Mini Rant. 
Fair dinkum; what the Hell has happened to this nation. In the bush (that's outside of the cities) there has always been a tradition of helping each other. It is often a tough, isolated life out there and many great true tales support the notion of 'help thy neighbor'; even if you don't like the bugger. It is a system which has worked for decades; particularly in times of flood, famine or fire; when it matters, for real.
Ask any pilot who has worked in the GAFA – how many times has a delivery or a lift in times of trouble been done in the same spirit? There is a mountain of tales which may be repeated in the Pub, for years. City bred folk will never understand 'the unwritten' law of the land. But it exists; oft unspoken, always downplayed; BUT it is real and it matters.
Read this article from Sky News :- HERE - . Hard to believe ain't it. The fabric of Australian life now under management by office Wally's and pedants. Disgraceful.
Flood bound – Kids need to get to school; seats available; happy to pay – NO say the pedants. Unbelievable in Australia; words fail about here. The 'NO' probably came for some Latte fussy, sexually uncertain pea brain in an air conditioned office, with full service toilets and stress relief if that toilet broke down; or even if the Loo paper was the wrong color. Rant over
“It's taxpayer funded and even if we were willing to pay, the plane is coming here – it's been paid for by everyone's taxes whether you're Indigenous or non-Indigenous, the kids are from the same town. “And by the way, we're in the middle of a flood crisis and we couldn't get in or out.
Toot – toot. (Sigh).............
Fair dinkum; what the Hell has happened to this nation. In the bush (that's outside of the cities) there has always been a tradition of helping each other. It is often a tough, isolated life out there and many great true tales support the notion of 'help thy neighbor'; even if you don't like the bugger. It is a system which has worked for decades; particularly in times of flood, famine or fire; when it matters, for real.
Ask any pilot who has worked in the GAFA – how many times has a delivery or a lift in times of trouble been done in the same spirit? There is a mountain of tales which may be repeated in the Pub, for years. City bred folk will never understand 'the unwritten' law of the land. But it exists; oft unspoken, always downplayed; BUT it is real and it matters.
Read this article from Sky News :- HERE - . Hard to believe ain't it. The fabric of Australian life now under management by office Wally's and pedants. Disgraceful.
Flood bound – Kids need to get to school; seats available; happy to pay – NO say the pedants. Unbelievable in Australia; words fail about here. The 'NO' probably came for some Latte fussy, sexually uncertain pea brain in an air conditioned office, with full service toilets and stress relief if that toilet broke down; or even if the Loo paper was the wrong color. Rant over
“It's taxpayer funded and even if we were willing to pay, the plane is coming here – it's been paid for by everyone's taxes whether you're Indigenous or non-Indigenous, the kids are from the same town. “And by the way, we're in the middle of a flood crisis and we couldn't get in or out.
Toot – toot. (Sigh).............