[SOC] Budgewoi

[Ian C. Purdie]

"Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/KC8NHF" wrote:

> I'd suggest Bu-ja-woy.

Nope. Though the twins, when smaller, used to pronounce it BUDG-E-BOY

> It's a town on the South Eastern coast of Australia.

Central coast of the state of New South Wales. Approx. 60 miles / 110 Km north
of Sydney. Almost mid-way between Sydney and Newcastle in most Atlases.

No we don't have Koalas, Wombats or Kangaroos nearby. We do see the occasional
Wallaby sadly hit by vehicles, blue tongue lizards are in the back yard but no
goannas that I've personally seen.

Kookaburras everywhere, magpies, parrots galore, red back spiders and also the
odd deadly "mouse spider". Thankfully no funnel web spiders. Few black snakes
but the deadlier brown snake is quite common in backyards. Bushland is all
around us. A few thousand metres away total strangers to the bush can and do,
become hopelessly disorientated and lost.

At the very nearby seaside there are deadly blue-ringed octopus in rock pools
and a variety of sharks in the ocean. The raging surf is much more dangerous
for the untrained and unwary. Must've been higher tides this week because the
roaring surf made sleep difficult in the quite of night.

Throw in bush fires and floods and you will see why the average Australian
doesn't give a rat's ar*** about much...


72/73's

Ian C. Purdie
Budgewoi N.S.W. Australia - Co-ords S33�14', E151�34'
VK2TIP "I'll give ya the TIP mate" QRP-L #1978. SOC #171 FP#91
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