18-Jan-2024 Theme: 'Cryptids'

(1) In what NSW river is a “monster” – dubbed Mooleywonk or Mereeulla, and often likened to the Loch Ness Monster – supposed to dwell.

Answer: Hawkesbury River.

(2) And what kind of creature was the Flabbit, a hoax orechestrated by a local Councillor in the same region in 1985?

Answer: Flying rabbit.

(3) The origins of what mythical Australian creature is sometimes attributed to a sketch on the Paul Hogan Show?

Answer: Drop Bear.

(4) Where in Australia would you find the Garkain, a legendary winged creature which swoops down and suffocates victims before eating them?

Answer: Liverpool River, Northern Territory.

(5) Sometimes known as Australia’s Big Foot, what mythical creature is commemorated by statue in Kilcoy, Queensland?

Answer: Yowie.

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