Re: Pat Ritter. Books
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 8:29 pm
'Greatest OMR Stories' - Page 3:
Europe On 72 Euro A Day
Walking past the travel agency in Gympie a huge poster with the words Europe On 72 Euro A Day flashed out to me. I stopped. Quickly my mind worked through the money converting 72 euro a day telling me around one hundred dollars in our money. I'd never been to Europe. Seen plenty of Europe on television and movies.
My mind adjusted to a trip I recently ventured to the township of 1770. Boarding a LARK, which is not a DUCK, with fellow passengers we drove across sand, beaches through creeks to finally stop at Bustard Heads Lighthouse.
Township of 1770 named after explorer James Cook who in 1770 stopped in search of water and food for his crew while exploring eastern seaboard of Australia. With his off-sider Joseph Banks they ventured inland to discover a huge bird named Bustard which they recognized from their homeland. Banks shot the bird much larger than a bush turkey commonly found in the region. At the same time a bird's stopped both men in their tracks.
Banks stopped to look at this strange bird which made a sound like ter. 'I'm going to call this bird Bankaburra.' Said Banks.
'No, you're not. I sighted the bird first. We'll call the bird a Cookaburra.' Demanded Cook. That's how our Kookaburra came to be.
Visiting Bustard Heads Lighthouse, we discovered this lighthouse built in England around 1860 delivered to township of 1770 carried pallet by pallet from the township to Bustard Heads where reassembled to its present glory.
History tells us the first Lighthouse Keeper raised his family working at the lighthouse for the next thirty-eight years. Regularly a new Light housekeeper replaced another until the lighthouse keeper weren't required any further.
One of the lighthouse keeper’s residence had been turned into a museum displaying history of Bustard Heads Lighthouse, residents, families plus history from the first Lighthouse Keeper to the final one. Nowadays volunteers live at the lighthouse for one month at a time learning the lifestyle of a lighthouse keeper.
Of the many functions of each volunteer; they convey the history to visitors telling stories of the lighthouse. We visited the local cemetery viewing lost people who lived and died at Bustard Heads Lighthouse reaching back to the original family in the 1800's.
By the time I reached the barber shop to have a haircut my mind reflected on Europe On 72 Euro A Day to decide I'm not ready to discover Europe for any amount of money. Too much of Australia to discover on our money.
Word count: 433
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Europe On 72 Euro A Day
Walking past the travel agency in Gympie a huge poster with the words Europe On 72 Euro A Day flashed out to me. I stopped. Quickly my mind worked through the money converting 72 euro a day telling me around one hundred dollars in our money. I'd never been to Europe. Seen plenty of Europe on television and movies.
My mind adjusted to a trip I recently ventured to the township of 1770. Boarding a LARK, which is not a DUCK, with fellow passengers we drove across sand, beaches through creeks to finally stop at Bustard Heads Lighthouse.
Township of 1770 named after explorer James Cook who in 1770 stopped in search of water and food for his crew while exploring eastern seaboard of Australia. With his off-sider Joseph Banks they ventured inland to discover a huge bird named Bustard which they recognized from their homeland. Banks shot the bird much larger than a bush turkey commonly found in the region. At the same time a bird's stopped both men in their tracks.
Banks stopped to look at this strange bird which made a sound like ter. 'I'm going to call this bird Bankaburra.' Said Banks.
'No, you're not. I sighted the bird first. We'll call the bird a Cookaburra.' Demanded Cook. That's how our Kookaburra came to be.
Visiting Bustard Heads Lighthouse, we discovered this lighthouse built in England around 1860 delivered to township of 1770 carried pallet by pallet from the township to Bustard Heads where reassembled to its present glory.
History tells us the first Lighthouse Keeper raised his family working at the lighthouse for the next thirty-eight years. Regularly a new Light housekeeper replaced another until the lighthouse keeper weren't required any further.
One of the lighthouse keeper’s residence had been turned into a museum displaying history of Bustard Heads Lighthouse, residents, families plus history from the first Lighthouse Keeper to the final one. Nowadays volunteers live at the lighthouse for one month at a time learning the lifestyle of a lighthouse keeper.
Of the many functions of each volunteer; they convey the history to visitors telling stories of the lighthouse. We visited the local cemetery viewing lost people who lived and died at Bustard Heads Lighthouse reaching back to the original family in the 1800's.
By the time I reached the barber shop to have a haircut my mind reflected on Europe On 72 Euro A Day to decide I'm not ready to discover Europe for any amount of money. Too much of Australia to discover on our money.
Word count: 433
TO PURCHASE THIS BOOK: CLICK HERE: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/766429.