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I forgot to mention last night that the ladies from the Aboriginal community of Lajamanu really loathed being on the 15th floor of their Brisbane hotel last week. They moved after one night to the 4th floor, but one lady still hated it. Rene told me that one of the Gibson Desert visitors week before last wouldn't come out onto the deck one floor up here at home. I just wouldn't have thought it would be an issue. The world is a fascinating place.



The red dot is where Lajamanu is situated. It's on the edge of the Tanami Desert, 750km from Darwin.

Economic cutbacks by car companies has meant the cancellation today of next year's Brisbane Motor Show. Hard on the heels of the Chrysler announcement over the weekend that they wouldn't be exhibiting at a major American car show.


Rene's sister sent photos today of their very white garden in their town of Son in the south of Holland. Very cute, very cold, very inviting. With it being 30C here today in Brisbane it looked very tempting indeed, but deep down I know that it won't last more than a day or so and it'll be damned freezing to be out in. Still, very inviting...

EDIT: Last night I reported petrol at $1.08 - well, today I saw it at $1.00 (after a 4c discount). A nice Christmas present for Aussie summer holiday drivers.