Brisbane, Queensland - Australia
This morning I landed in Brisbane - the stale old joke says, boy are my arms tired . . . however, in reality, boy is my butt tired from sitting so long way back in row 73.
Tonight I'll be staying in a hotel in Brisbane. Tomorrow I'll be flying to Cunnamulla, then driving to Koroit. After tonight, I'll be spending the next 6 weeks sleeping on a cot in my garden shed home away from home. I'm eager to get back out there.
Brisbane is a cute city. Tonight is Saturday night - this is the last night I'll be spending in "civilization", however I'm a bit tired from my trip and have a 7am flight tomorrow morning, so I think I'm just going to go to bed early and enjoy my last night with sheets until mid-November.
I'm going to try to offer parcels of rough for sale while I'm here. Feel free to email me for details.
. . . more once I get out there.
Best wishes and a speedy recovery to Miss Sugar Ray and her troubled ankle . . .
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Saturday, September 27, 2008
- Arrived in Australia
Brisbane, Queensland - Australia
This morning I landed in Brisbane - the stale old joke says, boy are my arms tired . . . however, in reality, boy is my butt tired from sitting so long way back in row 73.
Tonight I'll be staying in a hotel in Brisbane. Tomorrow I'll be flying to Cunnamulla, then driving to Koroit. After tonight, I'll be spending the next 6 weeks sleeping on a cot in my garden shed home away from home. I'm eager to get back out there.
Brisbane is a cute city. Tonight is Saturday night - this is the last night I'll be spending in "civilization", however I'm a bit tired from my trip and have a 7am flight tomorrow morning, so I think I'm just going to go to bed early and enjoy my last night with sheets until mid-November.
I'm going to try to offer parcels of rough for sale while I'm here. Feel free to email me for details. . . . more once I get out there.
Best wishes and a speedy recovery to Miss Sugar Ray and her troubled ankle . . . .
.
This morning I landed in Brisbane - the stale old joke says, boy are my arms tired . . . however, in reality, boy is my butt tired from sitting so long way back in row 73.
Tonight I'll be staying in a hotel in Brisbane. Tomorrow I'll be flying to Cunnamulla, then driving to Koroit. After tonight, I'll be spending the next 6 weeks sleeping on a cot in my garden shed home away from home. I'm eager to get back out there.
Brisbane is a cute city. Tonight is Saturday night - this is the last night I'll be spending in "civilization", however I'm a bit tired from my trip and have a 7am flight tomorrow morning, so I think I'm just going to go to bed early and enjoy my last night with sheets until mid-November.
I'm going to try to offer parcels of rough for sale while I'm here. Feel free to email me for details. . . . more once I get out there.
Best wishes and a speedy recovery to Miss Sugar Ray and her troubled ankle . . . .
.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
- Back to Oz
Safety Harbor, FL - USA
Hello again . . . on Thursday (9/25) I will be on my way back to Australia and will be in Koroit on Sunday. I'll be returning to the USA by November 14.
I spoke with Paul a few hours ago. There has been more rain in Koroit and it is hot. That means there are swarms of mozzies (Australian for "mosquitoes") and flies all over. . . not to mention the various species of reptiles which have been brought out of their winter slumber and are now out and about. Yes, Paul has seen many lizards, but there probably are also a few serpents slinking around the neighborhood. I hope to return with many new interesting photos and videos and no bite marks, well . . .
On Saturday (Australia time) I will be in Brisbane and will try to update this blog before I go out for the evening . . . an evening in a beautiful city of over a million people which will be followed by nearly 50 evenings spent on a cot in a steel shed on an opal field in a desert where there are maybe still 12 people within the nearest 10 miles . . . aaaahh both places are beautiful in their own ways, but in my humble opinion, Koroit is much closer to . . . it.
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Hello again . . . on Thursday (9/25) I will be on my way back to Australia and will be in Koroit on Sunday. I'll be returning to the USA by November 14.
I spoke with Paul a few hours ago. There has been more rain in Koroit and it is hot. That means there are swarms of mozzies (Australian for "mosquitoes") and flies all over. . . not to mention the various species of reptiles which have been brought out of their winter slumber and are now out and about. Yes, Paul has seen many lizards, but there probably are also a few serpents slinking around the neighborhood. I hope to return with many new interesting photos and videos and no bite marks, well . . .
On Saturday (Australia time) I will be in Brisbane and will try to update this blog before I go out for the evening . . . an evening in a beautiful city of over a million people which will be followed by nearly 50 evenings spent on a cot in a steel shed on an opal field in a desert where there are maybe still 12 people within the nearest 10 miles . . . aaaahh both places are beautiful in their own ways, but in my humble opinion, Koroit is much closer to . . . it.
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
- Misc Pics
Safety Harbor, FL - USA
Hello hello. Here are a few photos from Australia. Click on the photos to see larger versions. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Of course all photos are copyright Eugene McDevitt 2008.
Enjoy . . .
Hello hello. Here are a few photos from Australia. Click on the photos to see larger versions. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Of course all photos are copyright Eugene McDevitt 2008.
Enjoy . . .
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
- Romance & Rocks
On the Road, USA
Hello to my readers . . . both of you . . . ha, ha . . ?
Earlier this evening I spoke with Paul, who is in Koroit. He gave me the latest updates on a few situations. . . .
A few weeks ago, for you Gothic romance / bodice ripper fans, I mentioned Paul's shore-leave / vacation trip to the sunshine coast where he enjoyed the company of a "young lady of interest". Apparently, that young lady has become even more interesting. On Sunday she returned to Brisbane after spending two weeks in Koroit with Paul and allegedly missing the preceding Wednesday's flight back to Brisbane. (Hereafter, she will be referred to simply as "Miss S".)
Miss S arrived in Cunnamulla a few hours before I departed that southwestern metropolis on my return trip to the USA. It was a pleasure to meet her, chat a bit and have lunch of fish and chips with Miss S and Paul before I caught the twin-prop low-flying plane out of Cunnamulla. She seemed to be quite nice. The reports I have received from the occasionally harsh critics in Koroit have been 100% complementary. Paul and Miss S seemed to like each other quite a bit when she arrived and the reports are, they seemed to like each other quite a bit after spending two weeks together in the not exactly creature comfort filled opal field of Koroit.
Being able to consistently enjoy each other's company while spending two weeks together in the rather luxury-less and often harsh, bulldust covered outback of southwest Queensland, says quite a bit about the nature of their budding relationship - my congratulations and best wishes to the two of them.
Oh, yes, opal mining . . . while Miss S was there, they actually did a bit of opal mining - and I mean that literally, not merely as a euphemism for something else. Miss S decided to take her chances, climb down the ladder and see where the treasures come from. Paul took the jackhammer and demonstrated how it is used by digging a little near a spot of opal in the wall I have known about for at least 4 years - and have meant to attack, but . . . . Much to his surprise as well as delight, he started to find more and better opal within only a few minutes. He pulled out some quite nice material in less than an hour. He has continued to dig there and has found more nice material. On the phone he told me he was planning to do more mining there as soon as we finished talking. I hope he had a very productive day.
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Hello to my readers . . . both of you . . . ha, ha . . ?
Earlier this evening I spoke with Paul, who is in Koroit. He gave me the latest updates on a few situations. . . .
A few weeks ago, for you Gothic romance / bodice ripper fans, I mentioned Paul's shore-leave / vacation trip to the sunshine coast where he enjoyed the company of a "young lady of interest". Apparently, that young lady has become even more interesting. On Sunday she returned to Brisbane after spending two weeks in Koroit with Paul and allegedly missing the preceding Wednesday's flight back to Brisbane. (Hereafter, she will be referred to simply as "Miss S".)
Miss S arrived in Cunnamulla a few hours before I departed that southwestern metropolis on my return trip to the USA. It was a pleasure to meet her, chat a bit and have lunch of fish and chips with Miss S and Paul before I caught the twin-prop low-flying plane out of Cunnamulla. She seemed to be quite nice. The reports I have received from the occasionally harsh critics in Koroit have been 100% complementary. Paul and Miss S seemed to like each other quite a bit when she arrived and the reports are, they seemed to like each other quite a bit after spending two weeks together in the not exactly creature comfort filled opal field of Koroit.
Being able to consistently enjoy each other's company while spending two weeks together in the rather luxury-less and often harsh, bulldust covered outback of southwest Queensland, says quite a bit about the nature of their budding relationship - my congratulations and best wishes to the two of them.
Oh, yes, opal mining . . . while Miss S was there, they actually did a bit of opal mining - and I mean that literally, not merely as a euphemism for something else. Miss S decided to take her chances, climb down the ladder and see where the treasures come from. Paul took the jackhammer and demonstrated how it is used by digging a little near a spot of opal in the wall I have known about for at least 4 years - and have meant to attack, but . . . . Much to his surprise as well as delight, he started to find more and better opal within only a few minutes. He pulled out some quite nice material in less than an hour. He has continued to dig there and has found more nice material. On the phone he told me he was planning to do more mining there as soon as we finished talking. I hope he had a very productive day.
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Saturday, August 16, 2008
- New Video
Safety Harbor, FL - USA
Good morning. I have uploaded a few new videos on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/bestopal.
At this point they are raw - unedited . . . so they may lack elegance.
I expect to be uploading a few more videos today.
Enjoy. . . .
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Good morning. I have uploaded a few new videos on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/bestopal.
At this point they are raw - unedited . . . so they may lack elegance.
I expect to be uploading a few more videos today.
Enjoy. . . .
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Friday, August 8, 2008
- Home Again . . . briefly . . .
Safety Harbor, FL USAAfter about 43 hours of traveling (with pretty good connections), I made it from Brisbane, Australia back home to Safety Harbor, FL USA. The travel time was so long because I got my tickets using frequent flyer miles my brother gave me for my birthday. The only itinerary available was Australia to the USA by going west, not the usual east. I flew from Brisbane to Singapore to Manchester to Philadelphia to Tampa.
I expect to be here in the USA for about 3 weeks. Then I'll need to get back to mining in Australia until sometime in October.
While here in the USA I expect to be selling some opal, both cut & rough and will be updating this blog - hopefully adding photos and maybe videos.
If there are any topics you'd like me to cover here, please feel free to let me know.
P.S. If anybody knows what type of spider is in the photo to the right, please let me know the details (the spider is the critter with 8 hairy legs in the photo to the right. I am the critter with the 2 hairy legs in the photo above and to the left holding the piece of rough)
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