ClintonB

Mongrels have blocked it from us on copyright grounds. no sense of humour

at least there is a supervisor, any council would be proud.

I don’t get how there are hundreds of thousands of jobs advertised- majority would be in the city and we can’t get people to fill jobs. There are suburbs where large amounts of unemployment supposedly exist. Lots of these jobs are labouring, shelf stocking and driving deliveries etc. You don’t need to be uni educated to do these, so they are not out of bounds for the average person. The dole is meant to be too low to live on, but many seem to do it and still smoke, drink and get tattoos, iPhones etc. in the country we have a lot of imported workers to operate the chicken and red meat works here. They are reportedly great workers compared to locals. My mates when they young worked in meat works and made really good money compared to my boring factory job cutting carpet tiles for 40hrs per week. Here the young people don’t like the smell or the blood etc, so don’t take up the work. We should have very limited unemployment. Any given day that court is on, there is a large social club happening on the brick walls around it. And if you are observant the culprits are usually the same lot ( the majority) bludging and going to court has become their social outing for the week/fortnight. the increasing amount of crime going on in our area is happening at night when people who work are asleep, the offenders have the benefit of lounging around all day to strike at this opportunity. We need to do something about employment and forcing people to take what is offered as a way into the work force, you don’t have to stay at the bottom rung, but you have to start there. When the powers in charge work out how to do this then society might improve.

Beginning of natural selection?

I went back and looke, then it clicked, but still must need a tonne of therapy🙄

Where the old aboriginal helped me was next to a large Coolgardie safe hut, he was some sort of caretaker from what he told me. I am surprised the homestead was in such disrepair when I seen it in 98 (only 10 years after you being there. Maybe it had been abandoned and ransacked or replaced with a newer dwelling somewhere else on the property. I didn’t see any sign of new activity on the road I came in on. I still have that map book. A bit tattered and obsolete with gps, phones and the like now. I haven’t tossed because it was part of my adventures across WA. When I down size next year it might end up going.

Hi Onetrack, I was just reading your story about your dad and got a bit of a surprise about where he had travelled. I was only just talking to someone about Doolgunna yesterday. When my sone was born in 1998 I lived in Carnarvon, we drove down to see my girlfriends mother in Kalgoorlie along the Highway to gin gin and across. After that we left to see my mother in Newman, according to my trusty readers digest map book ( that tall slender one they used to make) ther was a substantial short cut by leaving Leonora and making a turn before Meekatharra, it took you past a property called Doolgunna. so I turned, in my. 1974 valiant charger, it was a bit rough by then with kangaroo hits and the like along with being lowered in the front, and high sprung at the rear with coil over shocks added. The name of that property has stuck with me forever. The road was pretty much non existent by then, ant hills, tussocks everywhere. I started doubting myself but came to a very derelict homestead. I got out, yelled and could see anyone. After 10 mins or so an old aboriginal man drove along in a rough Corolla wagon. He asked if I needed anything. When I explained he gave me directions drawn on the ground with a stick of all the land marks to look for. I thanked him and took off again. Very slow going, I found all of his landmarks, the last one on dark. It was a windmill tower. From there tracks went in every direction with tyre marks on all of them. I was stuffed. This was the edge of that property and the start of the next. I climbed that tower looking for lights, as the book showed the Highway travelling at a north east direction, I expected to see truck lights. nothing showed up. I had no water other than 2 baby bottles with us to be used. I tried to work north out from stars and took off again in a northerly direction (I hoped) after another long stint of guessing which forks to take I found a house with lights on, honking I took 10 minutes to get the owners attention above the generator noise. They gave me directions to make to the Highway which was another 20 minutes or so, they were shocked I made it the way I came. They recon the road hadn’t been used for around 40 years. It was midnight when I got to Newman, after 14 hours. 80 kms shortcut took around 5 hours. that property has been in my thoughts so many times, it could of been disastrous with a 2.5 week old baby with me. The Highway run back took around 8 hours including stops. I would like to see that country again in a more appropriate vehicle. Back a bit to the topic, both my grandparents were 10 pound poms, going from being a soldier to a police officer in SA, my grandfather got posted to some pretty remote places outback to be the only cop in town. Bit of a culture shock from England to Yunta and the like. cheers clinton

Imagine all the mental and general healthcare they could provide for that, and fix the fundamental problems over there, nutters with gun rights along with a general population with no access to healthcare.

Do you recon they would give you flood insurance in northern nsw with that one.

Typical of nanny state policies, more worried about liability than the actual problem.

I use red for 3 accounts, I have my work one rising from 33c kw to37c kw, connection is going up around 12c day, solar is dropping from 11c to 7c. at my property my bills have gone down with a self reading meter even with the rises and pay on time discounts finishing. house runs 10 kw solar with no battery, bills are still high but half of original on time of use smart self reading meter. At worst they got to 2400 per quarter with 2 adults an 5 kids. every time make it cheaper rings up and compares they always come up with red being best overall.

My biggest Redfin was a touch over 2 and a half pounds when I was around 15, I caught in a creek and rode home with it proudly hanging from the box handle bars for all to see, it was like trying to pull a stump with a lawnmower to get in. Shame it was before all the cameras in every device, I only have the memory of it. I quite liked eating Redfin from the creeks and rivers around Longford and cressy in Tasmania where I grew up, never got a muddy taste unless eating tench, the disgusting version of carp down there.

You would not believe some of the request my daughter gets at the fast food joint she manages, people taking off ingredients down to a cheese burger, then when she suggests that, “no I want this done this way”. Even though it costs more by double.

Nothin wrong with a bit of roadkill, some of the best venison I’ve had was fresh roadkill, with no having to go a huntin. rabbits smell bad if you bust the guts though.

Off topic, but I think the lifestyle I had as a kid was beneficial, we were outside, fishing, biking, hunting for dinner, helping in yard, at shearing sheds and in general not stuck inside with headphones on and a device in our face. We weren’t being told we had to wear certain things, not having to belong to the rainbow alphabet crowd to fit in. I don’t recall every one being depressed then. Even though we didn’t have a lot, life was good. 32 CM tv in lounge room, full bellies of homemade food, dad made sure we had a roof over our heads and good schooling. I think some of these cases of depression are self inflicted by modern lifestyle. just think if we had a WW2 situation nowadays, I don’t think the young people would or could step up like they did back then, we have become too soft as a society

True nudists are a bit like builder’s whose houses are never finished, mechanic’s whose cars are never fixed. They are Not the hot ones of your imagination.

Decision making needs to be taught. I travel to coast on a New England Hwy to Armidale, across to Ebro, dorrigo, bellingen, to Nambucca regularly (soon to be my commute) I regularly come across people who decide speed signs do not count, double white lines and blind corners are for overtaking. Driving slow vehicles then speeding up whenever there is a chance for others to pass or attempting to pass. The amount of near misses I have seen scares me.I use my speed limiter, have learnt to just sit back and wait. It sometimes can add an hour to trip( with slow horse floats or caravans that don’t understand pulling over won’t change their day) I would much rather arrive than be a statistic. watching dash cams australia on you tube is educational just to how many idiots are on our roads in this country. as everyone has said, testing would only see people on best behaviour. Real time monitoring via cars systems and rewarding with lower ctp and or insurance would be a fairer option and more likely productive once people understand it will save money.

I’m there, what is classified as old now

We had a similar occurrence when the head masters daughter shot herself in the stomach 3 times with an air rifle, poor girl survived 3 days in agony before succumbing to her injuries. All due to being scared of what people would think. A sad loss of life, which could have been prevented by understanding and communication.

Homer Simpson was my favourite gps voice I set on a Tom Tom, not a dull moment on the road.

9pm, that’s a late night up nowadays, especially when the suns gone down during these cooler months.

Might be for people on the dole, one baby needing a pram and another cooking already. Great income stream.

Born at that time, my Father was a country lad and late having kids so I grew up with country music, and sixties/seventies from mothers side. Always felt like I was a decade too late. Could have had a new Charger or Valiant as a teen instead of an old one.

A pretty good selection of musicians there, all of them are on my playlist. I introduced my 16 year old son to the door’s music and he was impressed, especially when I explained it was 60 and 50 year old music.

Freudian slip maybe by a priest?