So, here’s a few good Wimmera-Mallee place-names for you: Pimpinio Norhadjuha Patchewollock Wonwondah Bungalally Dimboola Polkemmet Warracknabeal (birth place of Nick Cave) Walpeup Underbool Chinkapook Manangatang Bangerang Wooroonook West Australians think they have weird town names but I can tell you they have nothing on regional Victoria. The weirdest WA place would have to be…
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In today’s blog I will respond to the myriad of questions that have demonstrated there are some significant plot holes in my tale that need to be addressed. To make it visually interesting, the blog will be broken up with images from Mt Zero and Mt Stapylton on the outskirts of the Grampians National Park.…
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John Williamson once wrote a song about the Mallee. He also wrote a song about knocking a budgerigar on the head with a brick rather than take it to the vet, but that’s beside the point. The Mallee, if you weren’t sure, is north-western Victoria and together with the Wimmera captures some great dusty wheat-and-sheep…
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