Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!panix!.POSTED.panix5.panix.com!qz!not-for-mail From: Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> Newsgroups: misc.news.internet.discuss Subject: Re: The Big Wait Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 04:51:24 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Some absurd concept Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 04:51:24 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader2.panix.com; posting-host="panix5.panix.com:166.84.1.5"; logging-data="15253"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" User-Agent: Vectrex rn 2.1 (beta) X-Liz: It's actually happened, the entire Internet is a massive game of Redcode X-Motto: "Erosion of rights never seems to reverse itself." -- kenny@panix X-US-Congress: Moronic Fucks. X-Attribution: EtB XFrom: is a real address Encrypted: double rot-13 Bytes: 3321 Lines: 49 In misc.news.internet.discuss, JAB wrote: > Synopsis > > In a remote desert town in Australia, population two, a couple manages > an emergency airport and keeps vacant cottages in pristine condition, > waiting for visitors who never seem to arrive. Nullabor Plain town of Forrest. There's a huge irony right there in the name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullarbor_Plain The Nullarbor Plain (/ˈnʌlərbɔːr/ NUL-ər-bor; Latin: nulla feminine of nullus 'no' and arbor 'tree'[2]) is part of the area of flat, almost treeless, arid or semi-arid country of southern Australia, located on the Great Australian Bight coast with the Great Victoria Desert to its north. It is the world's largest single exposure of limestone bedrock, and occupies an area of about 200,000 square kilometres (77,000 sq mi).[3] At its widest point, it stretches about 1,100 kilometres (684 mi) from east to west across the border between South Australia and Western Australia. A town called forrest with nearly no trees for hundreds of miles (or kilometres, doesn't matter here). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest,_Western_Australia Forrest is a former small railway settlement and stopping place on the Nullarbor Plain, 85 kilometres (53 miles) west of the Western Australia / South Australia state border, established in 1916 during construction of the Trans-Australian Railway. It is on the part of the railway that is the longest -- at 478.193 kilometres (297.135 miles) -- stretch of straight railway line in the world.[note 1] In the 2021 census, the settlement and surrounding area had "no people or a very low population".[3][4] The settlement was named after Sir John Forrest, the explorer who became the first Premier of Western Australia.[5] Aha. Anyway, Nullabor Plain always makes me think of the truck driver trying to cross it to deliver meat during a strike that caused a shortage. Along the way there's a serial killer to contend with. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadgames Shot on location in the Nullarbor Plain and in Melbourne, the budget of $1.75 million was the highest ever for an Australian film at that time. Elijah ------ has watched a lot of Aussie films