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An explanation of The Joy Division Litmus Test
Although it may now be lost in the mysts of thyme, the poll below is still relevant to this blog. In the winter of 2008, Mele and I went to live in Queensland. In order to survive, I bluffed my way into a job at a Coffee Club.
It was quite a reasonable place to work: the hours were regular, the staff were quite nice, it wasn't particularly taxing on my brain.
There were a few downsides: In the six weeks or so that I worked there, there was about a 90% staff turnover (contributed to by my leaving). This wasn't seen as a result of the low pay, the laughability of staff prices or the practice of not distributing tips to staff, rather it was blamed on the lack of work ethic among Bribie Island's youth.
However, one of the stranger aspects of the cultural isolation that touched our lives during our time "up there" was the fact that nobody at my work had heard of the band Joy Division.
The full explanation is available here.
But please, interact a little further and vote in my ongoing poll. The results are slowly mounting up, proving one thing: people read this blog are more well-informed about Joy Division than anyone who works at the Coffee Club on Bribie Island.
It was quite a reasonable place to work: the hours were regular, the staff were quite nice, it wasn't particularly taxing on my brain.
There were a few downsides: In the six weeks or so that I worked there, there was about a 90% staff turnover (contributed to by my leaving). This wasn't seen as a result of the low pay, the laughability of staff prices or the practice of not distributing tips to staff, rather it was blamed on the lack of work ethic among Bribie Island's youth.
However, one of the stranger aspects of the cultural isolation that touched our lives during our time "up there" was the fact that nobody at my work had heard of the band Joy Division.
The full explanation is available here.
But please, interact a little further and vote in my ongoing poll. The results are slowly mounting up, proving one thing: people read this blog are more well-informed about Joy Division than anyone who works at the Coffee Club on Bribie Island.
Wow those are quite nice! Except for the instagram-esque one of course.
ReplyDeleteWhat Instagram? These are ALL NATURAL.
DeleteEVEN THE BLACK AND WHITE ONES.
Looks rad
ReplyDeleteIt was mondo rad to the maxtreme.
DeleteNiiiiiice. Wouldn't be out of place in Frankie.
ReplyDeleteI especially like the last one, nice colours and textures.
Thaaaaaanks!
DeleteI must admit, here, in public, that I've often looked at Frankie and thought "Yeah. This. I can DO THIS."
It's a shame that the resizing on this blog makes them seem a bit pixelly, but if you click on them they get a bit better. Maybe it's just my crazy work screen.
Hell's bells, I am wracking my brain trying to remember the name of the country house, I've stayed there half a dozen times but I can't for the life of me bring it to mind. Help?
ReplyDeleteMartindale Hall!
DeleteThe interior was used in 'Picnic at Hanging Rock', apparently.
I like your user name.
Martindale Hall! Of course! Thanks. You're right it was used for interior and exterior shots in "Picnic At Hanging Rock" to great effect.
DeleteI wonder if they still offer accommodation with silver service?
The sign outside should be a clue:
Delete"Accommodation available 7 days!"
also
"Tours available 7 days!"
So, to be clear: that's a fancy stay in a fancy place, and a fancy visit by gaping tourists every day just after check-in.
what no Charlie photos, or even pterydactyls, or talking cockies??? Mother
ReplyDeleteI like to challenge myself as a photographer. Simply snapping photos of the intrinsically beautiful doesn't require as much talent as attempting to draw out the comparatively latent, hidden beauty of, say, a horizon-filling field of blooming yellow canola, or a single flower drinking in the last of the setting sun.
DeleteThere are, however, pterodactyls in the background of Martindale Hall. They're what got Miranda.
This is a very nice set of photos.
ReplyDeleteTop pics my lad, but do remember that this blog is called WRITING.
ReplyDeleteLove good old Martindale hall and I remember a winery in the tiny town nearby was pretty decent as well.....
Lordy lord. Don't I know it. I remember posting years ago that when the blog slows down, the PhD is taking off. And it really is. There soon. Soon.
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