A town dying under a blanket of stars
Trip Start
Jun 30, 2009
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Trip End
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Bullfinch, Western Australia, Australia
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
a town of 30 people, the average house costing about $2000 to buy. Wendy is leaving the pub at the beginning of November and if no one else buys it I can't really see how the town will survive.
It consists of about 20 houses, the pub, an unmanned post office, a wheat bin and a caravan park.
I can't say it was ever really dull though. There was always people coming through and the locals, on the whole, were grand company.
Here is a list of people and events, to jog my own memory really!
My thoughts on Bullfinch will probably be better formed once I have seen more of this country.
As for the last 2 weeks I have been enjoying partying back in Perth and met up with many of the same faces in the hostel from before I left. and made new friends as well.
That is for the next blog though!
This time next month I will be in Melbourne, via the following route-
Next Monday- 4 day tour to Monkey Mia
Friday- Flight to Alice Springs
Tuesday 20th- 6 days down to Adelaide, seeing Ayers Rock and Kings Canyon etc.
Then Adelaide until October 29th and a 3 day tour along the Great Ocean Road to Melbourne, arriving on October 31st.
And then it will be time to look for a job!
wendy
shearers- finn, rosie (tim), matt and billy. finn getting naked behind the bar and rubbing his arse on me. on my first night!
andrew & mitch
john, lance and tony the catholic
old guys-dave, don, herman
lenny
fuck ups-young john, pete,dale and gina
fred
eilenn and kenny
andrew and alyson
john pryce
john mackay
skimpy night- girls from southern cross- jade, piaf, canadian laura. mitch breaking into his own caravan after a rocketfuel from reggie
baladgie rock and copperhead mine with the shearers
yabbies, quad bike, dead kangaroos, loot
yilgarn-'white stone'
wendy- racist but not? 'aboroginals are a fucked up race of people. yeh, we fucked them up properly'
talk of queers- lenny to me, kd lang
lewis's brother and the cambalda (cambodia) boys- simmo and skimpy emma on the bar. immense no. of high fives 'hows the serenity'
nicole making lenny dance
trying to learn to play darts with Marcus
another day in the bush with andrew mitch and jo- arsehole card game. white bullfinch- 2xbaileys, 2x kahlua, 1 x vodka and milk.\
big fat jim-
Andrew 'he's probably one of those hidden millionaires riding around Bullfinch on 15/20 million
Mitch 'go for it ladies! you'd be rich in a few years'
Me 'wouldn't you have to consummate it though?'
Jo 'no way...yeh, i'd sit on his face. but thats about it.'
Mukinbudin Spring festival with Kenny, Eileen, Andrew and Alyson
Rhys, Blake and Courtney's massive Friday sessions. 'polar bear'
Paul Della Bosca pronounces his love for me. with commentary from Lenny
Going down a working gold mine with Lewis and Gary
Big Simon/Little Zac
Lewis' new nickname for me- Jen-y
Ants EVERYWHERE. and blowies.
Mal and dumb blonde Jackie
Slippery, Daniel and the rest of the Westonia crew. 'Have a word!' Jeans into hotpants in 1 minute
Bullfinch Bruiser- Pure Blonde, Melbourne Bitter, Hahn Super Dry, Bundy, Whisky & Coke. the mixer is Carlton Mid-Strength. Tina Turner disco
the MuckaFuckas- Tom Sawyer and Kiwi James. James and Wendy had an interesting dart throwing competition one Wednesday which ended in a dart forever being stuck in the wall!
the green of the bush after the rain
'Fuck You' is a 2 syllable word in Bullfinch
Meeting Herman's 'wife' (a big poster of a naked woman. with photos of his children and grand children either side!)
seeing a complete rainbow for the first time ever whilst shooting a gun, at a road sign, with 8 beers in me, with Lenny and Fred
Bullfinch Songs
Sara Storer- 'Back Outback'
Rick Springfield- 'Jessie's Girl'
Redgum- 'I Was Only 19'
Icehouse- 'Great Southern Land'
Men At Work- 'Down Under'
Darryl Braithwaite- 'As The Days Go By'
Comments
you forgot to metion the group of shearers you blew off behind the pub.......and Lenny !