| Jun
26, 19:59: |
Roger>
Hi everyone - I am in the memorial hall
at Oodnadatta - it is coold but fine weather today |
| Jun
26, 20:00: |
Lynnie>
And hello to everyone too I am in Canberra
and it is colder than Oodnadatta let me tell you |
| Jun
26, 20:00: |
Kate>
Hi and welcome to the chat with Lynnie
from the Pink Roadhouse in Oodnadatta. Any questions about
Oodnadatta or the Pink Roadhouse. Lynnie I have not been
to Oodnadatta is the Roadhouse really Pink or is it just
called that? |
| Jun
26, 20:01: |
Lynnie>
The roadhouse and anything else we can
paint is pinkpinkpink |
| Jun
26, 20:02: |
Roger>
i'm staying in the pink bunkhouse tonight |
| Jun
26, 20:02: |
Lynnie>
canoes,scales,tractor,vehicle wheels, |
| Jun
26, 20:03: |
Kate>
I remember Brett Williams web page
he created about the Pink Roadhouse. That was great. |
| Jun
26, 20:03: |
Kate>
Did he work with you on that? |
| Jun
26, 20:03: |
Kate>
why would you need canoes in Oodnadatta? |
| Jun
26, 20:03: |
Lynnie>
Brett did a great job then my husband
Adam got to it and added some history and I didnt edit it
so it is a bit confusing to start |
| Jun
26, 20:04: |
Roger>
lynnie - what special appeal does Oodnadatta
hold for you |
| Jun
26, 20:04: |
Lynnie>
We need canoes because we just had 85
ml of winter rain very unusual but we can canoe to Lake
Eyre now |
| Jun
26, 20:05: |
Lynnie>
Roger I like the space, peace and quiet
that Oodnadatta can offer and it feels adventurous as well,
challenging I suppose |
| Jun
26, 20:05: |
Kate>
Wow that is exciting Lynnie - yeah
wasn't really thinking was I. |
| Jun
26, 20:06: |
Kate>
Do you have a lot of Tourist through
Oodnadatta and the Pink Roadhouse? |
| Jun
26, 20:06: |
Roger>
did you grow up as a child in Oodnadatta
|
| Jun
26, 20:06: |
Lynnie>
At the same time there is millions of
jobs so it is never boring |
| Jun
26, 20:07: |
Lynnie>
In winter we have a big tourist season
from April to September and employ about six staff, down
to four in summer |
| Jun
26, 20:08: |
Kate>
Why is the Pink Roadhouse painted pink?
Was it like it when you bought it or did you go with pink? |
| Jun
26, 20:08: |
Lynnie>
I grew up in Canberra and turned up in
Oodnadatta via Alice Springs when I was 21 |
| Jun
26, 20:09: |
Lynnie>
Adam my husband pinched the idea from
seeing pink cement trucks in Sydney in the eighties |
| Jun
26, 20:09: |
Kate>
It is beautiful up that way now with
all the rain. Did you get cut off due to sooo much rain
in such a short time? |
| Jun
26, 20:09: |
Roger>
wow! - have things changed a lot in town
since then |
| Jun
26, 20:11: |
Lynnie>
Kate we were isolated for about six days
but we still had telephones, just no travellers and we had
enough supplies to survive |
| Jun
26, 20:12: |
Kate>
I'm glad Lynnie. Where do you get your
main supplies from ? the port or adelaide or elsewhere? |
| Jun
26, 20:12: |
Lynnie>
Oodnadatta changed from a railway town
into an ab original town the pop is 95percent aboriginal |
| Jun
26, 20:13: |
Lynnie>
We get nearly all our goods from Adelaide
and up until this year we transported all our own gear including
fuel, food, freight for stations and locals, anything |
| Jun
26, 20:14: |
Roger>
does living in oodnadatta pose any special
problems that people in big cities may not at first appreciate?
|
| Jun
26, 20:14: |
Kate>
Lynnie I dont know much about Oodnadatta
other than what Brett W. has told me. What are the main
services/places in Oodnadatta. Is the Pink Roadhouse the
heart of the town? |
| Jun
26, 20:16: |
Lynnie>
Yes - now for example I am in Canberra
because my aging dad is in hospital. I raised my family
of four children with Adam and no immediate family in the
same state. You have to travel to see family ours are in
Sydney and Canberra but we made that choice not consciously
I might add There is many a time I wish for my family to
be closer |
| Jun
26, 20:16: |
mango has entered the room |
| Jun
26, 20:16: |
Welcome
mango,
Welcome to the CTC chat room! |
| Jun
26, 20:16: |
Ann has entered the room |
| Jun
26, 20:16: |
Welcome
Ann,
Welcome to the CTC chat room! |
| Jun
26, 20:17: |
Kate>
Hi Mango welcome to the chat with Lynnie.
HI Ann welcome |
| Jun
26, 20:17: |
Kate>
Where did your kids go to school Lynnie? |
| Jun
26, 20:18: |
Lynnie>
The main street is the heart of the town
and it is bitumen, most other streets are dirt. We have
government services like a school, hospital and police and
of course a pub another store and a museum with a great
photographic history of the area |
| Jun
26, 20:18: |
mango>
good evening everybody especially Lynnie |
| Jun
26, 20:19: |
Lynnie>
My kids were educated at the Oodna Aboriginal
School until about ten or eleven then we sent them to Pembroke
in Adelaide |
| Jun
26, 20:19: |
Ann>
Hi Lynnie Ann & Jan here - enjoy your
maps - are you still making them? Still have the pink signs? |
| Jun
26, 20:19: |
Kate>
Mango where are you chatting from tonight? |
| Jun
26, 20:19: |
Lynnie>
Hello mango are u in disguise |
| Jun
26, 20:20: |
Kate>
Hi Ann and Jan where are you chatting
from tonight? |
| Jun
26, 20:20: |
mango>
me? um wiya |
| Jun
26, 20:20: |
Lynnie>
Ann and Jan - Adam makes the mudmaps and
the signs and I talk about them |
| Jun
26, 20:21: |
Kate>
When did the Roadhouse go Pink Lynnie? |
| Jun
26, 20:21: |
Ann>
Kate we are just old travellers from Adelaide |
| Jun
26, 20:21: |
Lynnie>
Mango is my dogs name and wiya means no
in the local antikirinya dialect |
| Jun
26, 20:22: |
Kate>
Great Ann. Obviously you enjoyed Oodnadatta? |
| Jun
26, 20:22: |
mango>
why did you have to travel so far for
a mammogram? |
| Jun
26, 20:22: |
Lynnie>
The roadhouse got its first paint job
about 1985 |
| Jun
26, 20:22: |
Kate>
Oh .. do you think it may be one of
your family Lynnie? |
| Jun
26, 20:23: |
Lynnie>
Oodnadatta is 200 kms from Coober Pedy
and we had to wait for the Breastscreen SA bus to come to
our part of the country to access the services |
| Jun
26, 20:23: |
Ann>
Lynnie we stayed with Edith Clark not
long after her snake bite. Do you know if Allandale Station
still offers B&B? |
| Jun
26, 20:24: |
Lynnie>
Mango may have the same name as my daughter
Ruby |
| Jun
26, 20:25: |
Kate>
Running a business in a small town
do you get the opportunity to go on holidays? |
| Jun
26, 20:25: |
Lynnie>
Ann Edith lives in Adelaide now and her
son Andrew and dinlaw Donnaugh do not offer the band b as
they have three young sons - two attend the Oodna school
and have to be driven daily 17 kms one way each day |
| Jun
26, 20:26: |
Kate>
What is the best time to visit Oodnadatta
? |
| Jun
26, 20:26: |
Lynnie>
January is our quietest and one of the
hottest months so we take a break for three or four weeks
and head to the east coast with the kids and I fish fish
fish |
| Jun
26, 20:27: |
mango>
who looks after the roadhouse when you
are away? |
| Jun
26, 20:27: |
Lynnie>
All times are the best times to visit
Oodna of course, but I would suggest for less of a challenge
the winter months |
| Jun
26, 20:28: |
Roger>
as there fish in the waterholes around
Oodnadtta now lynnie |
| Jun
26, 20:29: |
Lynnie>
We cant just close down the roadhouse
because we are the post office and bank agency and a tourist
info service so my post office assistant Lee maybe alias
Mango kindly takes the steering wheel |
| Jun
26, 20:29: |
Ann>
Lynnie A pity as the old homestead ideal.
Does anyone offer similar B&B & wonderful tours of old telegraph
line, Algebuckina Bridge etc? |
| Jun
26, 20:29: |
Kate>
Lucky to have people like Mango Lynnie |
| Jun
26, 20:30: |
Lynnie>
Roger there are fish but usually the size
of a small sardine - there are bony brim, speckled perch
and yellow belly. The locals fish successfully with a hand
line and cook the fish whole in its skin on coals |
| Jun
26, 20:31: |
Kate>
If I had never been up near Oodnadatta
what would you recommend I see and how long would I need
to do it? |
| Jun
26, 20:31: |
Ann>
Lynnie How green is the country? I am
off to Harts Range NE Alice Springs Next week. |
| Jun
26, 20:32: |
Lynnie>
Outback Research - Phill and Ifeta Gee
based in Coober Pedy offer a four day or more tour of the
Peake Denison area south of Algebuckina seated or walking
beside a camel. Verrrry popular trip and on the internet |
| Jun
26, 20:34: |
Lynnie>
Kate - the Oodnadatta Track has lots of
history both overland telegraph and ghan railway and is
often driveable in a two wheel drive. You would need a good
week to travel up past lake eyre up the track to Oodna on
to Dalhousie thermal ponds on the edge of the simpson and
home more like two weeks |
| Jun
26, 20:35: |
Kate>
I can only wish Lynnie.... One day
I will get there. |
| Jun
26, 20:35: |
Lynnie>
The country is an explosion of greens
and soon the wildflowers will bloom - Harts Range will be
the same. The country looks fresh and beautiful for the
coming school holidays |
| Jun
26, 20:37: |
Lynnie>
Jump in your volkswagon and drive the
bitumen to Coober Pedy and take it steady 200 kms to Oodna
- hey presto you are in the best area of the state |
| Jun
26, 20:37: |
Lynnie>
Mango - are u in Oodna |
| Jun
26, 20:37: |
Ann>
Lynne Thankyou for speaking to us. First
time we have used a chat room but because it was "Oodna"
and we have special memories we had a go Ann & Jan |
| Jun
26, 20:38: |
Bongo>
there's a new section added to the site
featuring Phil Gee ... http://www.connectingthecontinent.com
/ctcwebsite/philgee/philgee1.htm |
| Jun
26, 20:38: |
Roger>
be careful when the roads are wet - a
young couple have just been pulled out of a bog some km
south of ooodnadatta tonight and are now in lynnies bunkhouse
for the night |
| Jun
26, 20:39: |
Lynnie>
Roger are you asleep yet? Did you enjoy
the drive across the moon plain and lollypop plain to Oodna
from Coober Pedy today? |
| Jun
26, 20:39: |
mango>
Mango - alias Lee & Martyn - are missing
you |
| Jun
26, 20:40: |
Kate>
At last we know who Mango is ... didn't
think it was the dog!! |
| Jun
26, 20:40: |
Lynnie>
Roger - fortunately in winter a wet road
is not life and death, usually an adventure and bogs are
great stories for the family - aye Mango? |
| Jun
26, 20:41: |
mango>
happy Harry has arrived also |
| Jun
26, 20:41: |
Lynnie>
Lee and Martyn are my dear friends in
Oodnadatta . Lee runs our post office and everything else
with Adam whilst I am away and Martyn Martin is our RN and
he features on the main Oodna webpage I love them both |
| Jun
26, 20:41: |
Kate>
Lynnie can you tell us some of the
stories good and bad of Oodnadatta? |
| Jun
26, 20:42: |
Roger>
the trip was just great - the road between
the breakawys and moon plain is still closed |
| Jun
26, 20:42: |
Kate>
Mango may have a few stories to tell
us as well by the sounds of it? |
| Jun
26, 20:42: |
Lynnie>
Hello harry - get back to the roadhouse
kitchen and cook those oodnaburgers right now |
| Jun
26, 20:43: |
Kate>
Are they pink too Lynnie? |
| Jun
26, 20:45: |
Roger>
Harry cooked an Oodnaburger for me today
- very tasty |
| Jun
26, 20:45: |
Lynnie>
a good story - I meet more people each
day than I would in a week in Canberra and I can ask lots
of questions about people which I like doing a bad thing
- no decent internet speeds is frustrating and no decent
road opening and closure system which is financially devestating
for us as small business people |
| Jun
26, 20:45: |
Bongo>
are you actually in the Pink Roadhouse
now, Lynnie? |
| Jun
26, 20:46: |
Lynnie>
the beetroot makes the pink colour in
the oodnaburgers - have a look at one on our webpage |
| Jun
26, 20:47: |
Lynnie>
Bongo I am in Canberra visiting my sick
aged dad and my twin and her family - I am loving the break
I am happy to report but sorry to miss connecting the continent
in Oodna |
| Jun
26, 20:49: |
Bongo>
the oodna online day sure rocked in here
... the best day, so far |
| Jun
26, 20:49: |
Lynnie>
Martyn Martin please do not leave Oodnadatta
- we need you in town |
| Jun
26, 20:49: |
Roger>
what is the web address lynnie? |
| Jun
26, 20:49: |
Kate>
Roger can you give us a short report
on the Connect Roadshow that visited Oodnadatta today? |
| Jun
26, 20:49: |
Lynnie>
where are you bongo |
| Jun
26, 20:50: |
mango>
bongo that is why the Pink Roadhouse staff
have taken time off to play on the computer, while the cat's
away....... |
| Jun
26, 20:50: |
mango>
what about me???? |
| Jun
26, 20:50: |
Bongo>
Adelaide Hills ... |
| Jun
26, 20:50: |
Ruby has entered the room |
| Jun
26, 20:50: |
Welcome
Ruby,
Welcome to the CTC chat room! |
| Jun
26, 20:50: |
Bongo>
onya mango ... LOL |
| Jun
26, 20:51: |
Ruby>
hello, mum |
| Jun
26, 20:51: |
mango>
hi ruby |
| Jun
26, 20:51: |
Kate>
We have 10 minutes left with Lynnie...
Any burning questions left about Oodnadatta, the Pink Roadhouse
or Lynnie? |
| Jun
26, 20:52: |
Kate>
Hi Ruby - welcome. |
| Jun
26, 20:52: |
Ruby>
who is mango |
| Jun
26, 20:52: |
Roger>
The Oodnadatta CTC roadshow began at 10.00am
in the memorial hall with sounds of music from the Investigator
display and bouncing rice bubbles. Along came lots of students
from the schoo and their teachers and they had lots of fun
in fromt of cameras and playing with radios and so on. A
good day was had by all |
| Jun
26, 20:52: |
Kate>
Your mum has been busy Ruby answering
all our hard questions. |
| Jun
26, 20:53: |
Bongo>
you were really cool the other day in
here, Ruby ... good work ... and we could seeya too! |
| Jun
26, 20:53: |
Ruby>
who is mango? |
| Jun
26, 20:53: |
Lynnie>
Hello ruby from mum Annie and harry |
| Jun
26, 20:54: |
Lynnie>
Roger - what happened to the muesli |
| Jun
26, 20:54: |
Ruby>
hello lee and martyn, cool aint it |
| Jun
26, 20:55: |
Kate>
Lee and Martyn are mango |
| Jun
26, 20:55: |
Lynnie>
Roger - any webcam in the hall today |
| Jun
26, 20:55: |
Ruby>
thankyou, bongo. who are you? |
| Jun
26, 20:56: |
mango>
bed time ruby |
| Jun
26, 20:56: |
Bongo>
I'm a secret agent from JABA ... hee hee |
| Jun
26, 20:56: |
mango>
lynnie what are the up coming events in
oodna |
| Jun
26, 20:56: |
Lynnie>
Roger - I am using an imac spec edition
- operating system 9 how do we get the audio for the oodna
webpage we downloaded flash and quicktime help |
| Jun
26, 20:57: |
Roger>
webcam software didn't want to work today
- we will try tomorrow in marla |
| Jun
26, 20:57: |
Bongo>
I was just going to ask that, mango |
| Jun
26, 20:57: |
Ruby>
no there wasn't mum, but it was great
fun and we learnt alot of things with morse coad. I sent
messages to my friends between two people who know each
letter on morse coad. |
| Jun
26, 20:57: |
Lynnie>
Jaba agent Adrian? |
| Jun
26, 20:57: |
Ruby>
NO WAY LEE! |
| Jun
26, 20:57: |
Kate>
Any last questions for Lynnie? |
| Jun
26, 20:58: |
TIM has entered the room |
| Jun
26, 20:58: |
Welcome
TIM,
Welcome to the CTC chat room! |
| Jun
26, 20:58: |
Bongo>
you're too good Lynnie ... |
| Jun
26, 20:59: |
Lynnie>
The bronco branding at Macumba station
near Oodna is on soon ring Gerry on 86707801 for details
a real outback experience |
| Jun
26, 20:59: |
Ruby>
we are going to miss you so much, martyn. |
| Jun
26, 20:59: |
Lynnie>
hello tim |
| Jun
26, 20:59: |
mango>
can you come home now? love to gramps &
family, we all miss you |
| Jun
26, 20:59: |
Kate>
Ok. We need to finish this up. Hi Tim. |
| Jun
26, 20:59: |
Ruby>
Bongo, are you a teenager or an adult? |
| Jun
26, 20:59: |
Lynnie>
Thank you to all the CTC team for putting
Oodnadatta on the Map in a big way. |
| Jun
26, 20:59: |
Bongo>
hey Lynnie ... the links for both Flash
and Quicktime are at the bottom of all the main pages of
the site ... also there is an explanation of the Quicktime
process in the HELP section of this site ... hope this helps |
| Jun
26, 21:00: |
Lynnie>
Much love and happiness to Oodnadatta |
| Jun
26, 21:00: |
Ruby>
mum, are you going to stay on so i can
talk to harry, PLEASE. |
| Jun
26, 21:00: |
Bongo>
that's a secret, Ruby ... hee hee |
| Jun
26, 21:01: |
Lynnie>
The chatroom is closing Rubes |
| Jun
26, 21:01: |
Kate>
Thank you Lynnie for the great chat
tonight about life in Oodnadatta. It was wonderful to have
the opportunity to meet you and ask lots of questions. Thanks
to everyone for joining in tonight. Please visit the Connecting
the Continent chats and forums again soon. |
| Jun
26, 21:01: |
Bongo>
thanks to the people of Oodnadatta who
made an effort to maximise the opportunity ... good team
effort, me thinks |
| Jun
26, 21:01: |
Ruby>
please can you tell me, itll be a secret
forever(not) |
| Jun
26, 21:02: |
Lynnie>
Thanks bongo and no, Im not coming home
tomorrow maybe next week actually monday |
| Jun
26, 21:02: |
mango>
goodnight and thank you |
| Jun
26, 21:02: |
Roger>
Cheers everyone! |
| Jun
26, 21:03: |
Ruby>
goodnight lee and jordie and martyn. cya
all tomorrow. |
| Jun
26, 21:03: |
Lynnie>
goodnight from cousin harry auntie annie
gramps Jack and Lynnie the former Oodna resident!!!! |
| Jun
26, 21:03: |
Kate has left the room |
| Jun
26, 21:04: |
Ruby>
love you mum! |
| Jun
26, 21:04: |
Lynnie>
Thank you Kate for your words of encouragement
and hey Ruby here comes harry typing slowly |
| Jun
26, 21:04: |
mango>
can I keep the merc |
| Jun
26, 21:04: |
Jolanda has entered the room |
| Jun
26, 21:04: |
Welcome
Jolanda,
Welcome to the CTC chat room! |
