Another Week at Torrens Creek

15th June.
Well, I’m sitting here typing for the Torrens Creek page in “The Whisper’ but don’t have much hope of having it reach the office in time for publication. The internet is down—again! According to people I’ve been talking to we aren’t the only ones. For weeks we have been getting
notification of “outages” which inform us that our service may be slow. How about nonexistent?

Cold weather, less than 10 degrees, no internet, cloudy skies –and again no internet. Monday it was sunny and—guess what? We had internet. Of course, Murphy’s Law ruled, and I was too busy to work on the computer. I’m waiting for a phone call from my provider but I don’t hold much hope as the waiting time for my call to be answered by the complaints department took overly long. So much for our ruddy broadband system that is supposed to “keep the country connected”. Should we have our own satellite instead of using others that are overloaded? Probably. As the internet is easily accessible in urban areas I guess this rural problem will go into the too hard basket, along with the radio “black spots”, alternative power sources, ensuring country television ‘free to air” viewing is equal to those in the city, and, of course, let’s not forget the good ol’ cell phone…

All these problems will be solved by the new cost of living increases forecasted for the near future. When they come in we probably won’t be able to afford these communication luxuries.
Keeping this rising cost of living in mind I’ve included a recipe used by the pioneers when things got rough. Enjoy!

Rainforest Turkey Soup (Down south they substituted Cockatoos)
Ingredients: 1 scrub turkey (a protected native bird about the sizeof a rooster), 1 mossy rock (rinsed), 2 litres of sparkling mountain water.

Method: Bring the water to the boil. Add the rock and the turkey. Boil for at least two to three hours. When the rock is tender, discard the turkey and serve the soup piping hot. Then tighten your belt.

It’s now three hours since I rang the server, still no response, but, guess what— the sun has appeared and so has the internet. Guess I’ll make hay whilst the sun shines. Have a good week.

Oh, I nearly forgot in all this trauma. Flying Doctors Rooms will be open between 2pm and 4 pm every Saturday. Come see what we’ve got.