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Whether you have been here before or not.. WELCOME! I'm
not much of a photographer but I enjoy taking photos that [to me] seem unusual or interesting. Sometimes I think they are funny, sometimes strange and sometimes R rated. In any case you are encouraged to put comments in the visitors book. I hope I can make you smile or even giggle a bit.
The public toilet blocks in Hughenden and Julia Creek are given quite a makeover and are a real eye catcher. Surprisingly they are not the aboriginal art style that I expected.
If you are unlucky enough to run out of fuel it serves you right. You are bound to get covered in ticks if you walk to the next service station!
This is not a distorted photo. The slope down this hill from Mount Walker (near Hughenden) is really really steep.
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I seem to remember a very attractive fountain standing here last time we visited Hughenden. This is all that's left! I wonder who has it in their back garden now?
In 1912 this would have been a palace fit for a king - if we had one. Today it stands in ruins and is waiting for a strong gust of wind.
How do country people survive? The grocery shops in Julia Creek are not ashamed to ask two and three times as much as we normally pay. Last year we talked to a woman in Cloncurry who drove 150 klm from their property near Julia Creek to do her grocery shopping at Woolies in Cloncurry.
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The railway is coming out west and I wonder why? Would anybody catch a train to Julia Creek and why? I can only guess that the mining companies might be expected to need it. Anybody know?
Whatever the reason for building a rail line, it's going to take a long time. Only a couple of guys seem to be doing anything and the rest are watching. It's just like building a road really.
A long long long time ago somebody put a car engine in this steel boat. When it was taken to the water for a trial run, it went straight to the bottom of the Flinders river.
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The story told about this house (this is the replica) explains that the bars were there to stop the aborigines from eating the white settlers who were pretty good fighters. The settlers didn't throw a punch, they all died from spear wounds while still inside the house.
This is the first sign of wild life we have seen. What has happened to the emus, kangaroos, snakes and so on.
In the middle of the night I grabbed a torch and stepped outside the caravan for a pee. I jumped back with fright when this two meter tall monster snarled at me and said "stand back mate or I'll kill ya". I was relieved to notice that he had an aussie accent.
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