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 Not a raw prawn by unravelau
Far from being sleepy, Ballina is quite a bottleneck during school holidays, with people inching their way both ways. Admitedly on the return journey we were held up for about an hour due to a serious accident involving two vehicles in a head on collision. Given that there is only one lane both ways delays cant be avoided.
The Prawn is another of our tricky manouvres to advertise that I enjoy so much although we have just about done the big everything here now I think. Leave a Comment Website: members.ozemail.com.au/~arundell/prawn.htm
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 Former Outback Pub by Intrepidduck
Travelling the Stuart Hwy by bicycle made me appreciate the Outback pub. At the end of a day out on the road I was most looking forward to a visit to this institution of so called civilization. Of course the advent of the 4X4 Tourist has given some of these establishments a bit of a gloss over, but there are indeed genuine places to be found serving the community at what best they can.
Many Outback pubs, and especially those along the Stuart, are the main hub of vast Homesteads come roadhouses. Each and ever Outback pub has it's own special character and indeed I say characters. In recent years some famous Outback pubs have changed hands or closed down as local population has drifted away and distances become less challenging through modern road transportation. However still the Outback pub remains to serve it's soul purpose as a place where community and worker can "regularly" meet, also the modern traveller in many of these pubs is made most welcome. Leave a Comment
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 Ubbirr Rock Art by darthmilmo
A good place to see rock art up front is in Ubbirr Rock Art Site in Kakadu. Some of these paintings are over 10,000 years old. Among the highlights are the Rainbow Serpent painted on the edge of a rock. Another interesting artwork was the old painting of the now extinct Tasmanian tiger or Thylacine. There is also a big cave overhang with many paintings. It is here that you can take a clear advantage of the different artwork throughout the years. The most impressive one is the skeletal art type in which the aboriginal drew the inside of an animal either in an artistic way or to teach others on how to fillet the animal. On the roof of the overhang there is a painting painted by the Mimi spirit, which is the god that introduce the rock painting to the aboriginals. They believe that only Mimi can reach the high top of the overhang. We then proceeded up a rocky hill to a lookout. En route, we saw the Two Sisters rock painting that acts as a warning of salt water crocs that live in the region. Leave a Comment
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 Yourambulla Rock Art by darthmilmoLeave a Comment
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 Sugar Production by darthmilmo
The collage depicts the main cycle in the life of the sugar producing regions of Australia. The sugar canes take one to two years to grow to maturity. The sugar cane is then cultivated with the aid of old and modern technologies. Then, the sugar cane is transported to the sugar mill for production. In the mean time, the fields are rejuvenating to get ready for a new season. Leave a Comment
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 Croc trap by darthmilmoLeave a Comment
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 Graffiti? by unravelau
A bit un-nerving eh?
To see the full picture visit off the customs tip for Coffs Harbour. Leave a Comment
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 by keeweechic
* The Female vote - Australia was the second country to give women the vote.
* The Police force - Australia's first police force was a band of 12 of the most well behaved Convicts Alcohol- It has been reported that the first European settlers in Australia drank more alcohol per head of population than any other community in the history of mankind.
* The world's longest continuous fence known as the 'dingo fence', runs through central Queensland for 5,531 kilometres. It is 1.8 metres high and is designed to keep sheep safe from Australia's native dog.
* Australia is the sixth largest country in the world. It's about the same size as the 48 mainland states of the USA and 50 per cent larger than Europe, but has the lowest population density in the world - only two people per square kilometer.
* The longest stretch of straight railway track in the world crosses the Nullarbor Plain. From Nurina in Western Australia to near Watson in South Australia, the track is dead straight for 478 kilometres Leave a Comment
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 The last of his tribe? by craic
There certainly aren't 300 tribes left. Some call it genocide. And certainly some appalling things happened.
One thing I find most appalling is that aboriginals couldn't vote until the referendum in the 60s.
Anyway, there has been a shift in thinking recently. You may have wondered why the Midnight Oils wore Sorry on their clothes at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
This is because our prime minister John Howard refused to apologise for the theft of their land and other abuses. The Stolen Generation for instance. When children were taken from their families to be raised by white families or in orphanages.
Cultural appropriation, the use of tribal images or dreamings for souvenirs etc is a new sensitivity. Nigger brown shoe polish can no longer be called nigger brown. Ayers Rock was given back to its rightful owners and became Uluru again.
And you would certainly not see many of these politically incorrect gnomes in many gardens any more. Though once upon a time they were quite popular.
BTW I was very amused during Bicentennial Year when Birnum Birnum went to Britland and stood on Dover Beach and declared the country Terra Nullius!
Update!!! We have had an election and our new prime minister Kevin Rudd said sorry.
And Pete Garrett the lead singer of the Midnight Oils is our Minister For The Environment.
How things change. Leave a Comment
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We then had a boomerang lesson. Here is where I actually learned how to throw one correctly. You basically use the rule of three thirties. First, you have to through at a 30'angle against the wind (kick the dust to see where the wind is going). Second, you need to throw up at a 30' angle above the horizon. Third, must not throw it horizontal (will come back and hit you hard on the head) or vertical (will only go forward), instead you throw it at a slight 30' angle like this "/." Leave a Comment
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