Australia

 

In spite of all the past marital problems and the traumatic loss of the woman I loved, my time in Australia was a wonderful experience, and my time there has given me many treasured memories. I started to learn new ways from the time I arrived in Australia in 1978 until the time I left in 1993 and learned the Aussie way of going about things fast. I could also see that there were many things that one can do in Australia that one is unable to do in the UK.

I met an Australian not many months after we arrived in Australia. He was twenty years older than me and remained my mate until the time I left the country. His name was Charlie Cook and had come across to the main land from Tasmania when he was younger. Charlie taught me many new things including some of the bush skills that one must acquire if one goes out into the bush as often as we did. We used to go out hunting quite a lot and it was Charlie who taught me how to take note of the bush signs while tracking ones quarry.

On occasions I could have shot Deer or Kangaroo but never did, so we used to stay with Foxes and Rabbits, and I could do a head shot on a Rabbit at about 150yds. It was Charlie who taught me the right way to go about skinning a carcass as well, and I soon became quite good at it and taught my sons how to do the same.

On many occasions we would ask a land owner for permission to shoot on his land for rabbits, he would give his permission and then ask us if we would also cull some of the Room's as well, but this offer we never accepted, and like Charlie used to say, shooting a Kangaroo would be like shooting your own Grandmother.

I came across many mobs of Kangaroo as they headed for the water holes early in the morning, one would only have to make a click clicking noise with ones mouth and the whole mob would stop dead in their tracks and look at you, baby Joey's as well, it was then that I could see what Charlie had been trying to tell me, and no way could I have shot one.

On the evenings we used to wait for darkness to fall and then we used to go about getting ourselves some tucker. We used to choose that time because it was then that the annoying bush flies were tucked up in bed, we used to eat our meal and then put the Billy on for a good bush brew. It was while sitting around our campfire that Charlie used to come out with all his experiences and bush yarns, yes good old Charlie used to have my sons and myself in fits of laughter.

Charlie also taught me how to go about cutting down 100ft Mountain Ash with a chain saw. first working out the position where you wanted the tree to fall, and then cutting a scarf in the trunk accordingly and then getting the final cut right, which in turn would enable the tree to fall as though it were on a hinge and I could fell a tree within six inches of where I wanted it to rest.

The trees we cut down were dead and as dry as a bone and there was no head to the tree, which reminded me of a ships mast. They used to call the trees widow makers because they were a danger to work on, they were so dried out that as one worked he did not have to knock the tree too hard, because if you did the top of the tree which was so slender was liable to snap off and drop down and spear you, so as I worked on cutting the tree down Charlie kept a beady eye skywards. On several occasions some long lengths would snap off of the top of the tree as it was falling, and pierce the ground like a giant javelin. My dear friend and good mate Charlie passed away in his eighties in October 2003.

I mentioned the flies earlier on and they were one thing that used to get right up my nose. I reckon every time we cooked a meal during the daytime while camping, or having a barbeque at home or elsewhere the same would happen. As soon as the aroma started to rise from the fry pan or the barbeque plate one came under attack from flies, I reckon almost every fly within Australia used to home in from every State including the Northern Territory. One had to fight the flies off before every mouthful and one had to be sure there were no flies on the steak you were about to put in your mouth, while one constantly waved one arm around to drive the blighters away, by the time you had eaten your meal one was worn out with fatigue and too tired to wash the dishes. That is why all the Aussies buy paper plates, so now you know where paper plates were invented - Australia where else, just common sense and Aussie know how.

The question is, do I miss Australia? The answer is an obvious YES, I miss the harsh landscape of a beautiful land with its various soil colours that paints a beautiful picture of the fantastic views. I love the bush land and the wheat growing area of the Mallee region where we used to do some hunting, also the high country of the Snowy Mountains with the picturesque river flowing through.

I miss the Australian people with their straight to the point way of talking, what they say they mean and what they mean they say and everyone is a mate. Yes I miss Australia and everything about her, she is our Anglo Saxon-Celtic kith and kin, in other words an extension of the Israel of God and not many people know that fact. I miss the flies also, as they certainly kept one on their toes, also very active as there was no chance of dosing off while they were around. I love my own country for sure, as the UK and her peoples have had a big part to play in past history, she will do so again in the future.

Australia I want you to know that I love you for all that you taught me, also because you are host to my children and my grandchildren whom I love deeply, for that I THANK YOU.

Although I love Australia very much, there is a darker side to the country as well. In fact Australia it is no different than the UK when it comes to drunkenness among male and female, violence and street brawls are common, gun and knife attacks are on the increase along with mutilation, murders, rape and robbery. Deaths among many young drivers is also a tragedy, many accidents caused by booze, drugs and hoon drivers and many caused by drivers loosing control of their vehicles and running off of the road and hitting trees and power poles, the carnage is terrible and so many young lives lost.

Children have also lost respect for their parents, the law, teachers and any other authority and some of them act like feral animals. The majority of these youngsters are still wet behind the ears, yet they consider that they are much wiser than their parents, therefore they ignore any wise advice, as they think that they know best, but at great cost soon find out they were not as wise as they thought.

Marriages are breaking up due to household debt and adultery. Fornication or in other words pre-marital sex is wide spread with sexual diseases on the increase and children being born out of wedlock. The Mardi Gras is another fine example of Australia's sickness as Sodomites and Lesbians parade in the city streets, which is a sign that the country is in a shocking state of decay, yet the people line the streets with their children and join in this sick spectacle, which is being condoned by government officials and the political correct brigade.

People are losing their homes because of rising interest rates on home loans, rising food prices and other cost of living rises including petrol prices is a hardship to many. A great number of people are existing on credit cards or in other words debt usury as their only means of surviving, but as we all know this will catch up with them sooner than later and before they know it they find themselves in deep financial trouble and as always the borrower becomes slave to the lender, this inevitably causes breakups of marriages and hardship for many families. The World financial system is on a precipice and is about to come crashing down and debt usury will be a thing of the past. Yet in spite of all that is going on around them, the Australian attitude is, she'll be right mate!

Australia being a Christian country is making the same mistake as the UK by allowing the heathen to migrate into Australia. Problems with the Muslim population is a cause for deep concern and without a doubt will cause many more problems in the near future. And remember, the Muslims are only a short distance from your northern coast line and this is indeed a foreseeable threat.

Even though Australians consider themselves to be living in the lucky country, when one takes all into consideration, they have the same problems as any other country. The whole world is like a smouldering cauldron and one can clearly see that world conflict is on the horizon.