We spend a fair amount of time visiting our property out west of our home town, and when that happens I disappear from the web. Before we starting coming out here regularly, I didn't realise how sketchy mobile phone and internet services in the bush can be. This is the start of the walk up from the river gully towards what we call the "internet cafe". Its on the top of the ridge and its where the locals all congregate to send/receive calls on their mobiles - a mowed patch of grass on the side of the road. Guaranteed five bars of signal because it has line of sight to the tower. This is about half way up, and our place is down in the gap in the trees. From here, you get three bars of signal if you hold your phone above your head, and two if you are using it to talk - enough for a phone call but not enough for reliable internet. The tower is behind me in the distance as I took this photo and it's about another 1.5km to the internet cafe from here. Sunday morning dawned clear and not too cold, so I took my younger dog for a walk up the hill to burn off some energy. By the time we'd powered up to here, it was jumper off and we were sweating. A quick check of the phone and some photos and it was back down the hill for morning tea. A nice way to spend our Sunday morning.
Allison McDonald
16/7/2013 02:28:22 pm
I am very much enjoying exploring your website - photos are fantastic!
Fiona Greene
23/7/2013 09:20:35 am
Hi Allison, 17/7/2013 07:55:00 am
I love the idea of having a weekender, somewhere to escape to avoid everyday life, although I also love the "internet cafe".
Fiona Greene
23/7/2013 09:27:51 am
Hi Danielle, Comments are closed.
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