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Hi all,
Not sure when I last wrote to everyone but been having adventures a plenty since I last wrote. Not sure what is the highlight but it must include the point where I was attacked by a terrorist cell 4 km north of Budgiwoi in a National Park on the pacific highway. Who were they you may ask. Was it Al Qaeda, Lashka El Toiba, Jemmiah Islamia, the canteen staff at Abu Graib? No it was none of those. The lastest terrorist outrage to be perpetrated against an upstanding citizen such as myself was carried out by a bunch of drunken lads in a red honda sedan, pissed up and on a mission to blow me out of my tent using a fistfull of fireworks. At about 11 O'clock at night I was peacefully asleep dreaming of waves and dolphins when I was rudely awoken by by bangs bright flashes and the smell of gunpowder. As all sensible soldiers do when in the trenches I hit kept my head down and resisted the temptation to charge over the wall and give Jerry a good hiding.
Well the police who came down were none too sympathetic. The local terrorists apparently have quite a reputation and not much can be done about them. The National Parks ranger was a little more helpfull suggesting subtly that given the information we provided he could id the culprits and was likely to go and give them a good hiding.
Oh well that was over a week ago and I've had plenty of nice waves dolphins and fishing adventures since then. Highlight was yesterday I caught a shark whilst fishing off the rocks. Almost broke my rod in half hauling it outa the water. I let it swim around in a rock pool for about an hour till I got the nerve to grab it by the tail, cut it free and hoik it back over the cliff into the sea. Apparently good eating but I didn't have the heart to kill the creature. Very beautful.
Thats all folks till next time.
B
Not sure when I last wrote to everyone but been having adventures a plenty since I last wrote. Not sure what is the highlight but it must include the point where I was attacked by a terrorist cell 4 km north of Budgiwoi in a National Park on the pacific highway. Who were they you may ask. Was it Al Qaeda, Lashka El Toiba, Jemmiah Islamia, the canteen staff at Abu Graib? No it was none of those. The lastest terrorist outrage to be perpetrated against an upstanding citizen such as myself was carried out by a bunch of drunken lads in a red honda sedan, pissed up and on a mission to blow me out of my tent using a fistfull of fireworks. At about 11 O'clock at night I was peacefully asleep dreaming of waves and dolphins when I was rudely awoken by by bangs bright flashes and the smell of gunpowder. As all sensible soldiers do when in the trenches I hit kept my head down and resisted the temptation to charge over the wall and give Jerry a good hiding.
Well the police who came down were none too sympathetic. The local terrorists apparently have quite a reputation and not much can be done about them. The National Parks ranger was a little more helpfull suggesting subtly that given the information we provided he could id the culprits and was likely to go and give them a good hiding.
Oh well that was over a week ago and I've had plenty of nice waves dolphins and fishing adventures since then. Highlight was yesterday I caught a shark whilst fishing off the rocks. Almost broke my rod in half hauling it outa the water. I let it swim around in a rock pool for about an hour till I got the nerve to grab it by the tail, cut it free and hoik it back over the cliff into the sea. Apparently good eating but I didn't have the heart to kill the creature. Very beautful.
Thats all folks till next time.
B
posted by Brad Phelan at Wednesday, June 09, 2004
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