port augusta uber alles

[adelaidesean]

It's easy to accuse Sydney and Melbourne of thinking Australia revolves around them.

They have nothing on Port Augusta.



Capital of "Adelaide"! Now that's forward thinking.

(Scanned from a tourist map I picked up over the weekend. Had a great time there, by the way. Thanks to everyone for dropping in to say hi.)

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Listening to: Harold Budd & Robin Guthrie - Showfall

Comments

[king-espresso.livejournal.com]

I like Port Augusta. There are some great fish and chip shops there.

[seanwilliams.livejournal.com]

Mmm, yes indeed. We stopped at Pt Wakefield on the way and had fish and chips there. Divine.

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

The fish and chips were great in 1977, but the water was foul.

[maelorin]

lol.

*was*

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

I hope it has improved. God it was mineral heavy.

[seanwilliams.livejournal.com]

Some things never change...

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

Oh dear.

[angriest.livejournal.com]

Post Augusta - better than Whyalla.

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

Better than the middle of the Nullabour.

[angriest.livejournal.com]

Actually I quite like the middle of the Nullarbor.

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

I've only been there twice - on the way to Perth and on the way back. In 1977. In a dark red valiant.

[seanwilliams.livejournal.com]

Not a very catchy slogan. :-)

[angriest.livejournal.com]

Gosnells, in Perth's eastern suburbs, went for many years with this slogan on all the signs leading into town (I am not making this up):

"GOSNELLS - RECLAIMING THE DIGNITY!"

[seanwilliams.livejournal.com]

Bizarre, but better than "All the way with SA", which made our state sound like a bit of a slut.

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

Better than "The premier state" which sounded like we were really up ourselves.

[maelorin]

we'd like to be up ourselves. but that's too much effort :p

[maelorin]

it wasn't the most suggestive of state slogans, if i recall correctly.

[maelorin]

oh dear gods in small country towns ...

as if agutta or waa-alla are much to fight over ...

[disclaimer: i spent much of my so-called childhood and yooof in waa-alla]

[angriest.livejournal.com]

I was born there.

[maelorin]

*hugs* sorry about that.

[so was my brother]

[angriest.livejournal.com]

So was *my* brother!! : )

[maelorin]

we could almost be twins!

[seanwilliams.livejournal.com]

We Whyallans are everywhere. :-)

[maelorin]

note that we're not in whyalla ^_^

[seanwilliams.livejournal.com]

No, we're out in the world, plotting domination with those ambitious Pt Augustans. :-)

[maelorin]

^_^

though as i recall, they were our competitors back in the day.

[maelorin]

lol. improved.

ahem.

water in country south aussie has been shite for a very long time. makes it the perfect place to have a water filter business.

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

I'll remember to bring one with me when I visit.