Sunday, Mar 28, 2010 at 11:24
Hi all,
I'm currently living in Balgo, looking after the power & water here.
Good basic shopping can be done at Billiluna, Balgo &
Mulan.
Good selection of frozen meat, fresh & UHT dairy, fruit & veg that would be equal to the quality that you get at your local Woolies. fruit & veg prices are very reasonable, meat & other basics are a little bit more expensive but do consider the cost of freight that has to be passed on to the consumer.
Billiluna
shop hours are 8 to 11.00 then 2 to 4 Monday to Friday & 8 to 11 on Saturday. Closed Sunday.
Mulan & Balgo hours are similar
Mulan store 08 91688709
Billi store 08 91688076
Balgo store 08 91688894
Fuel (Opal & Diesel) is available at each community $2.50 to $2.80 a litre.
Water is available, just ask, all of these communities are tourist friendly.
Balgo has a fantastic art centre, 08 91688960 high quality, genuine local area art & crafts open Monday to Friday 9 to 5 prices range from cheap/reasonable to extreme depending on the artist & size of painting.
The dessert people here use vivid,
bright colours in their paintings they look fantastic, so different to the browns & blacks used in other parts of Oz.
I thought (at first) the colours were a little over the top, but having been here at Balgo for a while now seeing the seasons change & depending on the time of day all of the colours are right before you, it is really beautiful.
Sally & Annette at the centre are very helpful.
Sorry for rambling on but there is plenty to see around here & I must say that I have no connection with the art center.
CU down the road
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