tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post1342682834388910768..comments2023-09-04T21:36:48.170+10:00Comments on The Site Formally Known As: Prose Slam FridayStubbadubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05333188150383405691noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-50408315168769220572010-05-28T15:53:27.884+10:002010-05-28T15:53:27.884+10:00You knew what I meant though, right? Back in the d...You knew what I meant though, right? Back in the days when everyone and everything travelled by train and the steam engines HAD to stop there to refill. Not that I got to personally experience those 'good old days'. Ask any local though, whether they remember it not, they'll tell you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-72308537994162682152010-05-28T15:13:59.042+10:002010-05-28T15:13:59.042+10:00It's still a rail port, Alex, though the only ...It's still a rail port, Alex, though the only cargo they have is prisoners for the local jail. <br /><br />They could probably freight fresh produce except the locusts ate it all. <br /><br />Speaking of which, thing in the paper yesterday warned of a serious outbreak of locusts in spring. I saw millions of them when I was up there (and 'millions' is not an exaggeration)and here's the scary bit: Each adult female locust can lay up to 200 eggs. <br /><br />Note to everyone here: Do NOT go anywhere near souther NSW, northern Vic and eastern SA this spring.Perseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292281862441986618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-76254405820780712592010-05-28T14:06:08.405+10:002010-05-28T14:06:08.405+10:00Nah, as any local will tell you, Ivanhoe used to b...Nah, as any local will tell you, Ivanhoe used to be a nice place. It only turned to shit when they stopped using it as a rail port.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-54581538620653583632010-05-28T13:45:57.158+10:002010-05-28T13:45:57.158+10:00Now that I've been there, I actually picture i...Now that I've been there, I actually picture it as being set in Ivanhoe, NSW. <br /><br />I'm sure Henry Lawson went there at some point and said pretty much what I said: The shittest town in Australia.Perseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292281862441986618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949589573125647543.post-10931240283067868812010-05-28T12:43:17.285+10:002010-05-28T12:43:17.285+10:00I imagine that the postscript to this story is tha...I imagine that the postscript to this story is that, as the night wore on and Bill got some liquor into him, he decided that he felt more strongly about the issue and the situation ended in a punch-up out the front of the Carriers’ Arms. By next morning they were friends again, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com