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Today I flew with my parents, sister and her husband to
Norfolk Island. The island is about 2 hours east of Brisbane and is regarded as
an external territory of Australia so you need your passport to visit it even
if you are coming from the mainland. I’m not completely aufait with Norfolk Island’s history (I shall endeavour to improve
my lack in this department over the coming days) but I do know that Captain
Cook discovered it in the late 1700s; it has an indigenous population which
includes descendants of the Bounty mutineers; it was once a rather nasty penal settlement;
and, it has a plethora of feral hens. My mother has been visiting the island
for over 20 years (this is her tenth visit) and she has always threatened to
take me...so here I am.
I am pleased to report that the Australian Border Security folk
at the airport were at their perkiest today on the way to Norfolk as I got
personally scanned, had a pat down and then got invited in for an explosives
test,where I cheerfully informed them I was heading to ‘that terrorist hub, Norfolk Island.’ I shall never wear a skirt with an in-built studded belt again! Still they let me through and I did my bit
for Norfolk border security at the other end when I found an abandoned blue
backpack in the ladies toilet. I informed a very friendly local policeman who
asked me to retrieve it from the toilet (what
with my bare hands!!! Persicoloso!!!) whereupon he went hunting among the
100 other silver-haired lady passengers until he found its rightful owner. (I
believe I was the veritable spring chicken on the flight over.) My job done at
the airport (the policeman fast-tracked us out as a thank you) I headed with my
parents to Aloha - Hibiscus Apartments in the main drag of Burnt Pine.
We passed the afternoon taking in some of the sights of the
island, mainly Emily Bay, which I shall enchant you with pictures below. The sea was actually quite rough down
by the bay but it was very beautiful and rugged and if I was a feral hen I
would probably choose to live here too...I’d stay away from the rams though! Heh Heh.
2 comments:
Heh heh ... any sign of Sergeant Brody in the terrorist hub?!
:-( no such luck - doesn't appear to be much ginger in the gene pool here.
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