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...Gadenne has been in the fairy business for "quite a lot of years," ever since she opened the area's first fairy shop, in Mooloolaba. There are two others within 50 km of here, she says: "We're the country fairy capital of Australia." But there's no ill feeling: "No one competes in fairies...
Gary Steele was once a builder who got by. Now he's a veteran lobster fisherman who's considering putting a tennis court on his family's 1.5-ha property in Kingston, 300 km south of Adelaide. How did this change come about? Twenty years ago, Steele built a house for a local man, Merv Braithwaite, who told him, "You know, you'd make more money fishing than building." With something of a family background in fishing, Steele thought he'd give it a go, even though his wife, Julie, had her doubts and everything he knew about the game...
...unfortunate coincidence that what is thought to be the world's richest trove of prehistoric rock art, an island-dotted precinct covering a 45-km radius, is also one of the hubs of Australia's resources bonanza. Liquefied-natural-gas tankers and ships loaded with iron ore leave from here on timetables set by China's seemingly endless demand. Doubling back to Karratha...
...curtains drawn against the daylight didn't ring a warning bell, the grilles covering the windows should have. But after 300 km in the glare of the Western Australian sun, the only thing to do is ditch the car, head for the nearest pub and dive into a frosty beer. Dive is the word. Up the steps, through a wooden door into a neon-lit room with battered furniture, dog racing on a couple of TVs, a pool table in an alcove illuminated by the cold blue light used in public toilets to discourage intravenous drug users...
...Which makes the town's main social event, the annual Eucla Golf Day in May, something of a wingding. They've even had clergymen from Esperance, 900 km away, drive in for the bash, which last year raised $A5,000 for the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Considering the state of the rocky course spiked with grass (fairway 9 also doubles as a rifle range, but not on the same day), that says a lot about the town's ability to put on a party spread. Even the police are roped in for the occasion. "Before Golf...