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Posted by: ttygir at October 16, 2008 11:59 AM - Used to drive from Birdwood to Hahndorf for wonderful chinese chilli prawns... *yum*. Mind you, the magnificent South Ozzie pubs built from local stone, with all their 'Mettwurst' and other sausages hanging from the bar, pickled razor-fish, calamari, onions and pepperoni's, smoked tommies etc., along with their hearty country meals, are pretty hard to beat :)

Posted by: heart2heart57 at October 17, 2008 8:53 PM

Not all Rural dwellers are necessarily "in the bush" these days and many can have the best of both worlds. I'm 45 mins from Adelaide and it's very flexible here. But I must say that a dinner/drink in a country pub is completely different in feel to a city pub. Can be quite quaint and not necessarily rustic at all. Each town has it's own feel and dinner in Hahndorf is starkly different to a "countery" at Macclesfield. But I like both!

Posted by: ttygir at October 16, 2008 11:59 AM

Um...no.. no banjo's in Wolf Creek. Just some whack-job with a penchant for morbidly terrorising tourists but who used to be a nice guy who ran a service station in a mythical town called 'Gungellan'... :)

Posted by: heart2heart57 at October 13, 2008 6:27 PM

Wolf creek? How romantic! ;)

Posted by: riversong01 at October 12, 2008 10:26 PM

Perhaps too many people in here have been watching 'banjo music' films? Get a grip on it - if you don't trust the person you are with - don't go out with them in the first place. Period. In fact, don't go out with them at all - leave yourself and your inhibitions where they belong - in your own dreary lives. Glue yourselves to your couch. Never take a chance. That way, you'll be protected against all the 'bad things that can happen in this life, right??? Wrong...

Posted by: heart2heart57 at October 12, 2008 9:02 PM

Starry I think the secluded picnic venue would be when you were both well along the way to cementing the romance...perhaps more a venue for promises of love eternal. .. and something I'd hope could be continued on in the romance for many years ...so you'd never lose the joy of intimacy and sharing ... as well as an ongoing love of the outdoors!

Posted by: waternymph47 at October 6, 2008 11:26 AM

Posted by: waternymph47 at October 5, 2008 7:05 PM

WN, l could have meet her, one of the reasons the Arid Zone Research Institute contracted me was to setup, run remote bush camps of up to 30 volunteers & researchers

Posted by: outbackdrifter at October 6, 2008 11:20 AM

OBD .. when you were tracking the Feral Cats .. you may well have crossed paths with my older sister who also used to participate in "Cat Camps"! She'd be the one who could tell me the names of all the Gorges ,, she's a territorian now with 40 plus years residency.
Not a place I'm drawn back to .. tho I did spend a lot of years in the Territory .. still love my coast & country lifestyle!

Posted by: waternymph47 at October 5, 2008 7:05 PM

I have to agree that laying back looking at the stars especially if you are near water is one of the most fascinating experiences. I think it actually can alter your perception of life when you see there is a universe out there. Something we all don't see clearly living in smog filled cities I'm afraid. I had almost forgotten how any stars are in the sky until I took a little trip a short while ago.

Posted by: iaminperth at October 5, 2008 3:12 PM

Whoaaaa...are you kidding??

Picnic in an isolated area, on a first date??? I wouldn't even do it on a 3rd date. Sorry no way... !!!

Posted by: starryeyez at October 5, 2008 2:19 PM

Posted by: iaminperth at October 5, 2008 11:48 AM

In the middle of the bush ....for a first date, I agree ...too isolated and too long.

Sounds gorgeous for later.

I would prefer something simple like a walk in a park and coffee. Easy, relaxed ...can be extended if need be.

Says me ..hahaha ..such an expert ...my last proper date was ummmm 1972 I think.

Posted by: marylulu at October 5, 2008 2:01 PM

Posted by: waternymph47 at October 5, 2008 12:47 PM

Hi WN, it did not have a name as far as I could find out, there are alot through that area

As of were it was, l found it while l was doing feral cat research back in 1994 on Hamlton downs station west of Alice springs,

the area l found it was were the west mac backed on to the station, while l was searching for a radio collared cat, we had lost contact with

Posted by: outbackdrifter at October 5, 2008 1:29 PM

OBD, You have me wondering which of the many Gorges out of Alice you had in mind ??
I swam in many a water hole in my 20s around Alice Springs ..(even participated in the rescue of a Brumby from one .. when I was young and fearless)

My recent trip back to SA, spending time with cousins and friends on the Reunion weekend, a day at the farm of one of them, BBQ lunch at the local Footy club and watching the presentation of awards to young country boys.. did my heart good! Yorke Peninsula is farm area close to the coast and yet not far from the city.(Tho some call Adelaide a large country town rather than a city) Second week was spent on Fleurieu Peninsula again a country and coast area with some excellent vineyards & wineries, dairy farming around Mt Compass for excellent cheeses and Olive and Almond Groves a plenty. Willunga market is the ideal spot to pick up all the neccessities of a great picnic .. Ian Hewitson has based himself there more than once for his TV cooking program. You'd have to be hard to please if you could not find a romantic picnic spot any where on these 2 peninsulas.
I did get offered my job back at Alex FM as soon as I returned to Goolwa and were it not for my family connections here in NSW I'd seriously consider it!!

Posted by: waternymph47 at October 5, 2008 12:47 PM

Would you contemplate the picnic rug and bottle of wine in the middle of the bush on a first date though? I wouldn't mainly because I would feel obligated to stay there for too long if it wasn't going well. Lovely for after, but not a first meeting. I sometimes wonder if there is too much preparation and thought going into the first meeting and therefore everyone is a little too nervous. Maybe loosen up a bit and a couple of drinks at the local pub would be good. If that leads to something then good, if it doesn't well thats good as well because most country pubs are pretty nice.

Posted by: iaminperth at October 5, 2008 11:48 AM

I would have to agree with you Outbackdrifter.
I went to Alice Spring when I was 17. I will admit at the time my interest in the outback and nature were not that high. The thing that sticks in my mind was the camping in the middle of nowhere and seeing the stars. I have never seen anything like it before or since.

Posted by: kazmaree at October 5, 2008 10:59 AM

The most romantic place I have ever seen was a tiny waterhole deep in a rock gorge, on the west Macdonald ranges about 100 kms west of Alice springs.

A simple fire lit dinner on clear star filled night would melt anybodys heart :)))

Posted by: outbackdrifter at October 5, 2008 9:44 AM

I don't think the place matters much at all if the date is going well...if you have stars in your eyes ...anything can be romantic!

I have had some very special moments in National Parks and in fields, but also a couple of special times somewhere in the city ...

Spending big money doesn't do it for me ...
fish and chips on the beach can be equally as good. I do love beautiful scenery anywhere.

Posted by: marylulu at October 1, 2008 3:40 PM

Oh Pooches poo poo here , in my romantic itsy bitsy mode thinks that maybe you have already been blown a bit over the edge and should pull yourself back to earth a little bit. What is that ?

Posted by: iaminperth at September 29, 2008 7:02 PM

Are we talking about a first date?

I would hesitate at the chequered picnic rug in a open field (assuming it is an isolated area) as a first date as I would feel a little insecure if it was a first date with someone I have just met. If the first date went well and I was fully relaxed and trust this person then I would find the picnic idea fun. Although you can forget the wine. Looking a people's profiles I'm starting to think I'm the only person around who dislikes wine.

I would be quite happy for a picnic at the beach or a park somewhere as a first date as long as it is a place where there are other people.

I do like the folky rumble of the local one pub town band as well. Being a city girl, this is not really an option for me unless you drive at least an hour away.

Posted by: kazmaree at September 29, 2008 5:11 PM

Oh wonderful softfeather can romance the post away.... SF best kinda glasses needed these days... romantic ones...

If it was a seafood basket on a balcony it would not be the tenth storey it would be the top storey & then it would be a "STORY" about SF running wild after the oysters blew her completely over the edge... hmmmm ... (spelling girls...)

SF will take her time & dream up what she would do with the *rick on the piano..... & how to have a rumble with the local band at the pub.... :)))))))

Long weekends are not good for SF.... she gets into too much trouble ;)

Posted by: softfeather at September 29, 2008 4:01 PM