Brave souls these performance artists. Especially now it’s getting a bit cooler. In New Italy, northern New South Wales. Strong, silent type.
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June 18th, 2011Under covers
June 17th, 2011Laundry. Camp ground in New South Wales. Respectable spot. Browsing amongst the usual books and magazines. Mostly romantic novels and celebrity tittle-tattle. Surprised to discover a men’s periodical. Yep. You guessed correctly. "Railway modeller". Finding it hard to concentrate on the latest Double-O rolling stock. Concerned others might be more easily corrupted. Choosing instead to discreetly insert it inside a recent edition of a popular women’s monthly read. Later guilt. Cosmopolitan can be pretty raunchy.
Fish and chops
June 17th, 2011Want to tell an Aussie from a Kiwi? Ask them to say "fish and chips". One gets it right. The other says "fish and chops". Now you know. Unfortunately, it’s rarely quite that simple. Waters made more murky by immigration. Or a multitude of passports.
Met one New South Wales resident born in Venezuela. To British parents. Educated in an English boarding school. Spell in an Aberdeen college. Before breathing helium as a North Sea deep-sea diver. Hazardous occupation I’d wondered. Yes. But probably not as much as a plummy accent in a tough oil town.
Cuddly critters
June 17th, 2011
Caution. Drug-crazed teddy bears ahead. Or, for new-comers to the blog, koalas. Sleep sixteen hours a day. When awake stoned out of their tiny minds on eucalyptus leaves. Every family has one…
Empire Vale Post Office
June 16th, 2011
Australia’s smallest Post Office. In Empire Vale, northern New South Wales.
Smallest Post Office in Australia
June 16th, 2011Smallest Post Office in Australia from Ken Roberts on Vimeo.
Ken stumbles across Australia’s smallest Post Office. And meets Gary. Postmaster since 1970. In Empire Vale, northern New South Wales.
Don’t pay the ferryman
June 15th, 2011Don’t pay the ferryman from Ken Roberts on Vimeo.
Ken, and trusty steed Emma, decide to get some sea time in. A short hop on the Burns Point Ferry. Don’t want to over-do-it.
Back on track
June 15th, 2011Back on track from Ken Roberts on Vimeo.
Ken reaches the small seaside town of Ballina in northern New South Wales. Much more appealing than the tourist resorts further north.
Beach bound
June 14th, 2011Beach bound from Ken Roberts on Vimeo.
Uninspired by the touristy town of Byron Bay, Ken goes in search of beaches nearby. Lennox Heads. In northern New South Wales.
Proper breakfast
June 14th, 2011Proper breakfast from Ken Roberts on Vimeo.
Ken joins Gary for a proper breakfast. That’s Gary with one ’r’. Very important.
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