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Detailed travelogue on Australia and New Zealand

Detailed Travelogue on Australia and New Zealand

Larry
2006-05-27 03:23:16

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Australia operates both as a supermarket and variety store, depending on the
location.
Leaving Kmart, I drove to the Budget office to exchage cars. As yet
another example of how friendly people were, when I asked simply if there
was a convenience store nearby to pick up some cold sodas, the lady at the
counter left and came back with a styrofoam cooler, asking me if I had one.
When I said no, she gave it to me.
I exchanged cars, and started the trip north.

TI TREE

By the time I started north on the Stuart Highway, it was already getting
late, so I decided to stop at Ti Tree for the night -- a small town just a
few hours drive north.
There isn't much to the town of Ti Tree, but I liked it immediately when
I arrived. The population couldn't be more than a few hundred, with the
town consisting of one service station (a Mobil roadhouse where I spent the
night), a school, a few homes, and some farm land. Still, I've always liked
tiny, unimportant desert towns, and took a shine to the area immediately.
I drove up to the Mobil station, and checked into my room for the night.
In back of the station was a line of bungalow-style rooms, each with a tiny
bathroom, TV, and air-con unit. As tacky as it might sound, it was actually
quite a nice play to spend the evening. The rooms were far enough in back
where you didn't get any noise (except for the wandering peacock squaking),
and there was a large grassy area with trees in front to relax in, with some
kangaroos resting in a large cage.
A lot of kangaroos unfortunately become road kill, and that leaves the
kangaroo babies to fend for themselves. Often, people will pick them up,
and take them as pets. A few days before, while stopping for petrol at a
Shell station, I met up with a family that had done just that. The family
saw that ...

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