Hi All, Brian Russell and myself spent the last few days meandering around some popular SEQ birding spots and at one particular spot picked up an expensive current model flash unit off the ground, by the looks of things just recently left and in working order. Anyone who thinks it’s theirs please contact myself or Brian with the brand/model name and location you think you left it at. Cheers – Paul W. ******************************************************************************** This email, including any attachments sent with it, is confidential and for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). This confidentiality is not waived or lost, if you receive it and you are not the intended recipient(s), or if it is transmitted/received in error. Any unauthorised use, alteration, disclosure, distribution or review of this email is strictly prohibited. The information contained in this email, including any attachment sent with it, may be subject to a statutory duty of confidentiality if it relates to health service matters. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or if you have received this email in error, you are asked to immediately notify the sender by telephone collect on Australia +61 1800 198 175 or by return email. You should also delete this email, and any copies, from your computer system network and destroy any hard copies produced. If not an intended recipient of this email, you must not copy, distribute or take any action(s) that relies on it; any form of disclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication of this email is also prohibited. Although Queensland Health takes all reasonable steps to ensure this email does not contain malicious software, Queensland Health does not accept responsibility for the consequences if any person’s computer inadvertently suffers any disruption to services, loss of information, harm or is infected with a virus, other malicious computer programme or code that may occur as a consequence of receiving this email. Unless stated otherwise, this email represents only the views of the sender and not the views of the Queensland Government. ********************************************************************************** =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================
And that’s a very good point, Philip. I don’t know about down there, but I’ve always felt a bit uncomfortable about removing things in situations like this. I guess I’ve come across too many heavy-handed police officers! Denise On 29/10/13 1:43 PM, “Philip Veerman” < pveerman@pcug.org.au> wrote: =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================
Last time I left up a sign where I’d found something, I got heaps of prank calls about it. Not doing that again. Peter Shute ________________________________ Sent: Tuesday, 29 October 2013 3:13 PM Maybe I should clarify, my point was not against posting a message like this on B-A. Beneficial to do so, on the chance it will have a good result (like this time). My point was about taking away an object without leaving a sign or taking it to the police (as Denise suggested), on the possibility that someone may recently have forgotten it and will come back to search. Only the finder is in a position to judge if it looks likely to have been there only a short time. Then again leaving something to rust in the bush, is no help either. Maybe my estimate of the assumption of the owner being a birder and on this list was not optimistic enough. Philip =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org =============================== =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================
Sonja, I agree. We’ve found such items as well as an assortment of other things, and posted messages. It may also be worthwhile reporting the find to the local police station. Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow PO Box 71, Darwin River, NT 0841 043 8650 835 PhD candidate, SCU Vice-chair, Wildlife Tourism Australia On 29/10/13 10:47 AM, “Sonja Ross” < sonja.ross7@gmail.com> wrote: =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================
Sorry Philip but what a silly point to make! As someone that has left something camera related (unknowingly) at a beach/birding site, I was incredibly thankful that a fellow birding-aus member found it, took it home and sent an email to this list. I now have it back and it saved my hundreds of dollars! Birding/Photography are so intertwined these days that i don’t think it is a big assumption at all. Even if it is – surely its better to use whatever methods possible to try to alert the owner?? Paul it’s not mine but i thank you for posting this on this forum. A decision that should be applauded not questioned! Cheers David Stowe On 29/10/2013, at 12:00 PM, “Philip Veerman” < pveerman@pcug.org.au> wrote: =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================
It’s still probably worth doing though, Phillip, as they are expensive and it doesn’t cost us anything to post. Even if it doesn’t happen to be a birder, birders often know people who like to photograph native orchids for example, and could pass on the message. Bird photographers can be members of camera clubs too, and the word can pass around that way. Networks can be amazing things! Sonja On 29/10/2013, at 12:00 PM, “Philip Veerman” < pveerman@pcug.org.au> wrote: =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================
Actually Philip, this fairly well hidden area is probably only known to birders and the flash was picked up right next to a very popular bird photography spot. It is also a spot very well known to local birders that regularly access Birding-aus. The reason I didn’t mention the locality was to maybe jog ones memory . As to someone actually searching there right now, the device had been there for a while as it had weathered at least one storm (as evidenced by the debris covering it) and we were there for two days with no-one turning up to look for it. I can assure you, both Brian and myself made a fairly safe assumption. Cheers – Paul. This kind of message comes up at times. It intrigues me to think that some of us may think that the only people who would be there and use devices like this would be bird interested people, as distinct from the vast number of other possible reasons. And that they would be readers of this list. Of course it may be and may be fortunate if it is. But the chances of both being correct are low and in the meantime someone else is probably searching the place for their Electronic Flash. Did you leave a big note at the location, so that someone who went searching for it could contact you? I think that making this assumption about something being about birds when it need not be, is a bit like the assumption made recently about likely mudflat bait takers maybe taking eggs. Philip —–Original Message—– [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au] On Behalf Of Paul Walbridge Sent: Tuesday, 29 October 2013 7:35 AM Hi All, Brian Russell and myself spent the last few days meandering around some popular SEQ birding spots and at one particular spot picked up an expensive current model flash unit off the ground, by the looks of things just recently left and in working order. Anyone who thinks it’s theirs please contact myself or Brian with the brand/model name and location you think you left it at. Cheers – Paul W. ******************************************************************************** This email, including any attachments sent with it, is confidential and for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). This confidentiality is not waived or lost, if you receive it and you are not the intended recipient(s), or if it is transmitted/received in error. Any unauthorised use, alteration, disclosure, distribution or review of this email is strictly prohibited. The information contained in this email, including any attachment sent with it, may be subject to a statutory duty of confidentiality if it relates to health service matters. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or if you have received this email in error, you are asked to immediately notify the sender by telephone collect on Australia +61 1800 198 175 or by return email. You should also delete this email, and any copies, from your computer system network and destroy any hard copies produced. If not an intended recipient of this email, you must not copy, distribute or take any action(s) that relies on it; any form of disclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication of this email is also prohibited. Although Queensland Health takes all reasonable steps to ensure this email does not contain malicious software, Queensland Health does not accept responsibility for the consequences if any person’s computer inadvertently suffers any disruption to services, loss of information, harm or is infected with a virus, other malicious computer programme or code that may occur as a consequence of receiving this email. Unless stated otherwise, this email represents only the views of the sender and not the views of the Queensland Government. ********************************************************************************** =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================