Hi Lauris You are right on both counts as we in Vic calla shovel a shovel but the other states call things differently i.e. Pork German in SA is Fritz and so on however I think the South Australians and the Queenslanders call a small melon not unlike a cantaloupe a Paddy Melon.The ones I am thinking about grow along the roadside in the dry areas between Vic and SA borders they could have a smooth skin but the size of a cantaloupe.Come on the scraggers. Regards Graeme R Roberts graemer@melbpc.org.au Researching Roberts,Thomas ,Johnson. Millard,Gordon,Herbert,Brucciani ----- Original Message ----- From: Lauris Crampton <crampton@senet.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, 22 October, 1999 3:51 AM Subject: [AVG] Re: Pademelons/unwanted kittens > Please, cld SKS tell me what a pademelon is? I thought they were some kind > of melon that grows by the side of the road and is yellow in colour, but > now assume that they are some sort of animal - like a kangaroo perhaps. I > am a city person from Footscray. > > I wish people wld deal properly with their cats, unsterilized cats are a > curse in the suburbs as well. > > Lauris > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Mailing List ==== > Rootsweb asks us to keep our signatures on Mailing Lists short. > Please do not exceed five or six lines on this List. > >