Come the first weekend of September about 6000 Aussies descend on Birdsville for a weekend of hard drinking and gambling on horse races. It is the single most famous Australian piss up and it made the top 20 in my “Best Parties in the World book”. I had pretty much given up on ever being able to visit this cultural event as there are just 10 rooms in the hotel of the town that counts 120 souls which is booked out for the next 2 years. Camping with a baby would have been possible but it does get really cold and really hot in the desert. Besides it is a 24 hour drive on atrocious roads in the middle of the outback.
But lucky Bassie got lucky by participating in an e-bay auction to get 3 nights, all entries to all races, boxing ring, and evening entertainment. I won! I was even on the radio and have been called to confirm. Once there I’ll be interviewed live! Poor Kieran though. He’ll be bouncing for 2x 24 hours in a fourbie in the sweltering heat of the desert (that's like driving to southern Spain from the Netherlands for the weekend).
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