Birdsville bordering The Great Sandy Desert

Submitted: Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 13:59
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Grant Denyer from the Sunrise show is currently in Birdsville which he claims is on the edge of the above. Anyone else see that this morning.
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Reply By: Member - Allan B (QLD) - Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 14:18

Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 14:18
Well I think it's Great and it sure is Sandy. Go Grant!

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Reply By: Tenpounder (SA) - Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 14:27

Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 14:27
Yeh, well Grant probably comes from the Far East of Oz, and none of them know what's what or who's where. Just ask us blokes from SA
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Follow Up By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 14:40

Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 14:40
Hi Chris,
I have to agree with what you have said. We also have a saying in the country that anything north of Gepps Cross is the sticks for City people - I hope you don't live in Adelaide. LOL.

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Follow Up By: Tenpounder (SA) - Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 14:53

Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 14:53
Be honest, Stephen. Clare is just a Northern suburb of Adelaide. Same trendy SUVs (black with tinted windows and chrome 21 inch mags, of course) outside the same trendy wineries. Perhaps I do live in Adelaide but ...
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Follow Up By: Baz&Pud (Tassie) - Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 15:45

Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 15:45
Well, at least he's up there.
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Follow Up By: Tenpounder (SA) - Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 16:07

Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 16:07
No, Baz and Pud. 'The sticks' starts somewhere around Hawker, or maybe Marree.Nowhere near Clare> He's "up there' like Bridgewater is "up there" from Hobart towards the Tas wilderness. Stephen should be joining forces against the barbarians from the East - its hard enough!
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Follow Up By: Baz&Pud (Tassie) - Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 16:12

Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 16:12
Sorry, i meant that Denyer was up there, not yu mate in Clare.
I agree with what you say about Clare and Bridgewater.
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Follow Up By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 19:45

Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 19:45
Hi Chris
Firstly at 136 kilometres north of Adelaide, Clare is no way related to a northern suburb of Adelaide and will never be. You will find that it does not matter from where in Australia you live, country and city people are world's apart in many ways. When we travel around, we can always tell a city person from a country person. Ask any country person where so and so lives ( can be miles from where you are talking and country people will tell you where they are or live, Ask the same question to a city person and they would not know the names of any people streets away or know them in person.) What I said was tongue in cheek, as you would be surprised at how many city people have no idea where Clare is and think you have come from the other side of the earth. Of course I am sticking with you on what you have said. I bet Denyer was dressed to the nines in country gear, Akubra Hat and fresh off of a plane and probably no idea where the hell Birdsville was until he landed near the pub.


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Reply By: signman - Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 14:32

Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 14:32
Bring back Fifi !!!

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Reply By: Member - Jack - Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 15:29

Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 15:29
Denyer is a 24 carat goose. Always has been.

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Follow Up By: Gramps - Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 15:31

Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 15:31
A-ha ! A man with taste.

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Reply By: patsproule - Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 16:50

Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 16:50
He's actually a bloody nice bloke, and hails from West of Wagga Wagga. He is certinally not a city kid. I worked with him at Prime TV Wagga when he started in TV and we were waterskiing buddies. Quite the gentleman.

But as for desert names...
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Reply By: Member - Old Girl (QLD) - Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 18:55

Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 18:55
It was on in the back ground didn't really watch all of it but at the end was that his bike on the new tilt. I was wandering how he was going to get across the Simpson. Maybe straight across ??
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Reply By: Member - Ruth D (QLD) - Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 21:19

Friday, Jan 29, 2010 at 21:19
No the tilt is not new - it belongs to Barsney and used to be his 'Winnebago' type home! Grant leaves tomorrow and goes north via Bedourie and Boulia and, I think, Mt Isa - he's not going straight across east to west like we would!
Everyone in Birdsville has thoroughly enjoyed his visit - particularly the kids - as you would have seen this morning. Four little kids came from 180 klms east to spend the day 'in school' properly instead of just doing School of the Air - which boosted schools numbers as they are down to 5 so far this year. I was too busy trying to read the signs and checking that all the kids had their uniforms on to worry about what he was saying - does anyone listen to him anyway? I haven't seen all the kids for a few months so was great to see how much they had all grown.
Anyway, I thought Birdsville was an outer suburb of Adelaide - South Australians seem to think they own Birdsville - it gives us great delight to remind them that Birdsville is actually in Queensland, even if only just.
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