boab seeds..

Thinking of somewhere to setup my new train layout..

N Scale, wanna 6ft x 8ft or somethin like that. Just no spare room in house.. :(

You need a board on a pulley system off the roof . . .

Never done that in a house, but used it in a garage for the same thing.

yea done that for roof rack..

Thought about it, but yea wait for a bigger house, or might ask dad if I can use one of the 4 spare rooms him and mum have!

Truckster,

Why dont you make a pelmet run along the wall for your train set. Then you can let them run all the time and it will be out of the way of little hands(and bigger kids). You will be able to use the whole house that way. I saw this once somewhere but for the life of me can't remember where.....?Willem

Always going somewhere

Old bloke in Cronulla had a set that ran thru the walls of his house...

It also went down stairs to the garage! this was HO/OO back in mid 70s though!

I used to spend HOURS drooling over it as a 10-13yr old, I met him while working at George Brays Train Shop in Gymea, I was sort of stocking the shelves boy!

LOL the paintings were actually stunning!
She werent bad..

the pulp is kewl, the seeds are a PITA! KFC is better, but they are HIGH in Vitamin C.. one of the highest things..

Hey Truckster,

A bit off subject but I was wondering if you can give me a link to Dave of the Cube Lock rear storage system "fame". Looked at it once before and tried a link you once provided from the archives but seems to be out-of-date now.

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Thats the stuff.. I'll get a photo in a minute, there aint much pulp left though!!!

Les Hiddens - LEGEND..

"Les Hiddins, the "Bush Tucker Man", once inferred a connection between these two unusual residents of the Kimberleys. The seed of the boab is edible - it is high in vitamin C - and it was suggested that if the artists of the Bradshaws came to north-western Australia from Africa, boab seeds, also known as "sour gourd", may well have come with them as a transportable food source."

Ah the Bush Tucker Man . . . what a bloke.

Got all his vids . . . too bad he doesn't do that anymore : (

yea got all his books, vids, and even have the hat :D

Les is one person I would LOVE to meet and spend a week travelling with.. what an opportunity to see some weird and wonderful places.

I think you current shape has more to do with alchohol consumption than the consuming of a boab tree seed. !!!'S Rioghail Mo Dhream

G'day Willie, just as well telly wasn't available when your out bush. You wouldn't of had nearly as much fun. lolne cede malis

Oh yes the Adansonia gregorii Boab Tree,

shirt loads of them on adult trees when green they are best roasted then the fruit inside is stewed and slightly more edible or if the nut is kept you can roast the inner seeds like peanuts too.
kind of looks like nougat when fruit is left do dry before opening.
makes you very thirsty if eaten this way though.,
lucky there should be a swollen boab tree nearby?
the tree also has an edible sap when mixed with water.

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I got some seeds here, think it would look good in Melbourne with 2 Boabs one each side of the driveway? :)

I bet you would be the first in your street!!

Wonder if you need council permission to dig a hole in the ground (thinking of the thing on ads for current affair where you need a PERMIT to trim a tree didnt watch the show)