Have never seen so many dead animals as I did on the Hobart to Port Arthur road, mainly possums. Poor little critters.
Another thing, we saw at the gift shop at the Nut at Stanley a road kill recipe book. Yucko!!
Ross
blaze said
06:24 PM Mar 7, 2012
one of te worst spot in tassie is between stanley and smithton. I tink te reason why the road kill seems so high is it is not removed and is left to nature (devils and quolls)and also the population of small marsupials is so high. This is because there is very little baiting in tassie and since te gun laws there are very few hunters. If you was to shine a spotlight in the paddocks close to te road where there is a bit of bush and open paddocks you could count more rabbits and wallabies tan shheep or cows. In places in stanley and smithton they dont need to mow te lawn because it is trimmed down to about 12 mm by wildlife (tis is one the edge of the towns). The road kill recipes is done as a joke. The down side is really the dented cars and the odd wedge tail eagle that gets hit cheers blaze
blaze said
06:29 PM Mar 7, 2012
See you also made mention of possum, also in plaque proportion in the area you speak of and also around thhe central highlands. There used to be a season ffor shooting possum for there skins (no longer a value in the skins) but some are still captured in cage traps and put through a specialist abbitors and used for humun consumption. cheers blaze
Dougwe said
07:09 PM Mar 7, 2012
Thank goodness they were possum's and not a wombat.
Smokeydk said
08:07 PM Mar 7, 2012
Heaps of road kill on Kangaroo Island................you would wonder if theres any native animals left
_wombat_ said
11:10 PM Mar 7, 2012
Dougwe wrote:
Thank goodness they were possum's and not a wombat.
thanks mate
wendyv said
11:20 PM Mar 7, 2012
In all our travels round Australia, felt that the road kill in Tasmania was far worse than anywhere else. We actually wondered whether, in parts, drivers went to extra effort to mow down the wildlife!
blaze said
11:26 PM Mar 7, 2012
wendyv wrote:
In all our travels round Australia, felt that the road kill in Tasmania was far worse than anywhere else. We actually wondered whether, in parts, drivers went to extra effort to mow down the wildlife!
dont believe that would factor in at all wendy, its just the density of the animals and as pointed out already the warth in the road and fresh food on the sides
chheers
blaze
Ziobeo said
12:58 AM Mar 8, 2012
Great post man.
Its very sad that many animals got killed in road accidents. We should drive safe.
We noticed the amount of dead animals too - not a single Wombat though they must be smarter in Tas. (have seen heaps dead in winter in Cooma). I think it must be that there are so many we went to sunset beach camp on the west coast and seriuosly you think you got the directions wrong when you head down that track (long rough and nowhere to turn) but on getting in there we had a spectacular spot all to our selves and it was like a great big mowed park thanks to the paddy melons and wallabies.
Cruising Granny said
01:19 AM Mar 8, 2012
Unfortunately wildlife is not very safety conscious. The more animals, the more get killed. The heavier the traffic, the more possibilities of killing wildlife. It's the cycle of life. While we don't like to kill our wildlife, it happens, and it's sad. Most animals bump into vehicles, not the other way around. Seriously, check out doors and fenders and you may see the indentation left by the kangaroo's tail. If we see them in time most of us slow down if we can. There are places in Qld and NSW where they've constructed animal crossings, for tree kangaroos, possums and koalas. KI has always been a sanctuary for native animals, and then cars came along. They still have to cull koalas which end up over-populating Flinders Chase National Park. They send them to Pt. Lincoln, to Wanna, to an area where their favourite trees grow and flourish. I don't think too many people set out to run our critters over and kill them. I don't like seeing wedge-tailed eagles killed. Mind you, they could have a go at feral goats and pigs whenever the opportunity arises.
pricey43 said
01:20 AM Mar 8, 2012
There used to be a shop in Mildura called ' Road Kill Roasts' . Never tried it out, it just turned my stomach.
No wonder it didn't survive long.
Travel Bug said
01:21 AM Mar 8, 2012
How come there is a link leading to an ad at the bottom of Ziobeo's post when there are no free ads allowed on here???
CINDYYYYY!!!!!
_wombat_ said
01:34 AM Mar 8, 2012
Travel Bug wrote:
How come there is a link leading to an ad at the bottom of Ziobeo's post when there are no free ads allowed on here???
CINDYYYYY!!!!!
he's a newbie and perhaps he does not know
Geoff n Jen said
01:54 AM Mar 8, 2012
We had a hunters pie (I think that was it's title) in Scottsdale, it was rabbit, wallaby and venison - hope the ingredients were not road kill it was yummy.
Happywanderer said
01:58 AM Mar 8, 2012
He must be a fake anyway, has anyone checked. Who has a surname Oprah??
_wombat_ said
02:09 AM Mar 8, 2012
Happywanderer wrote:
He must be a fake anyway, has anyone checked. Who has a surname Oprah??
there is a lady in the US that goes by the name of Oprah Winfrey, could that be the person you are talking about ?
Happywanderer said
02:19 AM Mar 8, 2012
wombat I'm talking about ziobeo who has an advertsing link at the bottom of his post. If you click on his name you will see his surname is Oprah.
Oprah Winfrey doesn't have a surname of Oprah so no I wasn't talking about her at all.
JRH said
02:20 AM Mar 8, 2012
Happywanderer wrote:
wombat I'm talking about ziobeo who has an advertsing link at the bottom of his post. If you click on his name you will see his surname is Oprah.
Oprah Winfrey doesn't have a surname of Oprah so no I wasn't talking about her at all.
Womby can't you get anything right?
Happywanderer said
02:23 AM Mar 8, 2012
Back in your corner wombat. lol
Travel Bug said
02:32 AM Mar 8, 2012
I checked Marj...
That's why I commented on the ad.
the rocket said
03:00 AM Mar 8, 2012
Sounds like Granny Clampet and Jed would have plenty to eat in tassie. Ellie May and Jethro too. rocket n strop
Dougwe said
03:51 AM Mar 8, 2012
I don't like the sound of that rocket because they eat a lot of wombat stew too.
JRH said
03:53 AM Mar 8, 2012
Dougwe wrote:
I don't like the sound of that rocket because they eat a lot of wombat stew too.
Obviously they don't enough of it we still have a resident Wombat.
Dougwe said
04:01 AM Mar 8, 2012
Some people say that every dog gets it's day, maybe in the case of a wombat it's a case of every wombat needs to keep an eye out. They should also look to the left then to the right and to the left again and if safe then cross the road but while they are looking to the left a second time we can come up fast from the right, WAMO wombat stew.
_wombat_ said
04:02 PM Mar 8, 2012
Dougwe wrote:
Some people say that every dog gets it's day, maybe in the case of a wombat it's a case of every wombat needs to keep an eye out. They should also look to the left then to the right and to the left again and if safe then cross the road but while they are looking to the left a second time we can come up fast from the right, WAMO wombat stew.
Have never seen so many dead animals as I did on the Hobart to Port Arthur road, mainly possums. Poor little critters.
Another thing, we saw at the gift shop at the Nut at Stanley a road kill recipe book. Yucko!!
Ross
cheers
blaze
cheers
blaze
Thank goodness they were possum's and not a wombat.
thanks mate
dont believe that would factor in at all wendy, its just the density of the animals and as pointed out already the warth in the road and fresh food on the sides
chheers
blaze
Great post man.
Its very sad that many animals got killed in road accidents. We should drive safe.
Power of Attorney
The more animals, the more get killed. The heavier the traffic, the more possibilities of killing wildlife.
It's the cycle of life. While we don't like to kill our wildlife, it happens, and it's sad.
Most animals bump into vehicles, not the other way around. Seriously, check out doors and fenders and you may see the indentation left by the kangaroo's tail.
If we see them in time most of us slow down if we can.
There are places in Qld and NSW where they've constructed animal crossings, for tree kangaroos, possums and koalas.
KI has always been a sanctuary for native animals, and then cars came along. They still have to cull koalas which end up over-populating Flinders Chase National Park. They send them to Pt. Lincoln, to Wanna, to an area where their favourite trees grow and flourish.
I don't think too many people set out to run our critters over and kill them. I don't like seeing wedge-tailed eagles killed.
Mind you, they could have a go at feral goats and pigs whenever the opportunity arises.
There used to be a shop in Mildura called ' Road Kill Roasts' . Never tried it out, it just turned my stomach.
No wonder it didn't survive long.
How come there is a link leading to an ad at the bottom of Ziobeo's post when there are no free ads allowed on here???
CINDYYYYY!!!!!
he's a newbie and perhaps he does not know
there is a lady in the US that goes by the name of Oprah Winfrey, could that be the person you are talking about ?
Oprah Winfrey doesn't have a surname of Oprah so no I wasn't talking about her at all.
Womby can't you get anything right?
I checked Marj...
That's why I commented on the ad.
Sounds like Granny Clampet and Jed would have plenty to eat in tassie. Ellie May and Jethro too. rocket n strop
Obviously they don't enough of it we still have a resident Wombat.
I don't like wombat stew, I wonder why