On 30/04/06, Basil Chupin <blchupin@tpg.com.au> wrote:
Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Basil Chupin <blchupin@tpg.com.au> [04-30-06 02:15]:
And I live in Australia (Canberra, the Capital).
Is the Alice still 1000 miles from anywhere? Was there in the early '60s for a couple of years.
Everything here is "1000 miles from anywhere" :-) which is why this American-created petrol price hike is causing a bit of problem here (or at least will be causing a severe problem very shortly when people really wake up to the price increase).
Having said this, things have changed somewhat since the 60's and all cities have seemingly got a bit closer because we now drive cars and even have trains and aeroplanes. Most of the main roads have also been tarred. You wouldn't recognise (note the '-ise') the place now.
Cheers.
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It's all very sprawling still though :-) I was in Adelaide in 2000/2001 and it took me all day to walk from one end of the city to the other. I tried it once for the hell of it :-))) enjoyable though. If you really need to get anywhere distant in Oz you need to go by plane or the Ghan. The one thing I didn't do was visit Uluru and Alice. I really wish I had just for the experience. Sadly I shall never be able to get back now. I will say that I found the Australian people fantastically friendly. I truly loved my time over there. -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== PLEASE DON'T drink and drive it's not clever, it's just stupid. Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR