SupaWallace escapades
blackers wrote:Just looked up Wallace's Standardwing, a standout-looking unit. Put on some red-tinted frogskins and Alf's your uncle. Just sayin.
Wow, what an amazing looking bird.
Going through old albums and picked out a few blasts from the past. L to R , A young Gordo the Great , myself , our Ubud host , Irish . 
The old Tarci Bungalows 1988 Myself & Stevo
no power no running water , no cold beer , no problem.
Captain Bobby’s family and some of Tarci family, Bobby’s jukung , 2 hours to sanur with the current. 6 hours if you went at the wrong time . 
Great memories there Supa.
When’s the Mr Wallace getting back for your trip?
seeds wrote:Great memories there Supa.
When’s the Mr Wallace getting back for your trip?
He arrives on the 11th & we fly out on 20th .
Anything happening at your end @AW? @Supa's been holding down the fort on this thread.
Don't make us have to make a 'StUnder exploits' thread!
basesix wrote:Anything happening at your end @AW? @Supa's been holding down the fort on this thread.
Don't make us have to make a 'StUnder exploits' thread!
Nothing. AW
Don't believe you Alf.
Basesix. Hi mate. Joking.
Hope all is well with you and the other clowns we normally engage with.
Pretty exhausted after the bird trip, long days and nights, some time spent at 2000m searching for rare montane bird species, ticks, leeches and mites (jiggers) did their best to annoy the fuck out of you despite having cutting edge attire, but totally worth it, something I’ll never forget in a hurry.
I’ve a couple hundred photos of the experience which I will start uploading shortly.
The bird photos will be a short while, my colleague was the one taking photos of the birds.
Have been welcomed by Supa and his daughter Angelina, I fully understand why he lives here.
Surfed Shipwrecks today, plenty of size, got four great waves with a bit of size amongst a heavy maelstrom of all type of surf craft and their operators.
Supafreak was clearly the stand out surfer by a country mile.
A good surfer and an even better guy. All the best. AW
ha! Good stuff, @AW,
did you run across a mate of mine, Cutler Canns.. he is an entomologist who was in the mountains of W Sumatra last week looking for rare ticks, leeches and mites.. said, and I quote, 'the fucking trogon, pheasant, frogmouth, pitta, and god knows what else were in plague proportions.. the very sunlight at times blocked out by a sky full of cursed feathers'.
Look forward to this thread's impending Cambrian explosion.
Glad you're all safe and well : )
Good to hear that you’re back from the wilderness @AW … that surf today must have been pretty sweet!
Yep good to hear you are alive and well. AW, even if you call us clowns. Plague proportions of pitas? Sounds like humus is needed to me.
Good to have you back Mr Ventura. ;)
blackers wrote:Yep good to hear you are alive and well. AW, even if you call us clowns. Plague proportions of pitas? Sounds like humus is needed to me.
Blackers and Co. it’s nice to be back, Supa and I have been laughing our heads off at some of the comments. Apologies for calling everyone clowns, I’m one of them as you know.
Feeling pretty laconic hence the loose lips.
Have missed you all, I really mean that.
Edit. Well, we saw some of the rarest Pittas on earth, on some occasion about 1m from them.. Watch this space. AW
GuySmiley wrote:Good to hear that you’re back from the wilderness @AW … that surf today must have been pretty sweet!
GuySmiley. Hi mate. Hope ya well. Yes it was great to surf Shipwrecks , looking at pumping surf as I punch the keys, plenty of energy in the water, big sets, glaring sunshine. Nothing to complain about. Off for Japanese tucker at 6pm. Origato. AW
tubeshooter wrote:Good to have you back Mr Ventura. ;)
Tubeshooter, thanks pal, it’s all ‘Ace’ at my end. AW
Safe travels lads, look forward to hearing bout your upcoming mission
- & AW, enjoy those supa sunsets while on the bongan ;)
basesix wrote:ha! Good stuff, @AW,
did you run across a mate of mine, Cutler Canns.. he is an entomologist who was in the mountains of W Sumatra last week looking for rare ticks, leeches and mites.. said, and I quote, 'the fucking trogon, pheasant, frogmouth, pitta, and god knows what else were in plague proportions.. the very sunlight at times blocked out by a sky full of cursed feathers'.
Look forward to this thread's impending Cambrian explosion.
Glad you're all safe and well : )
hahaha, very good.
basesix wrote:ha! Good stuff, @AW,
did you run across a mate of mine, Cutler Canns.. he is an entomologist who was in the mountains of W Sumatra last week looking for rare ticks, leeches and mites.. said, and I quote, 'the fucking trogon, pheasant, frogmouth, pitta, and god knows what else were in plague proportions.. the very sunlight at times blocked out by a sky full of cursed feathers'.
Look forward to this thread's impending Cambrian explosion.
Glad you're all safe and well : )
Basesix. You are the best. Words come out of your mouth like profanities from a Collingwood supporter in the crowd at the ‘G’.
Cambrian explosion it may not be but I remember all about the Burgess Shale (500mya) in the Canadian Rockies. Another of Stephen J Goulds great books.
Remember it’s about animals not fitting previously discovered conventions.
For example;
Animals with 7 pairs of legs and other peculiarities.
Hallucinogenia sp. , Anomalacaris sp. , Opabinia sp., Wiwaxia sp., Sidneyia sp. etc.
Very strange looking creatures.
A great read.
Fortunately I didn’t meet Cutler Canns, sounds like an illegal bird trapper of which we did meet a few on Halmahera. AW
tearymasseuse wrote:Safe travels lads, look forward to hearing bout your upcoming mission
- & AW, enjoy those supa sunsets while on the bongan ;)
Tearymasseuse. Hi mate. Hope you’re digging it, we are.
Supafreak is a great host. Surf pumped today, sunset looked great. Full as a state school hat rack after a Japanese feed. I’m cooked. AW
cos, y'know.. we're curious.
PB & J, or 'the original odd couple'.
either way, stay social boys.