tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32180441423005438322011-11-27T16:09:46.961-08:00yellowtailnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218044142300543832.post-77958514479904317262009-06-25T00:57:00.000-07:002009-06-25T00:58:57.478-07:00<h1 id="story_title">Stoned wallabies make Australian crop circles</h1> <p>The mystery of crop circles in poppy fields in Australia's southern island state of Tasmania has been solved -- stoned wallabies are eating the poppy heads and hopping around in circles.</p> <p>"We have a problem with wallabies entering poppy fields, getting as high as a kite and going around in circles," the state's top lawmaker Lara Giddings told local media on Thursday.</p> <p>"Then they crash. We see crop circles in the poppy industry from wallabies that are high," she said.</p> <p>Many people believe crop circles that mysteriously appear in fields around the world are created by aliens.</p> <p>Poppy producer Tasmanian Alkaloids said livestock which ate the poppies were known to "act weird" -- including deer and sheep in the state's highlands.</p> <p>"There have been many stories about sheep that have eaten some of the poppies after harvesting and they all walk around in circles," said field operations manager Rick Rockliff.</p> <p>Australia produces about 50 percent of the world's raw material for morphine and related opiates.</p><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3218044142300543832-7795851447990431726?l=tasmaniatale.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>yellowtailnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218044142300543832.post-70813188514260444522009-06-23T01:13:00.000-07:002009-06-23T01:22:50.013-07:001) Cradle mountain<br />2) Salamanca market<br />3) Freycinet National Park<br />4) Tasman Peninsula<br />5) Port Arthur<br />6) The Franklin river<br />7) West Coast Wilderness Railway<br />8) Narawntapu National Park<a href="http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2008/10/09/32835_trips.html"><strong></strong></a><br />9) Binalong Bay<br />10) Cataract Gorge<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3218044142300543832-7081318851426044452?l=tasmaniatale.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>yellowtailnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3218044142300543832.post-19560810394758184372009-06-23T00:17:00.000-07:002009-06-23T00:20:27.896-07:00Welcome to this page!!<br />You can find various information regarding Tasmania here, e.g Tasmania weather, Tasmania hotel discount, Tasmania news.<br /> <input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3218044142300543832-1956081039475818437?l=tasmaniatale.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>yellowtailnoreply@blogger.com0