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Subject: West Aussie
Author: Fremantle'd	[ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ] Date Posted: 18:36:40 11/01/04 Mon In reply to: Ian (Sydney, Darwin, etc) 's message, "Good to hear from you, sandgroper" on 18:35:38 11/01/04 Mon We can just about see Africa on a clear day. ;))) [ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ]

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Ian (Australia)
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Date Posted: 18:49:01 11/01/04 Mon

Saying that we are a Pacific nation is ultimately almost as silly as saying we are an Antarctic nation. In WA, I imagine you are more likely to feel like one corner of the great cricket-playing triangle that links us to South Africa and the Indian subcontinent.

When I moved from Sydney to Darwin, the sense of "isolation" that is so famously "Australian" suddenly seemed a bit silly - you can just about swim to Timor, if the crocs are kind to you.

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