Being marooned at Ayers Rock back in the 70's when the outback was the outback and well before the new village. It rained so hard the airstrip was flooded, the roads were flooded and we were stuck there with a half dozen tourists. I was working there at the time. We had the time of our lives, swimming in the water holes around the rock, pre not being allowed around the base, climbing to the top and swimming with the fish in the swimming holes on top of the rock, have no idea where the fish came from, and taking some wonderful photo's of the rock in the rain and the waterfalls, a magic time. However the person below may never have seen the Rock in the rain but has seen some other remarkable sights during a wet season or two.............................
Peterpan said
06:22 PM May 3, 2012
We had a close call when we blew a tyre on the Van at 90k. Scary, but ended up OK.
Today we are sitting in front of a roaring fire ready to toast crumpets not like the person below me who is.........
Pam said
02:56 AM May 5, 2012
wondering why I decided to go bike riding earlier when it it was cold and cloudy. The person below me also goes bike riding in......
gillyb said
03:13 AM May 5, 2012
the comfort of my lounge room in front of the tv on my exercise bike but I think the person below is more into running marathons
fireheart said
03:59 PM May 5, 2012
In my dreams and even then it is exhausting, walking is so much more my pace, and the scenery does not fly by so quickly because if you are running and exhausted then one could well miss the sight of.................................
Pam said
12:51 AM May 6, 2012
..... a streaker in the forest. yes true story. I just peddled faster and the runner held his undies in an appropriate spot as we passed each other. The person below also saw a streaker at .........
Beth54 said
02:00 AM May 6, 2012
...at a 'bad taste' party in NT. Not exactly a streaker, more a flasher...a bloke's 'costume' was a raincoat which he flashed open to reveal only his undies with a sausage hanging out the leg! True story!
The next person has been to a strange party too....
Rip and Rosie said
07:27 AM May 6, 2012
..and someone went to a party wearing undies with a potato in them...... said he went as a dictator.
The person below me has been accused of being a dictator or has accused some one else of being one.
extreme potato said
01:52 AM May 7, 2012
I've always wanted to be a dictator but nobody would let me! Howeve the person below me went to that same party and had a lemon down the front of her undies ... Was a sour puss
fireheart said
03:33 PM May 7, 2012
Monica, you made my morning, now I understand why that person was standing in the corner with THAT look on her face while everybody else was laughing and dancing and having a good time.................the next morning I bet she woke up with, well I guess the person below me might have some idea how the party ended..............
Rip and Rosie said
05:32 PM May 7, 2012
................ the cops came. Dictator got arrested for false pretenses, and sour puss got cuffed for resisting arrest when she refused to sit down in the paddy waggon.
The person below had never been in a paddy waggon, but...............................
Pam said
02:25 AM May 10, 2012
.... would have loved to witness dictator and sourpuss getting into one. Slight diversion.......The person below me is looking forward to Mothers Day because.............
sucastja said
02:37 AM May 10, 2012
my mum, sisters, children and theirs all get together for lunch. It will be bittersweet though, because it's my first Mother's Day after my son died, and we're all having a really hard time.
I am looking forward to playing with my little grandaughter though - she certainly puts a smile on my face with her cute, cheeky antics.
the person below is looking forward to Mother's Day because . . .
Happywanderer said
02:51 AM May 10, 2012
I will be camping out with my nomad friends at Gympie. Never worried about Mothers Day too much although this year have received some beautiful cards from my daughter, made me cry. Amazing how they change when they have children of their own. Not like the person below me who didn't realise .................
Pam said
04:22 PM May 11, 2012
........that the grey nomad forum could be so addictive. Suppose there are worse things to get addicted to. The person below me is addicted to ............
fireheart said
12:03 AM May 12, 2012
the grey nomad website also and have to admit to being a closet Young and Restless addict also unlike the person below me that would never comtemplate such an addiction, however certainly has other skeletons in their addiction cupboard like......................................
Beth54 said
03:07 AM May 12, 2012
...sugar. I admit it, I'm a lolly-aholic. I'm getting better, but sometimes the won't power beats me.
I have another nice addiction though...heading west on the Warrego Highway...feels like going home.
The next person knows of a place that feels like home too...
the rocket said
09:00 PM May 12, 2012
yes. grandmars place. wood stove burning and spelling fantastic. drinking tank water that tastes metally. stoking up the wood heater for a bath, letting out the bath water and watching it fall to the ground under the house and then playing cars in the mud, watching mum wash with the old boiler, having the milk man come early in the morning and pouring milk into our jug but best of all sitting on the verandah with grandmar watching the world go by. pure heaven.
Rip and Rosie said
12:01 AM May 13, 2012
Yep, heaven for me is a front verandah, or an awning, right now, with the sun sinking over lake or bush, watching the world go by, and happy hour happening.
The person below me looks forward to happy hour, and has a story to tell about a memorable one.................................
Beth54 said
01:14 AM May 13, 2012
...Yes I do in fact.
At a family reunion on an outback property, my family were camped down near the dam, a couple of kms away from happy hour/party central. My brother and I had had a few, and a few more, and started walking back to camp. We seemed to have been walking for so long I thought we may have been heading into town, some 16kms away! Then we spotted Uncles ute parked in a side track, which just happened to be the track to our camp. Uncle was curled up in his swag in the back, and we just 'crept' by...hah! As if two inebriated siblings could creep....we giggled so much everyone heard us coming!
Pam said
03:54 PM May 13, 2012
Talking of noise Mum used to say she couldn't have her midday nap if we were too quiet. She liked to be able to hear where we were. Mums are wonderful just like the Mum below me who.............
valiant81 said
05:44 PM May 13, 2012
Is fussing in the kitchen, makeing sunday roast for her own mother and farther ( both who are joined at the hip ) and also her own son and partner. She would not have it any other way. The mum be low me is......
Happywanderer said
08:03 PM May 13, 2012
Having crackers and mandarins for lunch while watching Landline and checking up on grey nomads. Not like the person below me who is............
Pam said
08:11 PM May 13, 2012
....back on here again already!!!!! What other way is there to enjoy a lunchtime cuppa on Mothers Day. Later I will start cooking tea for my Mum in law just like the person below who will be cooking...................
Hylda&Jon said
05:34 PM May 14, 2012
Pumpkin soup just like my mother used to make. The person below me may have some but only if..............
sucastja said
01:13 AM May 15, 2012
I get off my bum and make it myself!!! I do love pumpkin soup though :) It's great weather here in Melbourne for soup - cold and raining. Brrrr. Wish I was somewhere warmer like the person below . . .
Happywanderer said
04:43 AM May 16, 2012
Who is at Gympie Camping in sunny days but cold nights so bring plenty of blankets Sue, but the person below me is on the road.........
Rip and Rosie said
12:59 AM May 18, 2012
nope, not me... (sob) ... me doing jury duty.
However, the person below me has never done jury duty.
Dougwe said
02:23 AM May 18, 2012
Because I had a job that required my talents when called for duty. The person below me has talents too.....
extreme potato said
08:23 AM May 19, 2012
Yep. I am a talented talker. Although my teachers used to say you don't get awards for talking, I can definitely say you do. Ithe only trophies I have ever received have been for speeches. Not like the person below me who used to get certificates at school for beautiful handwriting.
We had a close call when we blew a tyre on the Van at 90k. Scary, but ended up OK.
Today we are sitting in front of a roaring fire ready to toast crumpets not like the person below me who is.........
the comfort of my lounge room in front of the tv on my exercise bike but I think the person below is more into running marathons
...at a 'bad taste' party in NT. Not exactly a streaker, more a flasher...a bloke's 'costume' was a raincoat which he flashed open to reveal only his undies with a sausage hanging out the leg! True story!
The next person has been to a strange party too....
The person below me has been accused of being a dictator or has accused some one else of being one.
Howeve the person below me went to that same party and had a lemon down the front of her undies ... Was a sour puss
Monica, you made my morning, now I understand why that person was standing in the corner with THAT look on her face while everybody else was laughing and dancing and having a good time.................the next morning I bet she woke up with, well I guess the person below me might have some idea how the party ended..............
Dictator got arrested for false pretenses, and sour puss got cuffed for resisting arrest when she refused to sit down in the paddy waggon.
The person below had never been in a paddy waggon, but...............................
my mum, sisters, children and theirs all get together for lunch. It will be bittersweet though, because it's my first Mother's Day after my son died, and we're all having a really hard time.
I am looking forward to playing with my little grandaughter though - she certainly puts a smile on my face with her cute, cheeky antics.
the person below is looking forward to Mother's Day because . . .
Not like the person below me who didn't realise .................
The person below me is addicted to ............
...sugar. I admit it, I'm a lolly-aholic. I'm getting better, but sometimes the won't power beats me.
I have another nice addiction though...heading west on the Warrego Highway...feels like going home.
The next person knows of a place that feels like home too...
yes. grandmars place. wood stove burning and spelling fantastic. drinking tank water that tastes metally. stoking up the wood heater for a bath, letting out the bath water and watching it fall to the ground under the house and then playing cars in the mud, watching mum wash with the old boiler, having the milk man come early in the morning and pouring milk into our jug but best of all sitting on the verandah with grandmar watching the world go by. pure heaven.
The person below me looks forward to happy hour, and has a story to tell about a memorable one.................................
...Yes I do in fact.
At a family reunion on an outback property, my family were camped down near the dam, a couple of kms away from happy hour/party central. My brother and I had had a few, and a few more, and started walking back to camp. We seemed to have been walking for so long I thought we may have been heading into town, some 16kms away! Then we spotted Uncles ute parked in a side track, which just happened to be the track to our camp. Uncle was curled up in his swag in the back, and we just 'crept' by...hah! As if two inebriated siblings could creep....we giggled so much everyone heard us coming!
Not like the person below me who is............
Pumpkin soup just like my mother used to make. The person below me may have some but only if..............
However, the person below me has never done jury duty.