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TASMANIAN wallabies are breaking into the states poppy fields and getting high, the state government has revealed.
The strange occurrence, revealed in a Budget Estimates hearing, has also solved what some growers say has spurred a campfire legend about mysterious crop circles that appear in the state's poppy paddocks.
In true X-Files style, Attorney-General Lara Giddings said the drugged-out wallabies had been found hoping around in circles squashing the poppies, creating the formations - and hence solving the mystery.
The wallabies are increasingly entering the fields and eating the poppy heads.
That causes them to get high and run around in circles creating "crop circles".
"The one interesting bit that I found recently in one of my briefs on the poppy industry was that we have a problem with wallabies entering poppy fields, getting as high as a kite and going around in circles," Ms Gidding said.
"Then they crash. We see crop circles in the poppy industry from wallabies that are high."
Tasmanian Alkaloids field operations manager Rick Rockliff said wildlife and livestock that ate the poppies were known to "act weird'' including deer in the state's highlands and sheep.
"There have been many stories about sheep that have eaten some of the poppies after harvesting and they all walk around in circles,'' Mr Rockliff said.
The strange occurrence, revealed in a Budget Estimates hearing, has also solved what some growers say has spurred a campfire legend about mysterious crop circles that appear in the state's poppy paddocks.
In true X-Files style, Attorney-General Lara Giddings said the drugged-out wallabies had been found hoping around in circles squashing the poppies, creating the formations - and hence solving the mystery.
The wallabies are increasingly entering the fields and eating the poppy heads.
That causes them to get high and run around in circles creating "crop circles".
"The one interesting bit that I found recently in one of my briefs on the poppy industry was that we have a problem with wallabies entering poppy fields, getting as high as a kite and going around in circles," Ms Gidding said.
"Then they crash. We see crop circles in the poppy industry from wallabies that are high."
Tasmanian Alkaloids field operations manager Rick Rockliff said wildlife and livestock that ate the poppies were known to "act weird'' including deer in the state's highlands and sheep.
"There have been many stories about sheep that have eaten some of the poppies after harvesting and they all walk around in circles,'' Mr Rockliff said.
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My neighbour grows poppies... and my goats kept getting into his paddock... and I thought their eyes were weird before
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Is it a special type of poppy that has the alkaloids or all papavers?
maybe thats the answer for the wallabies......plant poppies.....they'd be too stoned to find the rose bushes.
maybe thats the answer for the wallabies......plant poppies.....they'd be too stoned to find the rose bushes.
Abbi- Number of posts : 254
Location : S. Tasmania
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....of course
best get on with fence building then..........................
best get on with fence building then..........................
Abbi- Number of posts : 254
Location : S. Tasmania
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shall I send some seeds? it's the turkish one.
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A Tasmanian poppy field in full flower is one amazing site. I wish you were allowed to grow the old fashioned Papaver somniferum, the big peony flowered ones.
Who needs drugs...my garden zones me out plenty. Ive always found it funny how alot of young guys who start off growing dope end up just gardening. See it all the time in the shop.
Who needs drugs...my garden zones me out plenty. Ive always found it funny how alot of young guys who start off growing dope end up just gardening. See it all the time in the shop.
Ripley- Number of posts : 184
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wonder if they work on bugs as wellSimon wrote:That would be worse for the roses... they get the munchies afterwards
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Bemo don't send those seeds, we have 'em already. Your flower looks like the one Aussies call Flanders Poppies which are worn on ANZAC day as a memorial of those people lost in war. The symbol harks back to the Gallipoli campaign of WW1.
I have them growing in my garden too. They seed each year and come up in a low spreading bush of mid-green leaves.
I also grow another poppy that self seeds every year. It is tall growing with brittle greeny/grey growth. The flowers are pale or strong pink and are single or very double. I believe they are legal to have.
Regarding the commercial alkaloid types: they are all a soft mauve colour and like Ripley says, are beautiful in a great quantity; big paddocks of them colouring the landscape.
I have them growing in my garden too. They seed each year and come up in a low spreading bush of mid-green leaves.
I also grow another poppy that self seeds every year. It is tall growing with brittle greeny/grey growth. The flowers are pale or strong pink and are single or very double. I believe they are legal to have.
Regarding the commercial alkaloid types: they are all a soft mauve colour and like Ripley says, are beautiful in a great quantity; big paddocks of them colouring the landscape.
Billndee- Number of posts : 403
Location : Huon Valley, Tasmania
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Here's a pano-stitch I did last poppy season (early this year). This is my neighbour's place and what I can see from my property. Also my neighbour's pyrethrum paddock at the same time.
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I'm awestruck......
Is there anything that Tassie doesn't have??? What a magic place Tasmania is.
Is there anything that Tassie doesn't have??? What a magic place Tasmania is.
Abbi- Number of posts : 254
Location : S. Tasmania
Registration date : 2008-02-24
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Great vista
Carole- Number of posts : 1034
Age : 22
Location : Mudgee, NSW
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What do you get if the Pyrethrum and Poppy cross. A wallaby that is high and does not get bugs.
The Lazy Rosarian- Number of posts : 5191
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Location : Mudgee, NSW, Australia
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I agree with you Abbi, Tasmania is about the best place on Earth. (Im not even a true tasmanian, grew up in Sydney. Only been here half my life so will have to wait a while yet to be a local )
Ripley- Number of posts : 184
Location : Launceston
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Same here Ripley. They say you are not a real Tasmanian unless your grandmother is buried in the local cemetery! That is not true for us, we have only been here for 44 years. But we have fooled a lot of the locals though because we have been here longer than they have been alive!Ripley wrote:I agree with you Abbi, Tasmania is about the best place on Earth. (Im not even a true tasmanian, grew up in Sydney. Only been here half my life so will have to wait a while yet to be a local )
Billndee- Number of posts : 403
Location : Huon Valley, Tasmania
Registration date : 2008-02-23
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Aww, Dee..........I won't be able to live here for 44 yrs....not unless I get one of those telegrams from Queen.
Abbi- Number of posts : 254
Location : S. Tasmania
Registration date : 2008-02-24
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It's ok Abbi, it will be a King by then or even a republic, no need to worry, I will keep this email and send you one on reaching that milestone
The Lazy Rosarian- Number of posts : 5191
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Location : Mudgee, NSW, Australia
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David, That's all I say about your post, and perhaps you have been at the a little to much :hmmm:44yrs eh
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Location : Mudgee, NSW
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this was my kickstarter for today, would have been perfect with a piece of that jumping meat from the poppy island :
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happy weekend
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happy weekend
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a bit od da skippy kangaroooos LOL or it is those other strange things we dont have on the main lands
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We had Kangaroo fillets yesterday - beautiful lean meat and sooo tender. the secret is not to overcook it
WHY is it so expensive ?? Can anyone explain? We cull the darned animals anyway!
WHY is it so expensive ?? Can anyone explain? We cull the darned animals anyway!
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