk up the
hill got me a view of the ocean and reef - and the incoming cyclones... Though it IS pretty to look out on the glassy-calm ocean...
Thankfully, I only had to "live" in
Port Hedland 1 week a month - the other 3 weeks were away in
the desert, Cotton Creek and
Two Wells and beyond...
Marble Bar is reputed to be the "hottest" place in Aus... And it's Jasper - not Marble - but
WELL worth a stay...
Jedo
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Follow Up By: Ray - Monday, Mar 30, 2009 at 09:01
Monday, Mar 30, 2009 at 09:01
I worked in Pt. Hedland years ago on the construction of the Mt
Newman railway (40+ years ago ?) and Pt Hedland was a dump then. Goldsworthy Mining was operating and the red dust was very prevalent and the shops not worth mentioning and there was a fight almost every Saturday night outside the Esplanarde Hotel.
I went back to Hedland some years later to work on BHP's briquette plant. Not much had changed in Pt. Hedland except that the greasy spoon café had gone and a port control tower had been built.
During this time South Hedland had been built, which is about 10kls. from Pt Hedland. There is quite a modern shopping centre there but access is denied to ATMs after 6pm. and the security guards go around in threes. Vandalism in both areas is very high by unemployed youths
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Reply By: D200Dug- Sunday, Mar 29, 2009 at 22:10
Sunday, Mar 29, 2009 at 22:10
One of my mates tried to send his pet Galah from
Rockhampton to
Longreach by rail.
He had some initial problems when he rang up and told them it was Mr Swan and he wanted to send a Galah to
Longreach by train.
There was a silence followed by "Why don't ya both just fly out there?" and then they hung up on him.
He phoned back and said "Let me put to you that differently This is Senior Sergeant Swan of the Queensland Police ...................."
They believed him the second time !
He also tells the story of hid dad leaving a police station in the 70s. When a police car leaves they need to ID themselves and passengers to the police radio net.
Transmission: "VQR this is car 23 leaving X station with Swan, Finch, Hawk, and Robin onboard. Over "
Reply ( in a slow sarcastic drawl ) : "Car 23 VQR is that a police car or a F***ING aviary on wheels? Over"
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