A little local Croydon colour: http://www.cairnspost.com.au/lifestyle/the-damsel-and-the-duffer/news-story/0b000918a0da6e1050bd93de6b8594c5 …pic.twitter.com/YiPA5ay3ee
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My (brief) home growing up, the town of Croydon, Queensland, population ~200. The nearest towns of similar size, Normanton & Georgetown, were several hours by car (on dirt road). They now have Google Street View; they didn't have TV then (& 1 radio statn) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croydon,_Queensland …pic.twitter.com/OgEEBloMqJ
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More cattle stealing, this time while a rancher was away getting married ("getting hitched is supposed to be the cheap bit"): http://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/cattle-herd-vanishes-in-devils-triangle/news-story/aee9820a97930fc426c9f50c3cbf0e3f …pic.twitter.com/rVvwpQTvPj
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Note the size of the cattle station (AKA ranch) - 931,000 hectares = 3,600 square miles, about 70 times the size of San Francisco. The Australian outback is _huge_.pic.twitter.com/B1Ooq1SSQZ
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How long were you there? I have this theory about small town folks...needs more anecdata.
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I believe I was 5 & 6 while there. I'm not sure how long it actually was (< a year, though). I also lived for 2 years in another rural area - actually, we were simply on a property in the middle of nowhere, not even a town. So I lived for ~3 years in very rural areas.
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Didn't know you were Aussie
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The ocean looked like it was on the wrong side...I had to look at the map.
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Didn't know you grew up in Qld, haha.
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