Andamooka Safety Comunications

Hi Laurie
The sat phone vrs HF argument could rage for years. I got over the problem by buying both and I use them for different purposes. If you go HF only just join up VKS737 and make a couple of friends on the network. You can have an email sent by the base operators I think so that may cover your need?? HF is going to be a bit bulky C/w satphone.
Loved your photos of Bill's pub. I used to drink port with Bill at his shack in the 60's before legal age. He was a very generous and welcoming person...lots of tourists and donations collected for the RFDS. Our shack was 100mtrs south of Bill's with a caravan and an ex-Woomera dunny out front! Just sold it but have enduring return/use rights. Aaaaaah...she's real good country!! Cheers

Laurie, time to change your site I think...

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You see, you are getting a cult following!!

Cheers

Wolfie

We hire sat phones every day and I would love to be able to charge $300 for 10 days Hire!!!

Nice negotiating - was the guys name Nerd Kelly?

Next time do an Explore Oz business search and you would be over 30% better off .

Cheers

We hire sat phones every day and I would love to be able to charge $300 for 10 days Hire!!!

Nice negotiating - was the guys name Ned Kelly?

Next time do an Explore Oz business search and you would be over 30% better off .

Cheers

If you are going to do this sort of thing often they why not buy a Satphone. With the Federal Government subsidy it should not cost you more than $500. Monthly access fees are $30 per month through Telstra and you are allowed a 4 minute call ($10) within the $30 fee.

Search this site for a Satellite Tracking Service. They may be able to help you out as well.

Hi Laurie
Bill initially had a bondwood caravan and built a shed which still remains where he spent the daylight hours and cooked from his wood fired stove. I think the old caravan has now gone and I suspect the rest of the place will be cleared in years to come as it becomes more of a risk. The open shed was once enclosed and now is the main shelter for public gatherings/barbeques by the town people. His grave site at Andamooka cemetary is really something else...just the way he wanted it...a crossed pick and shovel set in the concrete cover...sort of refective of the Eureka spirit.
Our shack with Caravan was about 100mtrs south of Bills place. If you went south a bit you would have passed it.
Lots of opal was pulled out from White Dam. It would be ironic if Bill's dream opal lies below his shack.....now he would bebleep!! Have many memories of Bill's stories about near misses with dynamite and the cats who were not so lucky. Lucky to have made old bones really. He died when the first Adelaide GP was run so its been many years that the shack has been uninhabited. Cheers

Yes I would have seen your shack. Quite close to the track. I felt as if I was encroaching on someone elses territory so kept moving.

I saw another "different" grave near Andamooka when I was there in April last year. It was fairly new. A few kilometers, maybe less, east of Andamooka beside an old well. Can't remember what the plarque said but just recall it was something informative about the former miner.

Regards,
Laurie.

i have one for hire