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and pioneering this great country. The
most striking feature of course is the
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facility in Longreach is the central hub
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catchment and educates hundreds of
outback children.
Nowadays the schools use digital
technology and computers and the
teachers and students can see each
other and see the computerised lesson.
It’s still a tough way to learn and relies
heavily on the parents or nannies to
supervise and eliminate distractions.
Once or twice a term the children
will travel into Longreach for “mini
school” which gives them more tactile
lessons and aids in their socialisation.
There is a small dormitory on the
school grounds and each grade attends
for a week at a time.
Evening entertainment is provided
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performance of horsemanship and
whip cracking with lots of humour
and audience participation.
For a more sedate evening and a damn
good outback feed, the Heartland
Theatre presents a delightful show
of music, poetry and bush ballads.
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with Grant and Lee Millar, play a variety
of instruments including banjo, ukulele,
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chosen as the theme for the Year of the
Outback. If you are passing through
make sure you put this show on your
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I really enjoyed my time in
Longreach: it has that authentic
outback air about it. It should also
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national fast food place in town;
instead, there are plenty of good
quality bakeries and small cafes
catering adequately for the locals
and tourists alike.
Longreach also has an excellent
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succumbing to the Muttaburra dust
and giving up the ghost. Dave and his
team from Horsepower Honda went
above and beyond to keep Mo healthy
and on the road.
Before our departure, I was
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about my “outsiders” perspective
and even had a special audience with
the Mayor. There is much to like
about Longreach!Back to the long straight desolate
outback roads. The countryside was
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a blade of grass. The road became
one lane of tar with wide dirt verges.
When two cars pass one another, they
each have one set of wheels in the dirt- but Mo was standing his ground and
not going off the bitumen. Except for
trucks. We know when we are beaten.
Just on dusk I pulled up at the
Jundah pub and paid $5 to camp
on the only patch of greenery in
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The next day was an easy 100kms to
Windorah – our jumping off point for
the Birdsville Races and the last of the
bitumen. Knowing how much I hate
dirt roads and the lengths to which
I will go to avoid them, I wondered
if was suffering from a brain injury,
contemplating a 700km round trip to
see a horse race.
http://www.postienotes.com.au DOutback. If you are passing through