Australia Ging-ography
The Kimberley, Visit the Bungle Bungles
OK, The individual who pointed out it is a LOOONG way between electrical power points in the Kimberley is absolutely right. Durning my last couple of weeks up there, I have to admit, I was forced to drink a few marginally Kimberley cold beers from my cooler at the end of the day. Any hooo, the real story here today:
The Bungle Bungles in Purnululu National Park are a World Heritage listed natural attraction. They are soooo cool. A freaky natural process has caused red and dark stripes to surround the gigantic beehive like structures in a totally unique rock formation. A bit like having to go see the Grand Canyon, takes awhile to get there, but worth it.
Slingair and East Kimberley Tours are an excellent option to the huge international conglomeration of APT. The staff at APT were incredibly unhelpful and downright rude when I was trying to book a tour with them. They kept me on hold for 35 minutes! They were going to require FULL payment up front BUT they would not tell me if they could even get me on a tour UNTIL I paid in full. After I gave them my money- then they MIGHT have a tour for me to go on- if not- regardless that my vacation plans had been ruined- would then issue a REFUND. DODGY!
I called the Kununurra YHA. Even though I wasn’t staying there, their friendly staff had me booked onto a tour within about 5 minutes and only required a standard deposit. They booked me onto Slingair and East Kimberley Tours who are the original tour operators in the area.
A family run business their staff and facilities were all very clean, professional, efficient and helpful. Some of the highlights of their service:
Date: May 14th, 2007 |
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The Little Man in the Brown 70s Tracksuit
Ging’s asked me to post some pix of her doggit, so if you’re not a dog fan don’t bother reading this post. Madra is Gaelic for ‘dog’ and he’s a chocolate labrador with a penchant for licking, slobbering, and general mischievousness. For all that though, he is pretty cool.
Date: May 29th, 2004 |
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Wearing Undies in Public - Chic or a Major Faux Pas?
Oh yes, I’ve really excelled this time! I recently started Bikram Yoga - a quite intensive series of 26 positions in a 40-degree-heated room. A fantastically sweaty 90-minute workout that has you feeling quite spanktacular afterwards…
Anyway, I did it the first time in my usual gym gear, then bought some lightweight pants [in lollypop pink, actually, which delighted me no end!] But, no matter what you wear, your clothes end up stuck to you, and seeing as I’ve been doing it every second day or so and I refuse to wash my gear every second day, ‘cos, well, I’m …
Date: February 17th, 2004 |
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What a great word!
It’s a well known fact that I’m a ‘little’ obsessed with linguistics and what-not, so a friend of mine recommended the ‘A Word A Day’ website, where, not so surprisingly (amongst other things), they send you a word a day. To make it fun, said friend and his friend have this thing where they have to make a sentence out of each one… I joined the party, and while we’ve not maintained this everyday, it’s a great way to learn new words, and not just learn them and know how to spell them, but know how to actually apply …
Date: January 21st, 2004 |
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A little bit of linguistics
This may have more to do with a Kiwiblog than an Ausblog, but if you’re ever confused between the two accents, this should sort you out! Your guide to Kiwischpeak:
1) Milburn - capital of Victoria
2) Peck - to fill a suitcase
3) Pissed aside - chemical which kills insects
4) Pigs - for hanging out washing with
5) Pump - to act as agent for prostitute
6) Pug - large animal with a curly tail
7) Nin tin dough - computer game 
Munner stroney - soup
9) Min - male of the species
10) Mess Kara - eye makeup
11) McKennock - person who fixes cars
12) Mere - …
Date: December 1st, 2003 |
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What having a Taurean bf does to an otherwise incompetent Sagi girl in the kitchen…
Being such a ‘foodie’, as all Taureans are, cooking for a Taurean partner automatically raises the bar… and being an extraordinary cook himself only makes matters worse…
Never mind that I can barely boil toast…
However, last night, based on some rapid 4pm internet research that initially went from tuna tacos to me suddenly having an urge to cook with pistachios… and ending up at the supermarket addressing ‘the [innocent] fish guy’ with, ‘um, do you know anything about cooking fish? [or do you just sell it?!]‘, ‘what fish is good for ‘ENCRUSTING’? What a great word that is! Not one I’ve …
Date: September 23rd, 2004 |
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D’liddle Mairn’s Party
I got in trouble for not blogging much of late, but hey, I’ve been busy… What with doggit parties to host an’ all… Yes, that’s right, d’liddle mairn in d’brown seventies trackie turned 1 [or 7 in doggit years] yesterday and of course I HAD to throw him a party - or, as some people suggested, we aussies will take any excuse we can to throw back some beers. Perhaps. And, I’ve also moved [yes, again, but thankfully, this one's potentially a long-termer], so it was a good excuse to have some people round to check out the new gaff and test the fabulous back deck.
Date: March 10th, 2004 |
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Oh my…
Alcoholic Tim Tams…
There is a god.
Next there’ll be beer-flavoured ice-cream and I may never leave the house [and no doubt become the size of one!]
Decadent Ging
Date: February 4th, 2004 |
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Bodytalk
Either my body is trying to tell me something [and let's face it, do I ever listen?!] or… I am simply an old woman…
I thought taking the boys [Sean & Chris] to my ‘kicky-fighty’ [Tae Bo] class last night would be fun - an introduction to an integral part of ‘the Ging’…
However, about three-quarters of the way through the class after doing more sprints and bouncing than usual, my left lower calf muscle [or soleus I think it's called] decides to go PING! And with each additional step PING again! I kinda kept going, thinking I was just …
Date: January 20th, 2004 |
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The ATO bites
Dirty f*kin’ f*kers!!!!!!!!!!!
I have a STOOPID little tax debt - my HECS [Higher Education Contribution Scheme] debt [the privilege for gaining a university education]. Being out of the country for 7 years, it’s accumulated interest and is now higher than what it was when I graduated [about 7 grand]! Anyway, a percentage gets taken out of my pay each fortnight, so it’s not a huge deal…
Date: November 12th, 2003 |
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