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Good morning, Patz.

Morning.

Good morning, Alex.

Morning. Good morning, Rio. Hello. What's going on with a sniffling? Oh, Patz. Morning. Good morning, Alex. Morning.

Good morning, Rio. Hello. What's going on with the sniffling? Oh, I know. Patsy, you've got it too. Patsy stole Caitlin's tissues. Caitlin was fuming about it. Have you got the, because I know there's this awful flu going through Melbourne at moment, or is it now the seasons are changing? We're into September. is it hay fever?

I think it's hayfee

because the trees are starting to bloom

there are those stinking moment, or is it now the seasons are changing? We're into September. Is it hay fever?

I think it's hay fever because the trees are starting to bloom. There are those stinky trees with the stinky leaves are starting to come out. What's one of those? I don't know what they're called, but if you get too close to them, you'll know. It's like, oh, it's this really awful, pungent smell. What do you think that would be, Pat? I don't know. I know flame trees are not good this time of year, but everything's itchy. My eyes are itchy. My ears are itchy. I'll tell you what Alex, you'll realise. Melbourne is hay fever central. Yeah, I know. I used to hear about the pollen storms. Were there storms or something? Yeah. Why is it so bad here? It's because, well, it's the plain trees. They're those trees that you see everywhere in Melbourne. Oh, I'm thinking the song. Flame trees, beautiful songs. Whoops. I swore it was flame trees. Which the government actually trying to get rid of. They're trying to get rid of like 60% of them.

Because they're not native, are they?

No, they're London.

They're your people's, like, hay fever trees. Whenever those trees come up, they always look at me. I didn't bring the trees with me seven years ago. They ain't got him before I did. They're a feral tree. A feral tree. Yeah, I'm a feral human.

There's a whole load of animals that are here

that people from the UK

chucked it in this country as well.

Well, like what? What was like rabbits and other ones? Foxes. Yeah, that's it. They don't, how do the foxes get here? He brought them over. You did. You did. On a boat? Yeah, I guess on's a ship. You rounded up the foxes?

A 10-pound fox. They can start new life, foxing it up in Australia. They haven't got any foxes. I don't know how they got them on the boat. You're right. They're really hard animals to sort of corral. Because you know why? So smart. Sly, mate. Very sly. They're like, to them and talk about a boat that I hang in on that boat. I am not spending 24. That is longer on a boat to get. It's 23 in the air. I'm not spending several months on a boat. Just to go in that big ass country. There's that bit in the middle. Too hot for a vault. With this coat, get out of here.

They also brought in bigger dung beetles I was reading at the Melbourne Museum as well.

Because of all the cowpats.

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