a momentary snap, Andrew, that catches the fancy of any traveler like
me, who doesnt have one yet.
('dying'?)
On 15-Sep-10, at 2:59 AM, andrew burke wrote:
> Because we're leaving the city
> next week, my wife bought
> a GPS to find our way. As the till
> rang up our purchase, I thought
> of Robert O'Hara Burke dieing at
> dried-up Cooper's Creek, unable to get
> back to what passed for civilisation
> in Terra Australis 1860.
> Now we read *Instructions To Begin*
> at our pinewood kitchen table
> instead of a sad 'Sorry' note
> stuck in a tree, at a camp
> recently deserted, our civilised route
> spelt out by a prerecorded voice -
> *Turn left ... Take the third exit ...*
> It could've been handy for Burke
> back then when there were
> no highways, no roadside diners.
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