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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Tom Price



We've had a great time here at Tom Price. The town itself won't win any architectural awards. Most of the buildings are typical mining town - big on practicality and small on asthetics. Inspiration seems to be from communist Russia.

Despite that, the town is very livable. There is lots of green grass and trees - a bit of a novelty in this part of the world (and Melbourne too!). There is the obligatory Chinese restaraunt (I thought it was pretty good but thats not saying much), a pub, supermarket, video store, hardware and a couple of cafes. The new swimming pool has just opened. The kids have been visiting the library and we've been twice to the open air cinema / drive in.

Darcy has played a couple of games of footy and the kids have been playing with a few of the other kids around the place. They've also made friends with and been walking "nugget" the fat labrador who lives across the street.

Our townhouse has been comfortable, and the neighbours have been good company. They work on the railway, straightening out the tracks each night after the big heavy trains bugger them up each day. Our place backs onto the golf course which is a pleasant place to walk despite not having a blade of grass on it. Fairways entirely made of rock!
The people here are friendly and the population is very young. People just come here to work and then they leave. The average age is 11 years! There seems to be lots of things going on here - its a long drive to look for entertainment.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Guys, I just found out Cassie has a blog so I can comment, gee good I have my finger on what that 13 year old of mine is doing. Hmmmm.
    I've just got the link to your blog from Sue, the photos are great you all look like you are having such a great time. Janine

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