What I can't understand is when we go through a place and its known for something eg the beef capital, help me lord, the price of a piece of meat is nearly double to the cities. Go to specialty shops and its the same. Markets used to be the place to grab a bargain, which market? Went to one the other week and a hot dog or a bacon and egg sandwich was cheaper in the coffee shop across the road. Sydney: go to Lamecca, oh sorry, Lakemba, everything is like half the price, love it. The shopping... Brisbane, you go to Inala, same thing again cheap veggies, cheap meat, what is it, those shops aren't from big chains yet they are cheaper. I've tried to work it out, and there is something they have in common: Sorry No Eftpos. Hello, have you got any...? "Wait me no speak it English". Ok, and don't get me wrong they're all friendly alike. So what is it? Less tax or no tax? Illegal immigrants, workers subsidised by pension? I'm starting to think they are, "just" good wanting to help, cash only fellow Aussies... Or...
Hey, under one week before our visitors arrive, can't wait to get on the road again, well open road that is. That will be good, the wife will start learning to drive the Phantom, or so she says! Well put it this way she will be learning from home, it can't get any easier than that. We are just organizing the front room for the visitors, and did the monthly large family food stock shopping for the road: 4 kg instant coffee, 144 liters of long life devondale, 20 kg bag of rice, 20 kg pasta, carton of wheatbix 25kgs, carton of tuna 72 cans, and other cans of veggies etc. Now all I need is to pull up in one of those specialty fishing or beef towns... ha! ha! ha!
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How many cold ones to chase down all that chow
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