Celebrating Birth at Lone Pine During Zoo and Aquarium Month?🌲🐨

Lone Pine

Apparently, if the last book I read is correct, life on the blue planet Earth started with some form of lightning strike to get things started.

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So, celebrating a belated birthday at a place named after a "Lone Pine" that was struck by lightning in 1975 seems kind of appropriate with what science knows so far;-)

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Ken Peterson, top centre

Hey, I'm an open-minded person, and if either religion or science could tell me a believable story of how life on Earth started, then I'd be happy and would stop searching, but neither makes much sense to me with the brain "God" gave me.

My last post was about the tree that the sanctuary is named after, which was stuck by lightning in 1975, the same year that Travis Walton claimed to be abducted by aliens, and the only story that I have believed nearly 100% as far as "abductee" stories go.

So, I guess I'm on the right path, since every single living organism at this "sanctuary" must have evolved from that lightning/s strike that set life in motion, right?

If you are ever in Brisbane, come and ponder that thought:-)

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I went to a "zoo" in my hometown today, named 'Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary', which I have been to before as a primary school student way back in the very early 70s, but remember nothing much about, except for a ride up the river from the city to get there and back in an old wooden boat.

I'm only writing this post because I finished reading a book about lightning before visiting 'Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary', only to find out after I come out into the carpark that the zoo is named after this "lone pine" above that was planted in 1867 and hit by lightning in 1975:-)

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You can still catch a boat from the city today, although my youngest son drove me there, so we could meet my oldest son and his partner and my granddaughter, so I could give him his birthday present from the week before.

He suggested we meet at 'Lone Pine' because my granddaughter loves this place, plus they don't live that far away from it, unlike me and his brother do.

And I found out that an adult ticket to get into 'Lone Pine' was going to set me back another $63 on top of the $200 I forked out for his birthday present, so I bought an annual pass for $101 in the gamble that if my granddaughter loved it that much maybe I'll be back here a few more times within the year?

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Oddly enough, I don't think that I have ever seen a live platypus in my lifetime and I have lived in Australia for the large majority of my life, barring a few weeks of holidays overseas of late.

You weren't allowed flash photography in the platypus aquarium [?], and my phone let me down on this visit, so I'm determined to get better shots next time ... if there is a next time?

The last zoo I visited was the Singapore Zoo, which hopefully I'll be able to visit with my granddaughter and my son before my time is up.

More 'Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary' photos to come in my next post.

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I bought a lemon black bubble tea with strawberry pearls on 'International Sushi Day' with my two cartons of sushi, and I put the bubble tea in the fridge to drink later.

After a few days I saw that I still had the tea in the fridge and wondered when this drink's use by date expired.

Turns out it expires in 2027 in March, so the drink has a good chance of surpassing my expiry date;-)

As I was drinking this drink before reading the fine print, I thought that these drinks could be a choking hazard for young kids, or even adults like me, as I nearly sucked a pearl into my lungs while drinking my tea.

I also thought as I read what I could of the cup without a magnifying glass, there's another one of those QR Codes that I just wrote about.

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I also bought a can of 'Canadian Club Lemon Crush' when I bought my bottle of Blanton's Bourbon Whishkey for 'National Bourbon Day' this month, and that can even had a QR Code printed on it.

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