A short buffalo catching read.

[John Gryphon]

CATCHER IN THE DRY

Bullets, Beer and Buffalos – Surviving the Outback By the time I arrived at Mudginberry Station, some two hundred miles south of Darwin, the sun was fading. After dodging wild pigs and stalli…

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[john.g]

what a great read , thanks john

 

[Loki]

Grand read John, thank you!

 

[Mach IV]

Excellent read fella, tough people.
It half reminded me of the book We of the Never Never, I read it before we went on a drive around WA and across to Katherine.
After days on the road in the summer, camping out at night under the stars the thermal Springs at Mataranka were a welcome relief for a couple of days.

On a lighter note I have been enjoying the larger than life antics of Milton Jones at Coolibah Station on Youtube - looks like fun!!
The vehicles for live bull catching are a bit safer than in Kim's day!!

 

[John Gryphon]

We of the Never Never

Inexplicable things happen out there in the Never Never @Mach IV lucky you didn't run into MickTaylor,he loves his Poms lol.

 

[Mach IV]

I'm all right mate have an effin Ozzie passport

 

[John Gryphon]

I'm right mate have an effin Ozzie passport

Ha ha so you are an Aussie born bloke?
Mick still knocks a few of them also.

 

[Mach IV]

Ah no, Pommie born but always Aussie at heart - Mick Dundee settled that one.
I had met a few Aussies whilst at Uni so as soon as I had finished the options were find a job in the UK or travel and Oz - no contest.
Jumped on a plane to Dehli, up to Nepal for a bit if trecking and a bit more India and eventually Oz on a tourist visa.
Went to Melbourne to stay with an Aussie mate I had met when he worked in the UK.
Being a scientist by training I ended up getting a job at a company called Bio Nova International in N Melbourne which grew arterial bypass grafts in sheep (Omniflow) so....................
I applied for a passport on the basis that I had skills that no one else in Oz had and got it.
I became an official Aussie in Collingwood town hall along with a Canadian and lots of Vietnamese and Chinese (I kid you not!!)
We sang Waltzing Matilda (joking) and I went home with a wattle tree and citizenship certificate.
And you will get this, to wind my Vic mates up I supported West Coast Eagles when they were trained by mad Micky Malthouse and eventually went on to win the Grand Final - my mate supported the handbags and was properly f'd off when after a good start Dermott Brereton who had gone off concussed came back on kicked a goal and the Hawks went on to win the Grand Final. As a Pom it was the most brutal game of anything I had ever seen.

Not sure why I ended up back in Pommieland but I did but the plan is to get back out to God's own mate!

 

[John Gryphon]

Ah no, Pommie born but always Aussie at heart - Mick Dundee settled that one.
I had met a few Aussies whilst at Uni so as soon as I had finished the options were find a job in the UK or travel and Oz - no contest.
Jumped on a plane to Dehli, up to Nepal for a bit if trekking and a bit more India and eventually Oz on a tourist visa.
Went to Melbourne to stay with an Aussie mate I had met when he worked in the UK.
Being a scientist by training I ended up getting a job at a company called Bio Nova International in N Melbourne which grew arterial bypass grafts in sheep (Omniflow) so....................
I applied for a passport on the basis that I had skills that no one else in Oz had and got it.
I became an official Aussie in Collingwood town hall along with a Canadian and lots of Vietnamese and Chinese (I kid you not!!)
We sang Waltzing Matilda (joking) and I went home with a wattle tree and citizenship certificate.
And you will get this, to wind my Vic mates up I supported West Coast Eagles when they were trained by mad Micky Malthouse and eventually went on to win the Grand Final - my mate supported the handbags and was properly f'd off when after a good start Dermott Brereton who had gone off concussed came back on kicked a goal and the Hawks went on to win the Grand Final. As a Pom it was the most brutal game of anything I had ever seen.

Not sure why I ended up back in Pommie land but I did but the plan is to get back out to God's own mate!

Ah a great recount too mate. I share your appreciation for one of the hardest toughest games on the planet.


Have you still got the wattle ha ha.
The Australian Citizenship Affirmation (Secular) "As an Australian citizen, I affirm my loyalty to Australia and its people, whose democratic beliefs I share, whose rights and liberties I respect, and whose laws I uphold and obey".

 

[starr shot]

Great read,I could almost feel the flies .

 

[Rafter]

Epic.
Loved the bit about the tyres.... whoops.

 

[John Gryphon]

Great read,I could almost feel the flies .

Ya do swallow a few up north lol.