Cerberus1 Posted October 16, 2011 Author Share Posted October 16, 2011 [img2=right]http://www.pomsinoz.com/images/cooper.jpg[/img2]Coober Pedy in South Australia is known as the opal capital of the world Its population is made up of more than 40 nationalities and, with year-round extremes in temperature, more than 50 per cent of the population live in below-ground ‘dugouts’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus1 Posted October 16, 2011 Author Share Posted October 16, 2011 [img2=right]http://www.pomsinoz.com/images/bungles.jpg[/img2]The Bungle Bungle Range is thought to have got its name by the mispelling of a type of grass found in the area called ‘bundle bundle’ The sandstone landscape has the appearance of giant, bell-shaped towers and was formed more than 350 million years ago. So remote are the Bungle Bungles that they were only discovered by non-indigenous Australians in the 1980s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 [img2=right]http://www.pomsinoz.com/images/bungles.jpg[/img2]The Bungle Bungle Range is thought to have got its name by the mispelling of a type of grass found in the area called ‘bundle bundle’ The sandstone landscape has the appearance of giant, bell-shaped towers and was formed more than 350 million years ago. So remote are the Bungle Bungles that they were only discovered by non-indigenous Australians in the 1980s. Not so, Rob...I knew of them in the 1960s and did lotsa whites.:yes: Also, there is a miniature Bungle Bungles at Hidden Valley, Kununurra. Just remembered an incident from 1967... One sunday morning very early, I decided to go to Hidden Valley to look for some sandstone geodes-balls of sand encased in a layer of hard sandstone...Anyway, I went into a little known "gorge" and spied a long bundle of paperbark. I climbed up about 15 ft to the ledge it was crammed in. On opening it a bit., I discovered an Aboriginal body...Geezzz! I got out of there quicksmart and went to the police station, told my story and an officer came back with me to see the body. In all, it must have taken about 45 minutes to get back with the officer. I took him to the ledge but the paperbark 'bundle' had been removed. A few wispy pieces of paperbark was all that remained. The officer understood what had happened; seems 'eyes' saw me and in the intervening time, removed the body...I still get the 'willies' thinking about it after 44 years.:arghh: Cheers, Bobj. PS. Sorry for digressing, Rob.:wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jtrd Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Just going back to 'Big' things: The Big Rocking Horse in SA is slightly bizarre but great to visit and they sell the best wooden kids toys, all made locally and there is also a free walk through petting zoo :biggrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 [WRAP]http://www.pomsinoz.com/images/Rockart.jpg[/WRAP]Fact number 2: There are more than 100,000 individual rock art sites. They range in size from a handful of images to galleries containing hundreds of individual motifs, overlapping in elaborate, lengthy sequences. Didja know that the "Bradshaws" are older than any Aboriginal rock art? http://www.convictcreations.com/aborigines/bradshaws.htm Cheers, Bobj. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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