Thread: I am now a star (sort of)

Originally Posted by Landy110

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In that pic of the Library, I can't make it out very well, what is the tall ship and did you build it?
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By the way, I will stand correction but isn't a "shiny black cockatoo" a Major Mitchell ?

Steve

In about 1973, my brother was working in Copenhagen, and, as a birthday present, he sent me a kit of the Lauritsen Line's sail training ship "Lilla Dan" to build. The kit consisted of a set of plans and a stack of planks. I spent about six months building it.

Correction: No, a "Glossy Black" or "calyptorhynchus lathami" is not the same as a "Major Mitchell" "cacatua leadbeateri". For a start, the former is black with red patches under the tail and Wings, whereas the pink and white Major Mitchell is very similar in colour to a galah, but with a bigger crest and somewhat brighter colours. Both are relatively rare. No Major Mitchells live round here that I have spotted, but there are several pairs of Glossy Blacks, one often seen in the house yard, and more are commonly seen on the way in through the forest.

John

I learned this morning that the first instalment of the interview with me will be during the breakfast programme tomorrow morning. (30/8, between 0615 and 0745, probably between 0710 and 0745, on ABC Western Plains).

John