After seven years, I bid farewell to my Defender today. As some of you may recall, we've been forced to move house and two Defenders and a 240 weren't going to fit. I also haven't really driven the Defender much in the last 18 months and it wasn't really a good car for the city. Anyway, there were reasons. She's off to a new life in Queensland and will hopefully bring her new owners a lot of joy. 
I was out walking doggo last night and three kids stopped me to tell me that they'd found a kookaburra in a box. Weird, but okay. Turns out there was indeed a kookaburra in a box. It was a fledgling bird, hunkered down in the back of a cardboard box, on top of a folded towel. Ordinarily, I'd leave a young bird be, but someone had obviously intervened already, so I called a wildlife rescue helpline for advice. They couldn't reach anyone in Perth (typical), but suggested I take the bird home and seek help the next day (today).
I took muttley home and got my gardening gloves and went back and scooped the box with the bird inside. It had a bit of a nibble at my fingers, but was otherwise chill. I put it in the courtyard at the back of the house and put out a little dish of water. This morning, it was out of the box and exploring the courtyard, which I took to be a good sign. It could flutter around, despite not really having much of a tail yet and managed to get up onto the outdoor table (also a good sign). I called the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions for some advice and they told me that I should contact another wildlife carer organisation. I did and was advised that if the bird seemed healthy enough, the best thing was to just let it go in a safe location.
We tried to feed it some little pieces of meat, which it took, but tried to thrash around, so it didn't actually eat. It would seem that's a behaviour for dealing with prey like insects, small lizards etc., which probably bodes well. So, this evening it was back in the box, so I scooped it up again, took it to a little patch of bushland away from the dog park where I found it and let it go. It fluttered back and forth a bit and it settled on the edge of a basketball half court, which looked like it sees very little use. I left it at that point and just hope that it can feed itself. Fair thee well little bird.
I've been wanting to snap this shortboi for ages now and this evening I finally got my chance. I'd say it's been restored.
Okay, so @CarsOfFortLangley wasn't exactly cursing something bad, other than a mighty need and a lack of an MC licence, but still.
@pes-carolo-1 Mate, I don't want to be rude, but this isn't DriveTribe and we're not really into quizzes and polls much here. Maybe a quiz could be a bit of fun if you have some decent trivia you could put to us, but unless you're looking for a bit of actual advice or are using it for something genuinely witty, I'd give the polls a miss.
I apologise if I've missed it, but why not write a post introducing yourself and/or write a longer form post about a car you particularly like and why, or about a hobby you enjoy. If you just want to make a random short post, usually a picture of a cool car / airplane / landscape / pet goes down pretty well. Have a look at the other posts and you should soon get a feel for what's popular.
Hello Oppo, from sunny Perth, Western Australia. First let me say that I feel a little bit like a gatecrasher, as I am more or less completely new to Oppo. I did make an account a few months ago on the old site, made one comment, then discovered I'd been Kinja'd from the start and didn't get my burner code. I didn't make a new account because I'd lost my username, then things went south and Oppo migrated here to the hyphen. With this new start, I decided I would try again.
I read Jalopnik back in the early days of Spinelli, Leiberman, Wert and Davey G, so I remember all the classics like DAF vs. FAF, Cotomer Sevis, Bruce, Ekranoplans, Dragons etc. I took a hiatus for a few years due to life getting in the way, but eventually I found my way back, as I'd never really found a group of people who enjoy cars the way I do outside of Jalopnik, that is until I discovered Oppo. I've been lurking for quite a while now, as I really enjoy the content and although I'm not sure how much I'll be able to contribute, I do hope I'm welcome and can be a part of the community.
@Sam-Blockhan I love the Wagonaire and the colour on that Mercury Monterey is perfect.
@CarsOfFortLangley the quality is no worse than an OG Defender. You might want to invest in an ARB bumper though.
@AkioOhtori That Bronco looks massively under-wheeled, though larger tyres would fix it.
Paging @SilentbutnotreallyDeadly on the Ranger, with the caveat that ours are made in Thailand...
@Peter_Black Ooft! That looks like it was a pretty brutal spill. I'm sorry you're so messed up, but it could have been so much worse. Healing vibes!
@TheJWT Yes, that looks spot-on. Got to keep it in the family.
@EssExTee That's magnificent! If I had space and thought I could deal with left-hand drive, I'd love to own one of those or a D-body Fleetwood.
@MybirdIStheword The Hurst Olds and the Steyr-Puch s'il vous plaît.
@TheJWT That's magnificent. It looks like maybe some of the rear end came off a Sanitora (guessing by the tail lights).
@Gabriella I'd hope not! It does look very futuristic though.
