Comments on: How to nearly tear your foot off. Outback Queensland, Australia 1974 http://blog.allthedumbthings.com/2007/05/28/how-to-nearly-tear-your-foot-off-outback-queensland-australia-1974/ A cautionary tale in development Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:27:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: All the Dumb Things « Debris http://blog.allthedumbthings.com/2007/05/28/how-to-nearly-tear-your-foot-off-outback-queensland-australia-1974/comment-page-1/#comment-91 All the Dumb Things « Debris Tue, 29 May 2007 14:49:11 +0000 http://blog.allthedumbthings.com/2007/05/28/how-to-nearly-tear-your-foot-off-outback-queensland-australia-1974/#comment-91 [...] and his account of how he almost lost his foot on a train in the Australian Outback in 1974 (parts 1 and 2)is among the most engaging things I’ve read, online or elsewhere, in some [...] [...] and his account of how he almost lost his foot on a train in the Australian Outback in 1974 (parts 1 and 2)is among the most engaging things I’ve read, online or elsewhere, in some [...]

]]> By: razzbuffnik http://blog.allthedumbthings.com/2007/05/28/how-to-nearly-tear-your-foot-off-outback-queensland-australia-1974/comment-page-1/#comment-90 razzbuffnik Tue, 29 May 2007 12:58:47 +0000 http://blog.allthedumbthings.com/2007/05/28/how-to-nearly-tear-your-foot-off-outback-queensland-australia-1974/#comment-90 The.... Mark Latham? Pushing a car is always a drag, never mind through water. It wasn't until I'd been travelling for a while did I realise how backward the rail system was here in Australia. The only difference between us and Thailand at the time was that at least we'd moved on from steam locomotion. Even now I think that the government is being so short sighted in not spending more money on rail. If we had a better system, more people would use it and the more people who use it, the cheaper it is to run and the less cars on the road. On that note, if the areas irrigated by the Ord scheme has better access to markets by rail we could stop irrigating the Riverina and give the Murry a break. The…. Mark Latham?

Pushing a car is always a drag, never mind through water.

It wasn’t until I’d been travelling for a while did I realise how backward the rail system was here in Australia. The only difference between us and Thailand at the time was that at least we’d moved on from steam locomotion. Even now I think that the government is being so short sighted in not spending more money on rail. If we had a better system, more people would use it and the more people who use it, the cheaper it is to run and the less cars on the road. On that note, if the areas irrigated by the Ord scheme has better access to markets by rail we could stop irrigating the Riverina and give the Murry a break.

]]> By: marklatham http://blog.allthedumbthings.com/2007/05/28/how-to-nearly-tear-your-foot-off-outback-queensland-australia-1974/comment-page-1/#comment-87 marklatham Tue, 29 May 2007 11:39:39 +0000 http://blog.allthedumbthings.com/2007/05/28/how-to-nearly-tear-your-foot-off-outback-queensland-australia-1974/#comment-87 We arrived in brisbane in jan 1976 en route to darwin,looking for work rebuilding darwin after the cyclone. There were terrible floods that year as well and after leaving brissie in an HD wagon we had bought for $400 we ran into huge floodwaters at newcastle waters.we pushed the HD through the flood way but later had to put the car on the train from hughenden to cloncurry.A diabloical trip in an ancient carriage. We arrived in brisbane in jan 1976 en route to darwin,looking for work rebuilding darwin after the cyclone.
There were terrible floods that year as well and after leaving brissie in an HD wagon we had bought for $400 we ran into huge floodwaters at newcastle waters.we pushed the HD through the flood way but later had to put the car on the train from hughenden to cloncurry.A diabloical trip in an ancient carriage.

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