To see my friend Jimmy …
the King Creole of Kuranda.
Lead singer of the Howlin’ Dingoes,
and didge player extraordinaire.
A year in changing fashions …
yet Jimmy remains the same 😎
For which the wildlife is grateful.
Spartacus, the Water Dragon.
He loves a cuddle 💚
Mrs. Spartacus is more laid back.
Kids of the local Tjapukai mob
… doing their traditional thing.
The Barron River.
Barron Falls … in the dry season.
Ngunbay, now known as Kuranda
… means Place of the Platypus.
No way to Dreamtime!
Photography;
Linda & David B. Redpath © 2019
Your life looks so awesome. I’m jealous. 🙃
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Did I fail to mention, Watt,
that I have seven kids
(that I know of). Does that
put a different spin on things? 😎
Thanks for joining the outing 🙏
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Hmmm…..
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It’s alright …
they’ve all flown the coup 👍
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Lol… ah, you are taken.
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More times than I can mention.
Yet… Love is often better the
second time around 😎
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😊
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I was thinking the same thing!
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I’ve just got back to grey old
Melbourne, Liz. But then, it is
the start of Spring 🏵️ and the
blooming is just beginning 🌼🌺
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Great photos there, David.
And The Howlin’ Dingoes!
What an absolutely fantastic name for a band.
To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, “I wish I had thought of that (name for a band).”
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Thank you very much, Chris.
And yes, ‘Oscar and the Wilde Ones’
was a pretty lame name for a band
being fronted by such a literary icon 😎
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Yes, I hear The Whistlers came out on top in that talent show. 😎
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And the Mothers of Invention came
second. For once Frank Zappa was
left speechless 🙊
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Beautiful pictures, David! Your friend seems very nice. So do Mr and Ms Spartacus.
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Thank you, Basilike 🙏
Spartacus is a sweetheart,
but his wife is a bit prickly 😎
Jimmy is a very genuine bloke,
who rescues dingoes, and gives
back to the local indigenous folk,
who supply him with the finest
hand crafted didgeridoos.
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Sounds like a beautiful life! (not considering Ms Spartacus)
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Uh. Maze. Ing
Love these photos. Some of my faves from you. The group of kids is brilliant! And the love birdies… gorgeous. They are all gorgeous, lovely sight for my big brown eyes this morning.
And Howlin Dingoes…what a top name for a band!!
Xxx
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We regularly hop through the
tropical rainforest up to Kuranda.
It is such a beautiful and interesting
place, that my post barely
scratches the surface.
And Jimmy is Kuranda royalty.
Originally from Belgium, and
proudly Creole. Which helps
explains his rich deep gravelly
blues vocals. That, and a lifetime
of good times 😎
Glad you enjoyed the tour 💛
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Sure, beautiful pictures!!
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Glad you liked, Newton.
Thanks for visiting 🙏
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My pleasure, David.
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Wow David. I love that waterfall and the kids and that wonderful creature that loves to cuddle.
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Spartacus is a smooth character,
Bojana. Yet simultaneously, very
prickly. He followed me around
insisting on a cuddle 🦎
The Barron falls are full on during
the wet season. That pic was taken
during the dry, when just a trickle,
in comparison.
The local kids should’ve been at
school, but what the heck 😎
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Life will teach them what school failed to.
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It is a major issue for the indigenous
people of Australia, Bojana.
Whether to keep their children with
the “mob” learning traditional ways,
language, and a culture that is is
closely tied to the land, or send
them off for westernised schooling.
As many Aboriginal people live in
outback regions, and on isolated
“out stations”, the decision is either
to be rich in culture, or literate and
employable in mainstream english
speaking society … and economy.
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As is the case elsewhere. Many Indian kids don’t speak their mother tongue but are proficient in English.
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It is no future shock that the world
is being homogenised and globalised,
as the planet is cannibalised. The
first casualty is cultural diversity.
All in the name of lifting the poor
up out of squalor, whilst enslaving
them in some garment factory.
As big business considers not
having a colour TV to be poverty.
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There’s no future and the world’s dreaming…I mean, screaming.
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I believe there is a bright future,
for there’s got to be a morning after 🎶
But in the meanest of meantimes
mankind has to do hard time on the
charge … of mass murder.
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What if there’s no happily ever after? (Damn you W.Disney!)
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It’s a slow train a-coming
Lot’s more shit to go down.
But l hope and pray
that one bright shiny day
humanity’s frown
will be turned upside down
~The Sorcerer’s Apprentice 😎
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When in India I did notice that
proficiency in English was like
a golden ticket to employment.
The “economic miracle” that is
underway there is not trickling
down to the vast majority. The
caste system sees to that.
Much like tax cuts to the rich, and
their corporations, in the west.
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What amazing pictures ❤ btw love your friend's beard
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Jimmy is the real Blues Brother deal,
Nadine 😎 Thanks for viewing 🙏
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Beautiful images ♥️
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Kuranda is tailor made for the
ideal tropical getaway, Taylor 😎
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Absolutely amazing, I will definitely have to add it to my list of places to visit!
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Just not in the wet season.
Too humid, too wet, and too
many Jellyfish in the ocean.
Not to mention the Crocodiles 🐊
But apart from all that, the perfect
holiday destination
… only in the dry season 😎
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Thanks for that tip!!
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Your post are so colorful and vibrant. It’s nice to vacation with you. Thanks for sharing and enjoy the day.
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My multi chromatic coloured
pleasure, MG 🌈 Glad you could
make the trip 😎
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Amazing, lush photos!
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Thank you, Punam 🙏 I’m having
fun with my new camera/phone.
Despite it having a somewhat
unhinged mind of it’s own 📱😎
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You are welcome, David. Can’t blame the phone…anyone would go berserk clicking in such surroundings!!😎
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Oh! This was just the absolute coolest!!! Jimmy’s playing and didgers blew my mind! And those kids were fantastic. WOW! Cheers for the Spartacuses too! Thank You, David!!! Rock on and Cheers!!! 🤗❤️😊
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Once you get a taste for the
Didgeridoo , you’ll want to go
Corroboree the whole night thru.
Glad you enjoyed the Kuranda
misguided tour, Katy 😎 💛
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Didgeridoo! Corroboree!!! My mind’s having a party just thinking of it! Brilliant tour, indeed! 😃
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The party is not over till the jug band
plays Waltzing Matilda, Katy 🎶😎
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Indeed!!! 🥂💃🏼😊
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Gorgeous photos… beautiful lives, in full living colour. Love the year of changing fashions! And the kids 🎨
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As you can see, Nadine, I do like
to keep up with the latest trends 😎
Yes, the Tjapukai kids like to put
on a colourful display as well 🌈
Thanks for touring along 🙏
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Such a feast for the senses! I didn’t know where to look first.
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Yes, I have to leave my prescription
shades on when visiting. Just in case
I go into sensory overload 👀💢💥
Thanks for feasting, and taking the risk, Liz 🙏 😎
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😀
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Wow. Well all very cool pics. Plus amazing landscapes. 🙂
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It was actually quite tropically warm😎
The town of Kuranda is nestled up
high in a rainforest, where nature is
the most ✌️🐦🦎🐊🐸🦜🌸💮
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I wanna pet the dragon!
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Spartacus is a wild creature, Vic.
But a sweetheart in his own cold
blooded way 😎
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❤❤❤
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Excellent work all!
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Thank you, Blogger of Mystery 😎
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As ever with your work I love your use of light and colour which capture the energy and nature of people and places! I love too that you often make music references in various ways. Mostly though I love Mr. Spartacus soaking up the rays.
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Kuranda is awash with Zen, Antonia.
Especially during the wet season 💦
when all the tourists go missing 😎
Most of the shopkeepers close up
around 3 o’clock, so they can chill
and be still in the mindful serenity.
Spartacus does have a warm heart,
despite being cold blooded 🦎
I wanted to take him home, but
Mrs. Spartacus wouldn’t allow it.
Thanks Antonia. I greatly appreciate
your positive comment.
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I believe excellence is the word for you,
Perfection could be no better.
But seeing those pictures, I drifted into a dreamland with fairy-tales and poems of the sea.
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Much appreciated, Kurt 🙏
Kuranda is nestled in the hills of the
tropical rainforest coast. A short
drive from the Coral Sea and the
Great Barrier Reef. A wonderfully
inspiring place for the Dreaming.
Thanks for visiting 😎
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Great pics are giving the most information of humans who are living at far distance.most interesting,dear.beautiful Australia.🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
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Thanks for taking the tour, Aruna 🙏
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Most welcome!!🌹🌹🌹🌹
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Hey dear Redpath!!how. You could fearless to see the water dragon.i fear to see that creature.😱
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He was only a wee small dragon,
Aruna. Spartacus isn’t the type
to breath fire and fly off 😎
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Yeah.most amazing that creature😊😊😊😘😘😘😘
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Incredibly authentic, and hope Jimmy is doing well. The pictures reflect heaven, and the music the outcry.
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Thanks Francisco 🙏
Jimmy is having trouble finding
a replacement lead guitarist for
his band, the Howlin’ Dingoes.
But other wise … 👍
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You are welcome. And how many people make the band?
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They’re a five piece 🎶
blues-rock-soul-funk band 😎
complete with Jimmy on didgeridoo.
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Sounds pretty exotic and hope to see one of their live concerts some day!
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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💕💕
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Beautiful pictures. 🙂 Some of your best shots.
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Thanks Susan 🙏
New deluxe camera/phone.
It even shows me
the way to go home
whilst playing
‘Like a Rolling Stone’ 😎
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Hi David. That’s some cool pictures. Jimmy looks like my type of friend…love the artwork and the relaxed cool look of you..I love Che and I too have his t-shirt. A symbol of us, back then, dispariging youth with dreams of change…which I hope hasn’t changed much, bar the dispariging bit. Take care and enjoy traveling with the other half of you
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Jimmy is a real cool Howlin’ Dingo,
Luiza 🐶
I do like to wear Le Che, as a little
reminder to greedy capitalist what
can happen when they push people
too far. Like now 😎
I’m back home now. Linda insisted
on it after two months on the road?
So l’ve a bit more time for catching
up with the WordPress.
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Haha right…nice…2 months. I’m planning a 6 month on da road trip. Enjoy your time home, catching up with the roots
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Warning;
Travel broadens the mind,
as it empties out your wallet 😎
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Hahaha true. Well when that happens, I’ll trip in my own head with nature as landscape
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All your photos David are beautiful and the cultures you visit are incredible and delightful. 🙂
Miss reading your work my friend. I’m back. 🙂
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You’ve been sorely missed, Charlie.
There’s been way too much common
sense going on in the WordPress
universe 😎
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hahahahah!!! Well, we all need common sense, but we do need a bit of humor within satire writings. 🙂
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Most beautiful humans and interesting facts of that culture.thanks for sharing.
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My pleasure, Aruna 💛
You are very welcome.
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Thanks dear!!
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Great post and amazing photos
Thank you for sharing
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Thank you, Luisa. My pleasure.
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Very cool David. Thanks for visiting and following my blog. Take care.
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My pleasure, Kirby.
The crocs around Cairns and
Kuranda are too fussy to eat me🐊
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Good on you. Ha ha. All we have in Northern California are rattlesnakes, but they’re slow.
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And they tend to give themselves
away with that rattle. Whereas crocs
are very sneaky. We do have bushfires,
just like you. But the houses are a
lot cheaper 🔥🏘️
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great collection
cheers
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Glad you liked 👍
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Really transports one to another time and place.
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Happy you took the trip, Anna.
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I cannot wait to come back, which we are doing soon. Your posts completely express the lure of Oz. Wonderful! Thank you.
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My antipodean pleasure, Cindy.🙏
You are always welcome to defrost
down under, after a Polar Bear venture.
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I am just grateful that you blog and take photos so we can all take a fun safari with you!!
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I do love to go on a Rastafari Safari,
Lara 😎 Thanks for trekking along 🙏
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