Wild Dingo
09-12-2004, 01:22 AM
Well finally after 3 weeks I managed to make the dash back to the smoke to see possumpoop and the hoons... gawd its bloody lonely without them!
Anyways the trip went excellent with noddy {Aaron} enjoying the long drive head firmly ensconsed inside the twin globes of his cd players headset all the way! didnt see any of the scenery or the roos emus foxes and possums we passed and the small wallaby we introduced to the roadside as roadkill... just the thud thud thud of his "music" :rolleyes:
I decided to stop along the way and check out a few of the scenes that the longest water pipeline from Mundaring to Kalgoorlie has to offer the visiting... not too shabby some of them with photos and such to look at... although probably the best was out at Coolgardie just west of Kal where the town has a sorta historical photo set up along the town roadside you know permanent stands with photos and written history of the town that you can read? really excellent idea
Anyways all in all a pretty cool trip!
Aaron has grown in leaps and bounds since we left now has his license so is now menacing all and sundry on the roads! :eek: has himself a little lady who he constantly visits and talks of ;) and a traineeship in one of the pubs as a cook and loves it... actually its surprised me how fast hes learning what it means to be an adult in an adult world rather than "one of the kids" at home... pays his bills on time and makes sure he contacts and such... good stuff!
Me? well Ive been workin drivin the local bread truck from Coolgardie to Kal and out to Kambalda for the last 2 weeks while the driver has time of for the race week... thats where EVERYTHING stops in Kalgoorlie for the horse races and trots every night and day they have races and man its bloody madness!!! great fun! :cool:
The jobs now finished but I think Ive established my "credentials" as a worker and prepared to do whatever it takes to do whatever job they throw at me... bloody first 2 weeks HURT like shite!!!! man I found muscles even ol Arnie woulda been proud of!! and others I forgot even existed... no worries feel damned good about it all and drivin a truck is a bloody good job in my book I'd forgotten in all the years as a counsellor how much I actually enjoyed driving trucks and such... a step back in time to something a bit more easy going less stress and get DIRTY!!! yeeeeeeeeeflaminhaaaaaaaaa! :D
Living in a caravan takes some gettin used to... bloody small eh? strewth not enough room to swing a flamin cat! never mind place to rest ones noggin and sit back after the days done... will do till the next step happens.
mmmmm they have a internet cafe in town apparently but Im yet to find it... but its a thriving town with so much to see I havent given much thought to finding it so far decided to wait till I come down here for a break before I recontact... HEY!! got my emails finally!! shite they build up dont they? 600+ emails in 3 weeks! mostly shite... well all shite actually :rolleyes:
One of the things that stands out is the sheer width of the streets out there... bloody hell mates you can turn a roadtrain around without touchin the kerbs!... oh on roadtrains south of Coolgardie the longest allowed is 36mtrs and out Kalgoorlie Kambalda its 58mtrs... now on this matter they are goin for the record in early October on the Broadarrow road north of Kal where theyre gonna try for a roadtrain length of get this 1000mtrs!! shite! the record demands that the truck pulls the train 100mtrs to gain it but these blokes are goin for the length of the truck... the pantecs and train sections are coming from as far away as Geraldton Exmouth Esperance and Albany... goin to be a flamin hoot! and will make sure Ive got cameras in hand on the day! and find a good vantage point... any pointers? this Broadarrow road in flat and only has low mallee scrub so climbin a tree aint an option will see if I can find a truck cabin to stand on... no worries!
So far Ive taken shiploads of pics and will get them developed over the next few weeks so hang tight till the next edition of Dingos Outback Droppins... Id type some more but hey Ive only been home an hour or so so need to spend the next couple of days with this mob so next contact will be in around 3 weeks!
Take it easy
Shane
Anyways the trip went excellent with noddy {Aaron} enjoying the long drive head firmly ensconsed inside the twin globes of his cd players headset all the way! didnt see any of the scenery or the roos emus foxes and possums we passed and the small wallaby we introduced to the roadside as roadkill... just the thud thud thud of his "music" :rolleyes:
I decided to stop along the way and check out a few of the scenes that the longest water pipeline from Mundaring to Kalgoorlie has to offer the visiting... not too shabby some of them with photos and such to look at... although probably the best was out at Coolgardie just west of Kal where the town has a sorta historical photo set up along the town roadside you know permanent stands with photos and written history of the town that you can read? really excellent idea
Anyways all in all a pretty cool trip!
Aaron has grown in leaps and bounds since we left now has his license so is now menacing all and sundry on the roads! :eek: has himself a little lady who he constantly visits and talks of ;) and a traineeship in one of the pubs as a cook and loves it... actually its surprised me how fast hes learning what it means to be an adult in an adult world rather than "one of the kids" at home... pays his bills on time and makes sure he contacts and such... good stuff!
Me? well Ive been workin drivin the local bread truck from Coolgardie to Kal and out to Kambalda for the last 2 weeks while the driver has time of for the race week... thats where EVERYTHING stops in Kalgoorlie for the horse races and trots every night and day they have races and man its bloody madness!!! great fun! :cool:
The jobs now finished but I think Ive established my "credentials" as a worker and prepared to do whatever it takes to do whatever job they throw at me... bloody first 2 weeks HURT like shite!!!! man I found muscles even ol Arnie woulda been proud of!! and others I forgot even existed... no worries feel damned good about it all and drivin a truck is a bloody good job in my book I'd forgotten in all the years as a counsellor how much I actually enjoyed driving trucks and such... a step back in time to something a bit more easy going less stress and get DIRTY!!! yeeeeeeeeeflaminhaaaaaaaaa! :D
Living in a caravan takes some gettin used to... bloody small eh? strewth not enough room to swing a flamin cat! never mind place to rest ones noggin and sit back after the days done... will do till the next step happens.
mmmmm they have a internet cafe in town apparently but Im yet to find it... but its a thriving town with so much to see I havent given much thought to finding it so far decided to wait till I come down here for a break before I recontact... HEY!! got my emails finally!! shite they build up dont they? 600+ emails in 3 weeks! mostly shite... well all shite actually :rolleyes:
One of the things that stands out is the sheer width of the streets out there... bloody hell mates you can turn a roadtrain around without touchin the kerbs!... oh on roadtrains south of Coolgardie the longest allowed is 36mtrs and out Kalgoorlie Kambalda its 58mtrs... now on this matter they are goin for the record in early October on the Broadarrow road north of Kal where theyre gonna try for a roadtrain length of get this 1000mtrs!! shite! the record demands that the truck pulls the train 100mtrs to gain it but these blokes are goin for the length of the truck... the pantecs and train sections are coming from as far away as Geraldton Exmouth Esperance and Albany... goin to be a flamin hoot! and will make sure Ive got cameras in hand on the day! and find a good vantage point... any pointers? this Broadarrow road in flat and only has low mallee scrub so climbin a tree aint an option will see if I can find a truck cabin to stand on... no worries!
So far Ive taken shiploads of pics and will get them developed over the next few weeks so hang tight till the next edition of Dingos Outback Droppins... Id type some more but hey Ive only been home an hour or so so need to spend the next couple of days with this mob so next contact will be in around 3 weeks!
Take it easy
Shane