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Jonathan Cummings

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Some more of Barnbougle
« on: April 02, 2006, 01:21:07 PM »
I'm not much of a photographer but here are a few shots I took a few weeks ago.  JC

The stern 8th



The wonderful 7th


Show me the intended target....


One of the gallary...



Some of the more unpleasant of the Barnbougle denizens...

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Philip Gawith

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Re:Some more of Barnbougle
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2006, 02:43:38 PM »
Those are nice pictures Jonathan - looks like they have cut the fairways since I was there. They were a bit furry over Xmas.

That is an excellent photo of the 8th hole (your third). Maybe you should also explain that the first picture is a backward look towards the tee, also on the 8th.

I think I also saw that kangaroo - in my case he was standing vigil behind the 2nd green.
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Scott_Burroughs

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Re:Some more of Barnbougle
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2006, 02:57:10 PM »
Great pics, JC!

Your last pic should be titled 'Lord of the Flies'.
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Tom_Doak

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Re:Some more of Barnbougle
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2006, 04:05:06 PM »
We never had any trouble with flies when we were working on Barnbougle.  (I figured it was just too windy for them.)  But the flies at St. Andrews Beach were unbelievable two summers ago, for about a month there.
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ed_getka

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Re:Some more of Barnbougle
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2006, 05:25:29 PM »
What is the season for the flies? I certainly don't want to be there then.

Great pix Jonathan. That one of #7 I particularly like. Were these early morning pix?
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"Perimeter-weighted fairways", The best euphemism for containment mounding I've ever heard.

Chris Kane

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Re:Some more of Barnbougle
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2006, 05:31:54 PM »
Ed, there is a product called Aeroguard which costs $5 at any supermarket - spray it on and you won't have any trouble.  

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Philip Gawith

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Re:Some more of Barnbougle
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2006, 05:39:20 PM »
Ed - flies are the dirty secret of golf down-under! When we played at SAB in December, the flies were terrible, and a gale-force wind did not bother them! It is true you can smear stuff on - I am not sure that it is 100% effective. The locals will know better but I think they are variable - better some years than others.
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Chris Kane

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Re:Some more of Barnbougle
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2006, 05:40:48 PM »
Philip, Aeroguard is 100% effective if you apply enough of it!  
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ed_getka

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Re:Some more of Barnbougle
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2006, 06:09:29 PM »
Chris,
   Is there a typical season for these buggers? Are they the biting variety, or just annoying?
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"Perimeter-weighted fairways", The best euphemism for containment mounding I've ever heard.

Chris Kane

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Re:Some more of Barnbougle
« Reply #9 on: April 02, 2006, 06:13:06 PM »
Just annoying - completely harmless.  They're around in summer.
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ed_getka

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Re:Some more of Barnbougle
« Reply #10 on: April 02, 2006, 06:19:01 PM »
 8)
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Jonathan Cummings

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Re:Some more of Barnbougle
« Reply #11 on: April 02, 2006, 06:23:57 PM »
It's actually a Wallabee (Kangaroo-lite!).  they're all over the place at Barnbougle.  JC
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Jonathan Cummings

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Re:Some more of Barnbougle
« Reply #12 on: April 02, 2006, 07:39:18 PM »
Ed - pics taken just before sunset.  Flies are seasonal - they go away in the winter when it's colder (June-Sept).

Chris - Barnbougle owner, Richard Sattler, told me there is nothing you can do about the flies.  They eat DEET for lunch.  The stuff we smeared on seemed to attrack them!

They do not bite - they are just an annoyance.  If they were the biting kind, Tasmania would be a deserted island.

JC
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Sean Walsh

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Re:Some more of Barnbougle
« Reply #13 on: April 03, 2006, 04:42:32 AM »
That aerial of the 8th is a great shot.  

Re other wildlife available we had an echidna cross the fairway in front of us when we played.  We also saw about half a dozen wallabies.

If Australian flies were of the biting kind then the whole continent would be uninhabited.  I grew up on a Dairy Farm 2 hours north of Melbourne.  Guess how many flies 200 or so defaecating cows attract  ;D Give it time and you learn to live with the flies.  Aeroguard and the like have some effect, sometimes the effect is better then others.  

I checked out the Barnbougle site last night and see that the holes have been given names.  Some are good, others a little corny.  
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ForkaB

Re:Some more of Barnbougle
« Reply #14 on: April 03, 2006, 05:21:13 AM »
Ed

Ifr you are worried about the flies, buy one of those bush hats with the wine corks dangling off the edges, and spray the corks with Aeroguard and/or Malathion.  Then buy the Monty Python video of the Philosphy Department at the University of Wagga-Wagga, call yourself "Bruce" and Bob's your uncle, you'll get on just fine! :)
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Marty Bonnar

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Re:Some more of Barnbougle
« Reply #15 on: April 03, 2006, 05:57:58 AM »
Brer Rihc,
As one who spent his most formative years regurgitating every Python sketch the day after in the playground(schoolyard?), I must correct you. I think you'll find the University of Woolloomooloo was the home of the Bruces...



and of course, David Hume could out-consume Schopenhauer and Hagel!!!

 ;D
FBD.
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The White River runs dark through the heart of the Town,
Washed the people coal-black from the hole in the ground.

ForkaB

Re:Some more of Barnbougle
« Reply #16 on: April 03, 2006, 06:27:05 AM »
Martin

Shoorley it was Hegel.....!?

BTW--the Nuzzo has landed!  The Nuzzo had landed!

But.....Houston/Glenrothes, we have a PROBLEM!  Daffodils growing on the West links at North Berwick!!!!  OK, I'm stepping up to the plate--GLOBAL WARMING HAS GONE JUST TOOOOOO!!! FAR.

The greens are not yet infested, however......
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Marty Bonnar

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Re:Some more of Barnbougle
« Reply #17 on: April 03, 2006, 06:37:24 AM »
I knew I'd missplel one of them! Why'd it have to be the five-letter one? Huh? ;)
Good to know the Nuzzoes/Nuzzes/Nuzziae? are safely upon our hallowed turf!
NB yesterday? How was it? Apart form the infestation...

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The White River runs dark through the heart of the Town,
Washed the people coal-black from the hole in the ground.

ForkaB

Re:Some more of Barnbougle
« Reply #18 on: April 03, 2006, 07:00:49 AM »
F

NB was NB.  A bit moister than usual, but occasionally  recognisable.  Nuzzo's cut-sliced persimmon drives rolled like superballs, but the greens were holding and making ball marks!  Putted very true, however.  The barmaid in the club tried to sell me a pint with 2 inches of foam, but I told her I was frae Fife, and that nonsense was put an end to........
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Andrew Thomson

Re:Some more of Barnbougle
« Reply #19 on: April 03, 2006, 08:24:23 AM »
flies are harmless, especially nestled on your back.  the bloke in that picture would not even know they are there.
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Jonathan Cummings

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Re:Some more of Barnbougle
« Reply #20 on: April 03, 2006, 07:50:05 PM »
Ahhh, Andrew - what about the 30 others buzzing about the blokes face!
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Jonathan Cummings

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Re:Some more of Barnbougle
« Reply #21 on: April 03, 2006, 07:58:12 PM »
Sean - believe it or not the aeriel you suggest of #8 is not an aeriel at all.  I scambled up a particularly tall adjoining dune and, perched on top, took the shot.

It's a little disconcerting bushwhacking like that.  We were told by our local during our first Aussie round (New South Wales) that 9 of the 10 deadliest snakes live in Oz and to not go into the brush looking for our ball(s).

JC
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Andrew Thomson

Re:Some more of Barnbougle
« Reply #22 on: April 03, 2006, 08:07:43 PM »
Quote
Ahhh, Andrew - what about the 30 others buzzing about the blokes face!


Ignore them, they put hairs on your chest.
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ed_getka

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Re:Some more of Barnbougle
« Reply #23 on: January 19, 2007, 03:42:20 PM »
bump
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Kalen Braley

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Re:Some more of Barnbougle
« Reply #24 on: January 19, 2007, 04:44:47 PM »
Get one of these and you're set.

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