One Man's Castle
Is another man's home (Happy and Teena's House)
Is another man's humpy!!!!
On Simms Hill there is no electricity so the hum of generators fill the air. Apart from owning a rainwater tank they survive on bore water.
We went on a bit of a tiki tour to Grawin (another large opal mining area, I won't call it a town)
In the middle of nowhere on rough roads we came across
The Club in the Scrub - Complete with a nine hole golf course!!
Further along in the middle of nowhere again and more bone shattering roads we found
The sheepyard pub (funny I didn't see any sheep hanging around the bar baahaaa)
A few old diggers tho!! The tram is a restaurant and on the menu you can find
Cuppa chicken soup (instant) with a roll
We opted to eat our own fresh advocado, tomato and cheese rolls tho!
The local electrician, renowned for never getting back to anyone, lives up to his name!! and of course never rang Rob back regarding his 3 weeks work.
Rob is going out with Happy and Aaron (our local 4th generation miner friend) for 3 or 4 days to do some electrical work on his equipment.
As for me I'll stay home and cook and read and relax!!!
Lightning Ridge word for the day
"Ratters"
This is someone or a small community of people who wait until someone has left their claim, even if they just go to the pub or go home for the night, and come in and steal all the opals they can find, generators, lights etc. They will even secretly burrow from neighouring claims into their claim and ferret the opals. When the owners drill down they find their claim has already been ballroomed.
This in the past has led to western style shootouts!!
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