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Post by lynn on Dec 1, 2009 19:20:04 GMT -5
We went on a road trip to see our friend play Lumier in Beauty and the Beast The Musical the other day. Unfortunately she forgot to tell us it was actually the kids pantomime version so we drove 6 hours to watch some blond broad with a bad American accent asking us to sing along with her and yelling at elves (elves!) and wondering why "I'm a little teapot" was in Beauty and the Beast.
I took some piccies but they're too big for the forum, according to the attachment rules, if anyone could help me with that I'd be glad to put some up so you can see how gorgeous the Aussie countryside is in the middle of a drought.
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gretl
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Post by gretl on Dec 8, 2009 9:17:13 GMT -5
Can you upload to Photobucket and then link to them? That's what I did with this one:  Would love to see your pics. |
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Post by lynn on Dec 8, 2009 18:03:03 GMT -5
Photobucket seems pretty good. Let's see if this works.  The endless outback roads  Ben and his family consult a horse about its feet.  Coolah's top servo! awesome.  Dead trees and bonfire piles littered the roadside, but there's a complete fireban so no one is burning at the moment.  This one is pretty self-explanatory.  Coolah's most famous landmark  Sean thinks our outback placenames are so bizarre.  This is Thunderbolt, our local bushranger.  Back home to cool green Armidale. |
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Post by gretl on Dec 9, 2009 9:18:16 GMT -5
Great pics! I swear my eyeballs even relaxed when I got to your last picture. Hot-n-dry is so not my thing.
The "Black Stump Rest Area" is stupidly hilarious! And is Thunderbolt the horse's name or the ranger's name? Inquiring minds ...
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Post by lynn on Dec 9, 2009 17:29:05 GMT -5
Thunderbolt is the name of the Bushranger.
There's not much to the Black Stump Road Stop, but there's more than usual. There was a guy there reading the paper so I didn't take a photo of the whole thing. It's kinda just a tin shed with some chairs and a black stump. But all over Coolah are signs telling us it's the home of the black stump.
Actually Uralla is the same, Uralla is where Thunderbolt lives, and all over town there's signs for Thunderbolt's way, Thunderbolt's rock (where he died), Thunderbolt Cafe, even Thunderbolt Pizza! I don't know what it's got on it, ill-gotten gains? Why do we worship our thieves?
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Post by inkfink on Dec 9, 2009 17:50:29 GMT -5
Thanks for taking us along for the ride!
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Post by professordave on Dec 10, 2009 23:29:15 GMT -5
Great pics! And I like those town names. Lot's of character, and they seem to have a story attached to them. One question: You mentioned that Thunderbolt was a bushranger and a thief. Were bushrangers outlaws?
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Post by lynn on Dec 11, 2009 0:00:25 GMT -5
Yes, that's what a bushranger is, like a bandit,
"Bushrangers, or bush rangers, originally referred to convict outlaws in the early years of the British settlement of Australia who had the survival skills necessary to use the Australian bush as a refuge to hide from the authorities.
The term "bushranger" then evolved to refer to those who abandoned social rights and privileges to take up "robbery under arms" as a way of life, using the bush as their base.
These bushrangers were roughly analogous to British "highwaymen" and American "Old West outlaws," and their crimes often included robbing small-town banks or coach services."
That's what wikipedia says about it. Bushranger is like the specialised Aussie type.
Ned Kelly, heard of him, yes? Dude with trash can on head? That's our most famous one.
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Post by lynn on Dec 11, 2009 0:03:14 GMT -5
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Post by Gilberto on Dec 12, 2009 6:22:06 GMT -5
Didn't Yahoo Serious make a movie about Ned Kelly?
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Post by lynn on Dec 12, 2009 19:53:45 GMT -5
Certainly did. I don't think the real Ned Kelly was bulletproof, otherwise he probably wouldn't have worn armour.
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