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[Warwick]

Here's a really good photo of a falcon nesting in a gumtree.

i.imgur.com/YW6Fufm.jpg

[johnwp5bcoupe]

Aug 13, 2013 6:45:25 GMT Warwick said:

Here's a really good photo of a falcon nesting in a gumtree.

tinyurl.com/kjfgpho

Ok Warwick how did it get there?

[Deleted]

Man,could that car just fly...!

[David]

John, I can answer that. All cars are fitted with wings

[eightofthem (Andy)]

Good stuff that redbull !

[norvin]

I like Admin's joke very clever, but same as John how did it get there?

[johnwp5bcoupe]

Nice one David daft bu**er

I like that one Andy

[Deleted]

Suspect wings have been known to become "unstuck"in a GUMtree.

I apologise to all. Was just falcon around.

[Warwick]

Aug 13, 2013 8:27:17 GMT johnwp5bcoupe said:

Aug 13, 2013 6:45:25 GMT Warwick said:

Here's a really good photo of a falcon nesting in a gumtree.

tinyurl.com/kjfgpho

Ok Warwick how did it get there?

It would have been the result of a flood John. It's probably in Queensland. I'll have a closer look at the number plate. I'm doing this from my phone, so I'll have to wait until tomorrow and use the PC.


Okay, looking at the enlarged image, it looks like the number plate is white on black with 3 letters and 3 digits.
The letters look like OEK or perhaps OBK. All of this fits with Queensland registration plates in the early to mid '60s.
It's an Australian Ford Falcon of the early to mid '60s, so that fits too.
Queensland had a big flood in 1974 (I was there) and the car would have only been perhaps 10 years old at that time, so that fits too.
Who knows when the photo was taken, but it could sit up there without rusting to the point of unrecognizability (is that a word?) for decades.
While it isn't common to see cars stuck up trees as a result of a big flood in the outback, it isn't unusual. I've only seen one in my life, but I've seen many photos.


Okay - yet another update.
I tried dropping the image into the Google images search window and found what appears to be the original posting.
majesticvanners.forumotion.com/t881-where-the-old-fords-go (Scroll down)

Here we get a photo of the whole tree and surrounding area, and while the car could easily have been caught in the tree like that during a big flood, there couldn't have been a flood that deep in that location, on top of a hill. Furthermore, it turns out it is in western Central Victoria (closer to home), and we don't have those sorts of floods in that region.
On taking another look at the rego (registration number), the first letter could be a J which then fits with the Victorian registration numbers of the early to mid '60s.
And finally, someone states that they believe the car was put there.

[Warwick]

Aug 13, 2013 8:40:44 GMT David said:

John, I can answer that. All cars are fitted with wings

Good one David, but I must admit that it slipped past me at first. It was Norvin's post that made me good back and read yours again. We don't call them wings. To us they're mudguards, which is frequently shortened to just guard.

[norvin]

Thank you for all that information Warwick, but must say I am interested in the google image search window call me a thicko but I must admit that I have never heard of it before.

[Warwick]

I only learnt of it a few months ago Norvin.
Open Google. Select the Images tab, then drag and drop an image from your computer into the search box where you normally type. Google will find that image if it's on the web, or similar images.

[norvin]

Thanks Warwick I shall have to try it out for myself.

[Warwick]

More info here, Norvin.

www.google.com.au/insidesearch/features/images/searchbyimage.html

Try dropping your avatar photo into it.

[norvin]

Thanks Warwick checked out your link and tried it, all worked ok thanks again for all the trouble you have taken.