You do my knowledge of history too little credit, hun. ^-~ Lots of people here have heard of the Batavia. If only because there's a replica you can get married on and such somewhere further up north. I present you proof. I'm fairly sure we've talked about the Batavia before...
Glad to hear you're well, if set upon by chocolate rabbits. *snugs* Enjoy the rest of his visit, yes. ^-^
Didn't doubt your historical knowledge, poppet, just the Batavia's importance in the scheme of things! It was only a shipwreck, after all, albeit a fairly dramatic one. We've ended up with a lot of 'famous' European shipwrecks which no-one except us seems to remember because we keep the stuff ... weirdos >_> >_>
If you've heard of the Zeewyk or Vergulde Draeck I'll be super-impressed! :D And take you on a shipwreck tour when you come visit me in Oz!
Hope you consumed much chocolate as well, me sweet ;)
I've heard of that - doesn't the replica visit Western Australia sometimes? :D I absolutely love those. There's something special about sailing ships ...
I guess it makes sense that the Batavia was famous - it was a pretty shocking story. One of the guys who found it wrote a really good book called 'Island of Angry Ghosts' that was half non-fiction (about the actual rediscovery of the wreck) and half fiction (a dramatised account of what happened). It was one of my favourite books when I was a wee lassie. Wish I could remember his name.
I saw a shipwreck when I was in WA... bugger, now I need to go find the name of it and where we saw it. I remember only because there was this awesome reef shelf right up on shore and we caught a bunch of sea hares to play with.
Ooh, you've been to Exmouth? :D How gorgeous! I've still never been much further north than Geraldton to this day - shameful! (Did you make it to Broome as well?)
They used to call it the Shipwreck Coast up along here - literally hundreds of wrecks right up and down the WA reefs. I think it amused/amuses other countries to see how excited we get about collecting all their junk (not our fault, we never had barques and other cool stuff like that!!) ;D
I did. I was there for two field courses in college and we drove from Perth to Broome then camped our way across the Kimberley to Darwin over the course of six weeks. It was amazing.
I'm SO jealous! Never been up that far, and I'm dying to get to the Kimberley! O_o Was it a zoological/geological course? There seem to be loads of geology field-trippers up that way ...
[if-wolf-shaped-would-have-ears-back look] aaaahh...oh, and just checking - you're up to date on your basic shots, yes? Everything's washed, but they are from the Thames, and even though I know you're not a geologist* and aren't likely to apply potsherds to open wounds, the letter/explanation is wrapped around a nebulously mediaeval nail, and I don't want you to die of archaeology. Or tetanus.
[offers the considerate Schiri a bottle of high quality chocolate milk and a straw] Don't know if you've encountered this before - non-alcoholic, but good. It's considered more decorous to drink it through an artificial straw than all at once, so. Want?
[to Alyssa, moving out of potential glomp-range] Oh, and a truly random thought I had yesterday - winterknights don't breed, right?
Death by archaeology would be like death by chocolate: it would be difficult to get terribly upset XD I've had all my needlies, though. My sister would never let me escape without them. ;P
And eh, I wouldn't bother showing too much gratitude there - it'd be 'any excuse to hit someone with a bit of wood', really ...
Pretexts have become necessary? *inspects brown milk*
Looks like it's come out of a dead cow ...
*sniff sniff*
*'Jaws' theme strikes up as hungry Southerner approaches*
No, winterknights wouldn't be able to reproduce under any circumstances I've envisaged. But how on earth did you know that? Did I put it in one of those stories without realising? XD
*thump in background, as of lump of wood swatting a hungry Southerner*
The heat has vanished as of today in a spectacularly sudden downpour, heh heh. Just one day short of April Fool's ;P
This means I am banished to the couch (O cruel softness!) for one more evening. You don't read about this sort of thing in the papers, but it happens. It happens.
(I do! I forget when I changed that ... couple of bored weeks ago? Might have to do it again, though, as it's too summery ...)
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Glad to hear you're well, if set upon by chocolate rabbits. *snugs* Enjoy the rest of his visit, yes. ^-^
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If you've heard of the Zeewyk or Vergulde Draeck I'll be super-impressed! :D And take you on a shipwreck tour when you come visit me in Oz!
Hope you consumed much chocolate as well, me sweet ;)
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I guess it makes sense that the Batavia was famous - it was a pretty shocking story. One of the guys who found it wrote a really good book called 'Island of Angry Ghosts' that was half non-fiction (about the actual rediscovery of the wreck) and half fiction (a dramatised account of what happened). It was one of my favourite books when I was a wee lassie. Wish I could remember his name.
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ah, it was the Maldura Wreck in Exmouth. Phew.
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They used to call it the Shipwreck Coast up along here - literally hundreds of wrecks right up and down the WA reefs. I think it amused/amuses other countries to see how excited we get about collecting all their junk (not our fault, we never had barques and other cool stuff like that!!) ;D
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No! Suppress the glomp reflex! Suppress!
*waits considerately with large lump of wood to suppress glomp reflex*
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[offers the considerate Schiri a bottle of high quality chocolate milk and a straw] Don't know if you've encountered this before - non-alcoholic, but good. It's considered more decorous to drink it through an artificial straw than all at once, so. Want?
[to Alyssa, moving out of potential glomp-range] Oh, and a truly random thought I had yesterday - winterknights don't breed, right?
*they eat samples. I've seen them. O_o
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And eh, I wouldn't bother showing too much gratitude there - it'd be 'any excuse to hit someone with a bit of wood', really ...
Pretexts have become necessary? *inspects brown milk*
Looks like it's come out of a dead cow ...
*sniff sniff*
*'Jaws' theme strikes up as hungry Southerner approaches*
No, winterknights wouldn't be able to reproduce under any circumstances I've envisaged. But how on earth did you know that? Did I put it in one of those stories without realising? XD
*thump in background, as of lump of wood swatting a hungry Southerner*
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The drive sounds neat! All except the heat >.< I'm not a fan of that, nosirreebob.
Oh, the conditions you endure are INHUMANE!!! ^_~
Oo, and you have a new journal layout!
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This means I am banished to the couch (O cruel softness!) for one more evening. You don't read about this sort of thing in the papers, but it happens. It happens.
(I do! I forget when I changed that ... couple of bored weeks ago? Might have to do it again, though, as it's too summery ...)
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