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  1. 19th September 2020, 07:38 PM #1
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    Northern NSW to North of Brissie to WA walking. types.

    You may find this as interesting as much as I have.

    http://cullfamilytree.blogspot.com/2018/06/aidan-de-brune-walk-around-australia-in.html

    Some old images of how I guess it used to be,
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    Wow.
    On foot is amazing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rick130 View Post
    Wow.
    On foot is amazing.
    He sure was. What a guy eh?

    Rick, I thought you may recognise a fair bit of the country he travelled. I always think it is good to see what the early settlers had to put up with.
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    Strewth, I'd get tired thinking of driving that route. I dip me lid to him, circumnavigating this country without getting a speeding ticket.
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    I bet he never had a shoe sponsor either..

    Surprised he did it in the time he did , unless i read it wrong , about 2.5 yrs .

    Champion effort whichever way you spin it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 4bee View Post
    He sure was. What a guy eh?

    Rick, I thought you may recognise a fair bit of the country he travelled. I always think it is good to see what the early settlers had to put up with.
    Yep, and doing the relatively short Tenterfield to just south of Tamworth section again next weekend.
    There was a well known modern swaggy that we saw several times in the last fifteen years traveling the New England who we are in awe of, but circumnavigating the country is another several steps.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rick130 View Post
    Yep, and doing the relatively short Tenterfield to just south of Tamworth section again next weekend.
    There was a well known modern swaggy that we saw several times in the last fifteen years traveling the New England who we are in awe of, but circumnavigating the country is another several steps.

    I noted this bloke took a wrong turn & after walking for 8 or 9 miles. " Oh ****" ,he said & walked back again. Maybe he got Farmer's Directions?

    What about the short detour to Darwin & back to the main drag to continue on?
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    Quote Originally Posted by V8Ian View Post
    Strewth, I'd get tired thinking of driving that route. I dip me lid to him, circumnavigating this country without getting a speeding ticket.

    Or getting in a long queue at borders? 1923, yes there would have been borders.
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    Quite amazing.
    I often wonder how people got on around Doomadgee in the days of yore.
    No A/C, no proper roads, no power!
    Must have been a tough life with tough people.
    I laugh now when the tourists tell me how remote & hard done by we are, mainly sealed roads, internet (not a lot of bandwidth), phones, A/C in every room, Foxtel, the only thing we don't have is a Pub.
    Might as well live in Brisbane.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jonesfam View Post
    Quite amazing.
    I often wonder how people got on around Doomadgee in the days of yore.
    No A/C, no proper roads, no power!
    Must have been a tough life with tough people.
    I laugh now when the tourists tell me how remote & hard done by we are, mainly sealed roads, internet (not a lot of bandwidth), phones, A/C in every room, Foxtel, the only thing we don't have is a Pub.
    Might as well live in Brisbane.
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    It's all in the eye of the beholder & is relative Paul, but as I mentioned to Rick at the beginning of this thread, I think it is good that we can go back & realise just what early settlers had to contend with. The Author is to be commended for taking so many B&W Photos. Not all are of "special" interest but they do show the country as it was & that is why I find them fascinating. 1923 wasn't all that long ago nor was it from the other end either, so the country was still quite "young" but things were happening. I wonder if he was enthralled by the song of the sixties/seventies "These boots were made for walking". Although he was a tad before it's time.

    These Boots Were Made for Walkin' - YouTube
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