UAndy Paine, Agasti 23, 2017.
NgoLwesihlanu uSeptemba 16 2016 yayilusuku oluxakekileyo kum. Ndiyiqale ngokulungiselela unomathotholo malunga nePine Gap, indawo eyimfihlo yaseMelika kufutshane naseAlice Springs kumbindi weOstreliya. Ndenze udliwanondlebe nesifundiswa ofunde noPine Gap kwaye wenza ntoni; Itshantliziyo elichasileyo; kunye nomnini wendabuko waseArrernte abathi abanalungelo lakubakhona. Emva koko ndakhawuleza ndaya kwiYunivesithi yaseGriffith, apho ndanika intetho yendwendwe malunga nekamva lokuziphatha ngokungathobeli - ukwenza ngabom kwaye ngokuphula umthetho ngokungafanelekanga.
Kodwa andinguye intatheli enika ingxelo ngento eyenzekayo, okanye umfundi ochaza ithiyori. Ke emva kokuba ndigqibile ukwenza le misebenzi mibini, ndingene emotweni ndaya eAlice Springs ukuzama ukumelana nePine Gap kunye neemfazwe eziqhubayo zase-US.
Ke ndicinga ukuba ngaphambi kokuba siqhubeke, i-primer ekhawulezayo malunga nePine Gap kunye nento eyenzayo. Kukho ulwazi oluninzi phaya ngaphandle ukuba unomdla, kodwa ngokusisiseko iPine Gap yenye yeziseko ezintathu zonxibelelwano ezisuka e-US ityale ngobuchule emhlabeni wonke ukuze ikwazi ukuhlola ilizwe lonke. Uqeshiso lwayo lwatyikitywa kwi-1966, isiseko esakhiweyo kwi1970. Ekuqaleni, ayizange ivunywe esidlangalaleni ukuba yayiyindawo yasemkhosini - yayichazwa njenge "ndawo yokukhangela indawo" kude kube kufumaneke into eyenziweyo kwizifundo. Kukho amahemuhemu okuba ukuphoswa kwe-Nkulumbuso u-Gough Whitlam wayenento yokwenza nokufuna kwakhe ukulawula ngaphezulu kwesiseko kunye nokufika kwicala elingalunganga le-CIA.
Ubuninzi bobomi bayo, ngelixa iPine Gap ibisoloko inomtsalane kumanqanaba okulwa nemfazwe, injongo yayo ibe kukujonga nje okuyisiseko. Kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, le njongo itshintshile. Ezi ntsuku iifowuni zomnxeba kunye nerediyo ezibuyiswayo nguPine Gap nge-satelite zisetyenziselwa ukubetha kwe-drone okanye ezinye izinto ezijolise kuzo-kwenza ukuba i-US ibulale abantu ku-Mbindi Mpuma ngaphandle komngcipheko wokuba ijoni libulewe- okanye umngcipheko wovelwano ukuba Kuvela ekunxibelelaneni nomntu wokwenyani.
Njengoko benditshilo, iPine Gap ibingumxholo woqhanqalazo oluninzi kwiminyaka edlulileyo. Lo yayiza kuphawula isikhumbuzo se-50th sokutyikitywa kwengqeshiso - nangona yayingeyonjongo icacelwe into yokuba wonke umntu wayeya entlango. Okungakumbi kamva.
Uhambo oluya eAlice lwaya kumhlobo wam uJim. UJim ligqala lezenzo ezininzi kunye namatyala enkundla eAlice- wayeyazi kakuhle indlela. Iveni ibaleka i-biodeisel uJim yenza ngaphandle kweentlanzi ezisetyenzisiweyo kunye ne-chip yeoyile; ke yonke indawo ekhoyo yemoto yathathelwa imigqomo igcwele ipetroli. Abanye abantu endandihamba nabo yayingabahlobo bam basekhaya uFranz noTim. UFranz ngunyana kaJim ukhulele esiya kuqhankqalazo nangona eselula. I-Tim ivela eNew Zealand; Isenzo sakhe sangaphambili sokungamthobeli kwemfazwe e-Australia kwakhokelela ekubeni abethwe, wakhutshwa ze ze wasongelwa ngamajoni eSAS Island eVictoria. Engatyhafiswanga, wayeza kufumana okuninzi.
Okwethu abasebenza ezindlini (kwaye enyanisweni uJim ngokunjalo, obesele enamashumi eminyaka ehlala kwizindlu ezifanayo zaBasebenzi bamaKatolika), ukuhamba i-3000km ukuya kuqhanqalaza yayiyinxalenye yemizamo yethu yokudala ilizwe elinobulungisa noxolo. Ukuhlala kunye; sizama ukuhlala ngokuhlangeneyo nangokuzinzileyo, ukuvula iingcango zethu kubahlobo kunye nakubantu esingabazi kwindawo ethile ukuba bandwendwele okanye bahlale, kwaye siphazamisane noluntu lwehlabathi esikholelwa kulo.
Elinye iqabane elihamba naye yayingumfana esingazange sidibane naye kodwa onxibelelana naye ekhangela ukuphakanyiswa. Wayengumntu othethayo, kwaye engadibani nolwazelelo olufanayo ngencoko okanye amaxabiso afanayo nathi sonke. Yintoni elungileyo, kodwa ufumana nje uvavanyo kancinci kuhambo lweentsuku ezine.
Kwaye ngeentsuku ezine saqhuba. Kwintlango, ngokuqinisekileyo kunetha kakhulu. Kwi-Mt Isa besilala phantsi kwesigqubuthelo secaranda ngasemva yecawa kwaye kuboniswe phantsi kombhobho wokukhuphela. Apho siye kwakhona sadibana ngokufutshane kunye neqela elivela eCairns nabo babesiya e-Alice. Babenexesha elinomdaka kunye nemozulu kwaye bezomisa izinto zabo kwindawo yokuhlamba iimpahla. Kunye neli qela yayingumhlobo wethu uMargaret; Elinye Iqabane elilwela uxolo ixesha elide ebezama ukulicwangcisa kangangexesha elithile. Sithethe iqhinga elincinci emva koko sibuyele endleleni.
Nokuba kunetha imvula, ukuqhuba kweenkqantosi kuyamangalisa. Sijonge ukutshintsha kwembonakalo njengoko siqhuba - imithi icekeceke kunye nesamler, amadlelo asuka ekubeni luhlaza ukuya kubomvu, umbala oqaqambileyo ukusuka eluhlaza ukuya obomvu. Simile kwiiMarble zikaMtyholi ukuya kukhwela kulawo matye angaqhelekanga omdaka. Sajonga iifestile kule mibala mihle kunye nendawo enkulu kumbindi weOstreliya. Nokuba emotweni yethu imxinwa, ibingathi sisoluka kwi-claustrophobia kunye noxinzelelo lwesixeko.
Singene eAlice ngoMvulo emva kwemini. Sihambahamba edolophini saya kwiClaypans kumazantsi nje, indawo yeNkampu yokuphilisa. Kwakukho inkampu mhlawumbi ye-40-50 yabantu ababekekileyo; kubandakanya nelinye igorha elilwela uxolo uGraeme, owabeka iketile kwaye wasamkela sonke ngeendebe zeti.
Okwangoku ndifanele ndicokise kwingxelo ukuchaza ukuba yenzeka njani le nto kuPine Gap. Rhoqo kusoloko kubonakala kunjalo kwimeko yentshukumo yoxolo, kwakungekho luxolo ngokupheleleyo. Ndandiqala ukuva umbono wokudibana kuxoxwe kwiminyaka embalwa ngaphambili, kwindibano yonyaka ye-Australia yoZimeleyo yoxolo kunye neXolo. I-IPAN ngumanyano lwamaqela oxolo athi qho ngonyaka aququzelele inkomfa apho uninzi lwezifundiswa kunye nezishoshovu zinika iintetho ngezihloko ezahlukeneyo eziphathelene nemfazwe kunye nomlo. Kulungile kodwa ayibandakanyi uninzi lwezinto eziphazamisayo eziphazamisayo neziyonwabisa ngakumbi kwaye iyalela ukujongwa kwemithombo yeendaba kakhulu. Ke ukuba kwenzeke oko, iqela elibizwa ngokuba yiDisarm lasekwa ngombono wokuseka inkampu kunye nesithuba sabantu sokuba benze izinto ezinokuthi ziphazamise ukuqhuba kwePine Gap.
Ukongeza kwezi callouts zimbini, u-Arrernte man uChris Tomlins uthathe isigqibo sokuba bekukho ukubulawa ngokwaneleyo ngabantu bakhe. Impendulo yakhe yethemba nangona yayingenguye uqhanqalazo nje ngokuba "yinkampu yokuphilisa" - kuyabonakala umbono wakhe le yayiluluntu olungenanjongo oluquka yonke into ukusuka kwinkcubeko yendabuko yesithethe ukuya kwinkcubeko kunye nokucamngca. Wayetyhutyha ilizwe lonke esabelana ngale mbono-ubukhulu becala kwimisitho ye-hippy enje ngeConfest kunye neNimbin's Mardi Grass.
Kwakuyinkampu yokuphilisa eyaqala kuqala. Ukubizelwa kule nkampu kubhenele kuhlobo lwabantu abakholelwa ekuphilisweni ngokomoya kwaye banamathele ukubaluleka okukhethekileyo kumbono wesiko lesiko lokuziphatha kakubi ngokwesini. Okonwabisayo nangona kunjalo, abantu ababeka isitokhwe esikhulu kwipolitiki yangaphakathi yenkcubeko yemveli bajikwa yinto ebonakala ingangxwabangxwaba eArrernte malunga nokuba uChris Tomlins unelungelo lokuthetha okanye asebenzise umhlaba kwiiClaypans. . Ishishini elinengxaki ethile.
Ukuguqukela enkampini, ngokukhawuleza kwabonakala ukuba igcwele uhlobo lwabantu onokufumana ukuba bahlala eNyakatho NSW (apho ndicinga ukuba uninzi lwabantu bavela) okanye kwindawo yokubutha yeRainbow-iye kwelinye iyeza, ukusebenzisa amandla okufunda nokuphila ngokuhambelana nendalo. Ngelishwa ke nabo baba luhlobo lwabantu oluqhelekileyo ekusebenziseni amadada asindayo, ukwabiwa okungathandekiyo kwenkcubeko kunye nokungaqondi ngelungelo labo elibavumela ukuba bakholelwe ukuba uxolo kunye nokuchuma kunokuvela ngokuhlala ucamngca. Oku kungavakala njengento enobuzaza, kodwa ndichithe ixesha elincinci ngokujikeleze olu hlobo lwenkcubeko kwaye andicingi ukuba kuluncedo kakhulu ukuzama ukudala utshintsho loluntu okanye nokuba nokwazisa ubudlelane noluntu. Ndikhawuleze ndacinga ukuba olu hlobo lwe meko besijongile apha.
Ukanti, kwiintsuku ezimbalwa sasihlala enkampini kwaye sizama ukufaka isandla. Yayiliqela elingaqhelekanga kodwa kukho abantu abalungileyo apho. Njengoko abanye baqala ukuza nathi saqala sithetha ubuchule bokuthetha ngezenzo kunye namajelo eendaba.
Isenzo esacetyiswa nguMargaret sasisisililo kwisiza sasePine Gap ukulilela bonke abantu ababhubhileyo ngenxa yale ndawo. Wayecebise ukutolika - umculo, umdaniso, ubugcisa. Ngokwam ndaziva ndifuna umfanekiso ohambelana ngokuthe ngqo nokuphelisa ukusebenza kwePine Gap. Ndivile ukuba kukho idepho edolophini apho ibhasi isuka khona ukuba iye kuthabatha bonke abasebenzi baye ezantsi. Ndibone ngathi uyivale phantsi kwaye uphakathi edolophini kufutshane namajelo osasazo kunye nabadlulayo.
Ke njengokuba abanye bejonge iindlela ezinokubakho zokuhamba kwisiseko, ndaya edolophini ukuya kukhupha idepho. Iguqulwe inamasango amane - ubuncinci kumntu omnye kunye nesixhobo sakhe esitshixekileyo ukuvalwa. Ndingadinga icebo B.
Okwangoku, ukuya edolophini ye-reconnoiter kunezibonelelo zayo - yandikhupha kwinkampu yokuphilisa eyayisiqala ukubhenela kancinci nangaphantsi. Ukuza kuAlice bendisazi ukuba kukho izibini zakudala zabahlobo bakho apho kunokuba kuhle ukuba ubabone. Kodwa isimangaliso xa ndifumana ukungena edolophini ndafumanisa ukuba eneneni kukho imfumba yonke yobuso abaqhelekileyo evela kwilizwe liphela - abanye babo ndingazange ndibabone kwiminyaka (engothusi kuba babephakathi enkangala- bendinayo Kugqibela ukuza kuAlisha kwiminyaka emihlanu ngaphambili).
Abanye baba bantu babengekho ngaphezulu nje kokuqhelana, kodwa ufumana uhlobo olukhethekileyo lwebhondi ngokwenza inyanzelo yezopolitiko nabantu. Komnye, ukusebenza ngeprojekthi okanye isenzo kunye nabantu, nokuba ngamafutshane, kwahluke kakhulu ukubaleka umntu izihlandlo ezimbalwa. Okwesibini, ngamanye amaxesha ezi meko zinokuba ziimeko ezixineneyo okanye ukuya kwicala elingaphezulu lembonakalo. Oko kunokuba nefuthe lokwakha ngokukhawuleza izibophelelo eziqinileyo. Okwesithathu, ulwazi lokuba wabelana ngexabiso elinye kwaye omnye umntu ebekade esebenza kwizinto ozixhasayo kuthetha ukuba kukho ukuthembana kunye nokuqina.
Mhlawumbi yayizizo ezi zizathu okanye mhlawumbi ngewayengazange abe nangayiphi na into; kodwa omnye umzi wamkelekile xa ndabuza ukuba ndingaphambana na ngelixa ndicwangcisa isenzo. Ngapha koko, umbuzo wawuphendulwa ngendlela ebonakalisa ukuba wothuswe kukucinga ukuba ngekhe kwamkeleka. Olu hlobo lokwamkela iindwendwe lulonke luzama ukubonelela abanye, kwaye bendisoloko ndikwamkela. Ngalo lonke ixesha ixabisa nje.
Ndiye ndahlala iintsuku, ndenza inkampu ngaphandle kwendlu kwaye ndifumana izinto zokwenza edolophini kuba ndandingaziva ndibuyele enkampini. Ndiye ndancama, ndincedisa endlini, ndasebenzela usuku lokupeyinta iindonga kunye nokwakha i-basketball hoop kwindawo yokuthoba yabantwana basekhaya abanye babahlobo abalekayo, abaphekiyo nabacocekileyo ngokutya okungekho Bombs (izidlo zesitalato zasimahla ezizezinye zam izinto endizithandayo kwaye bendisoloko ndiyinxalenye yobomi bam kangangeminyaka emithandathu ngoku).
Ukudibana kokwamkela abantu nezinto endinokufaka isandla kuzo kwenza ukuba kube lula kakhulu ukuziva usekhaya eAlice kwaye ndilonwabele kakhulu ixesha lam apho. Kukho uhlobo oluhlekisayo lokuthelekisa apho-yidolophu edlulayo kwaye kufanelekile ukuzithemba kwabantu ukuya kwabo abathi bafuna ukunceda abantu aboriginal kuphela ukuze bahlale iminyaka embalwa, bafumane imali eninzi kwaye babuyela elunxwemeni. Ngasihlandlo sithile ndahlala phantsi kwekomityi enabantu ababini endisandula ukudibana nabo. Sithethe ngokuxhamla kwethu ukujikeleza, umkhwa sonke esichaza njengohlobo lobuthathaka. Kodwa akufuneki njalo. Abanye abantu baphila ubomi babo bonke endaweni enye kodwa bangaze bazinikele ngokupheleleyo kubantu ababangqongileyo. Ukuhamba kancinci, kwaye uyenze kakuhle, kukungabikho sekhaya, kukuhlala usekhaya.
Ngelixa ndandise dolophini, amaqabane am (kunye nokunyamezelwa kwinkampu yokuphiliswa) babelungiselela isililo sabo. Ngobusuku beCawa baqala ukuhamba. Yayiliqela elahlukileyo- abantu abathandathu, umntu ngamnye kumashumi eminyaka ubudala ukusuka kwiminyaka yeshumi ukuya kwelama-70. Bajikeleza ehlathini iiyure ezininzi ezinzulwini zobusuku, iinjongo zabo zokuhamba kwiPine Gap zone kwaye benze isililo sabo kwakusasa. Bafike esangweni elingaphandle (isiseko ngokwaso sikhuselekile kwaye sakhanyisiwe, kodwa eyona ndawo yePine Gap inkulu kakhulu kwaye inezikrokro ezininzi ezingenanto) ngeli xesha kwakusemnyama kwaye bathabatha ikhefu ukuba baphangele kwaye balinde kude kuse . Ngokumangalisayo, bavuka kwizibane zentloko zamapolisa - babekhe babonwa ngandlela thile kwaye ngoku babejikeleze. Babengaphulanga mthetho, kwaye nangayiphi na imeko amapolisa ayengazimiselanga kubanjwa kakhulu kwaye esidlangalaleni. Zonke ke zifakwe kwiinqwelo-mafutha zaze zabuyiselwa enkampini.
Ngentsasa elandelayo oomakhulu abathathu abasele bekhulile beQuaker okwethutyana nangokuthemeleyo bavala indlela yokungena kwiPine Gap ngokwenza ipati yeti. Kwakuyinto yokwala isenzo ababesenze kunyaka ophelileyo ngexesha lokumanyanisa komkhosi wase-US-Australia eShotal Bay Bay; kwaye indawo yabasetyhini abadala abanobuhlobo basela iti kunye nokuthintela indlela ihlala ifumana ingqalelo. Babelungiselelwe ukubanjwa, kodwa kwakhona kwabonakala ngathi amapolisa akafuni- ukugxothwa kutrafikiswa kubo kwaye ekugqibeleni bathatha itapot bagoduka. Yayilinyathelo lokuqala loluntu lokudibana nangona.
Sihlalise ngokutsha ukuze sithethe ngezicwangciso zokugcina. Abakhalazi babenomdla wokuzama kwakhona ngelinye ixesha. Ndabelane ngesicwangciso sam - bendifuna ukuzitshixa ndisezantsi kwebhasi ethwele abasebenzi esangweni elingaphambili lePine Gap (kwakhona, amasango angaphambili ayindlela ende ukusuka kwisiseko kwaye akuhambi nyani umgama). Sibeka usuku lwangoLwesithathu ekuseni.
Ukubuyela kwam eBrisbane, ndilungiselela uhambo, bendizithengele ibhayisekile D-Lock. Kwi- $ 65, yayiyitshixo esitshiphu kodwa yeyona nto ibiza kakhulu bendiyithengile ngaphezulu kweminyaka emihlanu (andiyenzi loo nto). Yayiza kuba yinto esetyenziswa ngokukodwa-isicwangciso sam yayikukuyisebenzisa ndiyitshixe kwinto ethile ade amapolisa anyanzelwe ukuba avavanye amandla ayo nge-angle-grinder. Ngobusuku bangoLwesibini, emva kokuhlengahlengisa ukukhutshwa kweendaba zam, ndachitha ixesha elingangeyure ukuziqhelanisa nokuzivalela izisele zezithuthi ezahlukeneyo.
Besithethile ngeli nyathelo, isibini esithile siye savakalisa ukukhathazeka malunga nokhuseleko lwam lokuhamba phantsi kwebhasi. Zange ndikhathazeke yile, okanye malunga nokubanjwa; kodwa bendinexhala lokuba ndizokwazi ukuzivala ngexesha. Zonke ezinye izinto zokutshixa ebe ndiyinxalenye yazo zenziwe ixesha elininzi kunye nendawo - ingekho phambi kwamapolisa. Kwaye, kuba yayiyeyona nto ndiyizisileyo, bendiya kuba ndisebenzisa i-D-Lock ecaleni kwentamo yam kunokuba ibe kukutshixa okuqhinekileyo kwengalo yomibini kuyo iingalo zombini kuyo. Indawo ekukuphela kwayo kwindlela (apho ndinokuba nethemba lokuphakamisa ikhonkco lonke kwaye ingeyiyo ibhasi enye) yayisesangweni elingaphambili, apho kwakufuneka khona ukuba ngamapolisa. Ithemba lam kuphela yayikuokubabamba ngelishwa.
Andikwazanga ukulala kwimithambo-luvo. Ndandihleli ndicinga ukuba kungenzeka ntoni. Emva kokuba ndigqibile ukulala ubuthongo, ialarm yam yahamba nelanga elisezantsi komgangatho kwaye ndigalela isando semvula kwintente. Ixesha lokuhamba.
Kwakukho amapolisa awayelinde ecaleni kwesango. Senze idummy ukuba iqhube ngentsasa ephethe nje imiqondiso, ngoko ke isikhiya sam esifihliwe phantsi kwejarsey yam senza ngathi senza into efanayo. Iibhasi zifikile. Ngomqolo, abahlobo bam baphume ngaphambili bebambe isibhengezo. Ibhasi ime phambi kwam. Amapolisa mhlawumbi ayimitha ye-20. Emva kwazo zonke iintlungu, yayilithuba elifanelekileyo. Ndizimele phantsi kwebhasi, nditsibekile emqolo ndisiya ngaphambili. Ndivale isitshixo ngaphezulu kwebhaf, ndafaka intamo yam ndaya ndacofa isitshixo esivaliweyo. Kwaye ke kukho izandla ezazibambe kum. Ndabambelela kwi-axle ngokulangazelela, kodwa kwakungekho kusebenza. Amapolisa amathathu ayekhupha umzimba wam ngaphandle. Bathathe isitshixo sam kodwa bandikhulula, bendishiya ndimpompoze emanzini, ndibambe ngxi ndibona indlela eqhuba ngaphakathi.
Amapolisa nawo ayeneentloni. Babethelela macala omabini endlela ngoku iibhasi xa zidlula. Omnye wabo wema iimitha ezimbalwa phambi kwam, esenza eyona ndlela yakhe yoyikisayo. Ekugqibeleni omnye weza kum, wathatha iinkcukacha zam waza wandixelela ukuba ndiza kuphila.
Emva kokuba zonke iibhasi zidlulile, sakhwela sibuyela kwinkampu yeArarm, ngoku eyayimiselwe iikhilomitha ezimbalwa ezantsi kwindlela ukusuka esangweni. Ndaye ndathambisa kwaye ndanexinzelelo, kodwa ndisezantsi kwi-adrenaline. Ukubuyela kwam enkampini, bendiphethe ikomityi yeti, kunye nesidlo sakusasa ndahlala phantsi ukulungiselela intlanganiso, eyayicwangcise ukwenza umngcelele omkhulu wendlela ngaloo mvakwemini.
Iintlanganiso zekamphi zazinde kwaye zineziphithiphithi- abantu abaninzi kakhulu ababengazani kwaye babenezimvo ezahlukeneyo ngakwindawo enye. Ingxoxo zijikeleze ngeenxa zonke. Ekugqibeleni ezinye izigqibo zafikelelwa, kodwa ngalo mzuzu ndandibanda kwaye ukuphoxeka kokusilela kwentsasa kwakuqalisa ukukhaba. Saphindela enkampini siyokuphumla ukuze siphumle.
Bendingakhange ndiye enkampini iveki yonke, kwaye kuyabonakala ukuba ibifumene umntu ongamaziyo ngela xesha. Ukusetyenziswa kweziyobisi bekuphezulu - ukhula oluninzi kodwa kodwa kubonakala ngathi kunobunzima bamanzi emzimbeni. Ithiyori nazo bezikudlule ngendlela yesiqhelo i-hippy auras kunye ne-vibes elungileyo. Ngokungathethekiyo, inkampu ngoku ibonakala ngathi ikholelwa ukuba kukho abaphambukeli abaceba ukuza emhlabeni kwaye bazise uluntu olutsha kodwa kuye kwafuneka balinde de kube luxolo emhlabeni ngokwaneleyo ukuba beze kuPine Gap kwaye batyikitye isivumelwano sangaphakathi se-galactic. Ukuqhankqalaza ngokuchasene nePine Gap yayingumbono ombi (nangona iyile nto besiyizele apha) kuba ibeka isivumelwano esisemngciphekweni.
Andikaze ndiyifumane yonke ingcaciso yethiyori, kodwa ndiyafunga ukuba andiyenzi le nto. Omnye umntu weza wasixelela ukuba uye kuAlice ekholelwa ukuba abantu babenoxanduva kwiimfazwe kwaye kufuneka sibhikishe u-Pine Gap, kodwa ngobusuku bangaphambili wayeqinisekile ngempazamo yeendlela zakhe ngalo mbono. Ucinga ukuba uthini kuyo? Kwakukho abantu abalungileyo kwi-Healing Camp, kodwa ubukhulu becala yayiyinto eyoyikisayo. Ndingabhala i-akhawunti nje ngeNkampu yokuphilisa kwaye iya kuba yinto entle, kodwa ayisiyiyo eyona ntetho kwaye kwakunzima nokuphila ngayo ngeloxesha ngaphandle kokuphinda ndiyichaze ngoku. Lonke iqela lezopolitiko elinobunkunkqele linesabelo salo sezimvo ezixhasayo, kodwa yayilelinye inqanaba. Ngapha koko, emva koku asichithanga xesha lininzi enkampini kwaye andinakutsho ukuba ndiyiphosile.
Abakhalazi okwangoku, thabatha isibini samalungu kumzamo wokuqala, babecwangcisa ukuzama kwakhona ukungena kwisiseko. Ukusilela kwam kwiCwangciso A, isisombululo esisiso yayikukubajoyina ngobo busuku. Kwakuyinto yokuphumla ngokwenene. Xa kuthelekiswa nentsasa esongela imithambo, ukuhamba emahlathini iiyure ezimbalwa phakathi kobusuku bekuya kuphumla. Kwaye ndiza kuba nabahlobo bam!
Zimbalwa izinto ezaziza kwenzeka ngaphambi koko. Kuqala kuvalwe umgwaqo. Yayilinyathelo elinomdla elibonisa ukuba amaqhinga amapolisa aza kuba yintoni - amapolisa awabambanga mntu okanye asishukumisele. Itrafikhi eya kwi-Pine Gap yaphambukiswa ngasesangweni elingasemva; kwaye ayengabo kuphela abaqhankqalazi abavunyelwe ukuba bahlale endleleni, amapolisa eneneni avale isiphelo sendlela ngokwawo, esinqanda ukuba singaphumi. Oku kukhokelele kwijezi ezimbalwa malunga nokuba amapolisa aye ajoyina nathi kwibhlokhi, kodwa iphakamise umba omncinci kuthi kwabo badinga ukuphuma bayokucwangcisa inyathelo lethu elilandelayo. Sobathathu thina sasikuphela kwesokugqibela saye sahamba saya ngasekupheleni kwendlela sithwele naziphi na izinto esizakuzifuna saphakama sibuyele edolophini.
Indawo yokuhlangana yangaphambi kwesililo 
yayinguMlilo weNkampu entliziyweni, indawo yokomoya ethabathayo ngaphandle kweAlice apho babenesidlo kunye nengxubusho ekwabelwana ngayo ngeveki. Ngokuhlwa ngesihloko esithi "ukholo kunye nokuvuselela". Abantu kwiqela babelana ngeembono ezahlukileyo, kodwa okona singakhankanyanga yayikukuqhelisela izinto zokomoya esasiza kuzenza - uhambo oluya emehlweni eBhabheli, bafaka umngcipheko entolongweni ekuchaseni umbuso nakwezomkhosi wase-US wehlabathi. UYesu wathi: “Yisuse krele lwakho, kuba lowo uphila ngekrele uya kufa ngekrele.” Kum, ukholo kunye nezopolitiko azibonakali. Uhambo olwaluza kuhamba uhambo lwethu lwalusisenzo sokomoya.
Kwaye ngoko saqala ukulungiselela. Sasinabahlobo abambalwa ababevumile ukusigxotha ukuya kuthi ga apho sinokuya khona ngePine Gap. Ngaphambi koko nangona bekukho umba omnye wokuya kwi - hayi kwimithombo yeendaba ngeli xesha, ebeshiyeke ezandleni zabanye abahlobo.
Emva kwetyala lokuqala lokusilela ukunxaxha, bekukho ingxoxo eninzi malunga nokuba iqela libonwe njani. Elinye icebiso, ebelibonakala lingathandeki kodwa zonke ezo zinto zithathelwe ingqalelo ngokungqongqo, yayikukufikelela kukaPine Gap kwisatellite eselitha yokukhanya kwehlabathi (eyayisetyenziselwa ukufumana ukusasazwa kombumbulu, ikwabonakala ngathi ilandela ukutshintsha kwemozulu) ilifumene iqela labantu abanegazi elifudumeleyo elilinde kucingo olujikelezileyo lwesiseko. Isiphakamiso sokunciphisa oku yayikukusasazeka ngakumbi ngeli xesha (ngoko ke sinokubangathi zii-kangaroo okanye enye into), kunye nokunxiba iilaptop ezifudumeleyo zeplasitiki zokutsala ubushushu bomzimba wethu kwaye zingabi shushu ukuze zifunyanwe. Besendichasene nokunxiba iingubo ezimnyama zelinen, kodwa njengoba wonke umntu ebeka enye, ndashiyeka nesigqibo sokuba xa ndingala kwaye siphinde sabhaqwa izakuba lityala lam. Ke ngoko iigusha ndiyinxibile kwinto ebonakala ngathi yeyasofail ndayibeka ibacket yam ngaphezulu. Imibingelelo yethu kufuneka siyenzele uxolo.
Sihambahamba, sithe cwaka (ngaphandle kweplastiki etyhutyha) kunye nokukhanya kweenkwenkwezi. Sesihambe ngaphantsi kwe-500 yeemitha xa kufika umzuzu wokuqala wokuphazamiseka - sasikufutshane nendlu kwaye izinja zikhonkotha. Umntu othile wathi mabayeke, kodwa abantu ngaphambili babekhawuleza phambili. Sahlukana. Yayingesosiqalo esasinethemba lethu. Silinde okwethutyana, sizama iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokufumana abanye ngaphandle kokutsala ingqalelo kakhulu kuthi. Ukuphela kwethu saqhubeka nokuhamba, sicinga (ekugqibeleni ngokuchanekileyo) ukuba abanye basilinde kwindawo ebonakalayo.
Luhambo olude. Ndalala ubuthongo kwakudala, kwaye ngoku sasidlulile ezinzulwini zobusuku. Kodwa ndikhawuleze ndalala, kancinci ubuthongo kodwa ndine-adrenaline eyaneleyo ukuze ndiqhubeke. I-adrenaline, ngolonwabo ngokwaneleyo, yayingengomvandedwa koko kunokwenzeka xa sasibanjiwe, nangona ndandisazi ukuba sizibeka esichengeni sokugwetywa ixesha elide entolongweni. Oko kwakunzima ukuyiwela ingqondo yam. Kwakuyinto yovuyo ngakumbi yokutyibilika kule ntlango kwinjongo yoxolo neqela lamaqabane.
Ixesha elininzi ngoku kuye kwakho isiko “lokuhamba ngoxolo” kwiziseko zasemkhosini kwilizwe lonke ukuza kunikela ubungqina ngoxolo - uninzi lwama christians adibanisa pacifism nesiko lenkolo lohambo olungcwele lokuma esidlangalaleni ngokuchasene nomlo. EPine Gap, eShoalwater Bay eQueensland apho imikhosi yaseMelika kunye neOstreliya isenza imisebenzi yoqeqesho ngokudibeneyo, kwiSwan Island apho iSAS icwangcisa imisebenzi yayo ekhethekileyo. Ndingumntu othanda umbono wohambo ngokuzihambela - siphazamisa esidlangalaleni amalungiselelo omlo kodwa uhambo olude lunika ithuba lokucingisisa ukuba kuthetha ntoni ukuphila ngoxolo ebomini bethu, ubudlelwane bethu, noluntu lwethu.
Kwaye ndingajonga abantu endandiqhuba nabo umgama ohambileyo. Ndinebhongo ngokuba ndihamba nabo. UJim noMargaret bobabini babengabaphembeleli bexesha elide-bebesenza ezi zinto ukususela ngaphambi kokuba ndizalwe. Zombini ziyikhuthazo kum nakubahlobo bam - ngokuzinikela kwabo abakubonisile kwesi sizathu sokoyisa kunye nokuphoxeka; ngokuba ngumzali kunye nokuhamba kwexesha. Ndibanjiwe kunye namaxesha amaninzi ngaphambili ngenxa yeso sizathu.
Kwakukho uTim noFranz - abantu endandigoduka nabo. Asabelani nje ngendawo, ukutya kunye nezixhobo; nangona sizabelana nabo. Sabelana ngokuxabisekileyo kunye namaphupha-sikhetha ukuzama ukuhlala ngendlela eyahlukileyo kwinkcubeko esikujikelezileyo njengendawo yokusabela encinci evela kwilizwe elizijongela yedwa, elijonge imali kunye nathi; njengobungqina bendlela eyahlukileyo enokwenzeka. Ke ngoku njengokongezwa kweprojekthi besihamba kunye ukuya kwesinye seziseko eziphambili zamandla omkhosi wehlabathi- kwaye besenza kunye.
Nangona kunjalo, ukuhamba ngamanye amaxesha kunokuba nzima ukuhamba. Sahamba senyuka senyuka iinduli. Amatye kunye ne-spinifex ingca yangaphantsi kweengubo zazibukhali kakhulu kangangokuba noJim, ongazange (kwaye ndithetha ukuba akangekhe) enxibe nasiphi na isihlangu, wayekwijogger awayeyifumene ekhaya (kusenokwenzeka ukuba yayingomnye wabantwana bakhe). UMargaret wayekade ebona umntu oqeqesha abanye kwilinge lokuzama ukulungelwa lohambo, kodwa wayephelelwe ngumsebenzi kuwo wonke lo msebenzi ukuzama ukwenza oku-iintlanganiso, ucwangciso, ukukhutshwa kweendaba, ulungelelwaniso.
Okwakhe nakwabanye, yayikwesesibini le nto bekhe bayenza ebusuku kakhulu ngeentsuku ezine. UMargaret wayefika ediniwe kwaye ephelelwa ngumzimba. Njengoko sasihamba ezantsi kweenduli, wabambelela engalweni yam ukuze izinzile.
Sihambe kancinci sayindlela. Ukugcina kunye nokuthintela kuthintelo sensor yokutshisa, singasasazeka ukuba siyeke. Ndandiye ndilale phantsi ndijonge phezulu ezinkwenkwezini, njengoko ndihlala ndenza ngobusuku ngaphandle kwesixeko. Ngokuhlwanje nangona bekungonelisi njengesiqhelo. Kwelinye, izibane ezinkulu zePine Gap zenza ungcoliseko lokukhanya olwenza ukuba iinkwenkwezi zingathandeki njengoko zaziqhele ukubakho entlango. Kwaye ke kukho iinkwenkwezi zokudubula - ngokwesiqhelo ngumbono wolonwabo onje, kodwa ngokuhlwanje ndinokufana noBilly Bragg obonisa ukuba mhlawumbi zizipleliti. Iisatellite ezisetyenziswa yiPine Gap ukubulala abantu kwelinye icala lehlabathi.
Ngapha koko, sahamba. Ukugwetywa kancinci apho sasithetha ukuba senyuka khona ngokungeyomfuneko emva koko sehla induli enkulu kakhulu. Yayingeyongozi ngokwenene, kodwa saqhubeka nokuhamba. Kwaye emva koko sasiphambi kocingo lwangaphandle. Ulonwabo lwethu nangona lwaluphelisiwe. Sayibona indawo ebonakalayo kwinduli phakathi kwethu kunye nesiseko esona. Sasiweva amazwi athetha omnye komnye kwirediyo. Kwakungemangalisi, ngokwenene. Amapolisa anokufikelela kumandla amaninzi okubeka esweni, iPine Gap nangakumbi. Kodwa kunokwenzeka ukuba abafunanga nokuba. Banokulindela nje ukuba sizame ukungena kwakhona kwaye besilinde.
Ngayiphi na indlela, icebo lethu lokufikelela encotsheni yale nduli, ukukhupha izixhobo kunye nokwenza isijwili sethu ngamehlo esiseko bekubonakala kugungqekile. Isicwangciso esitsha yayikukuhamba ngokukhawuleza njengoko sinakho kwaye sinethemba lokuba singayenza enye yesiqwenga ngaphambi kokuba sibanjwe. Siye sadlula ngaphaya kocingo.
Indima yam, njengoko bendithunyelwe ngobo busuku, yayiyi-cameraman. Ngomsebenzi bendixhotywe ngekhamera yefowuni kunye netotshi yentloko ukuze ikhanyise. Bendinethemba lokuba ndiza kuba nexesha elincinci lokufumana umpu ngokufanelekileyo. Oko kwakuqala ukubonakala kungalindelekanga, kwaye njengoko sasinamandla-sihamba ndenyuka induli ndandijonga ifowuni ndibeka itotshi entlokweni yam.
Sasikumgama siyinyuka induli kwaye ngokumangalisayo, amapolisa kubonakala ngathi awasibonanga okwangoku. UMargaret wayediniwe nangona. Ubambe ivola yakhe ngaphandle kwayo. I whisper / ndakhwaza uFranz ukuba abuye eze azokufumana isiginci sakhe. Ngokungummangaliso, izixhobo zazisexesheni. Njengoko zazidlalwa kwaye ndakhanyisa itotshi ukuzama ukufumana ifoto, umdlalo wethu wawuphezulu. Amapolisa ayeza kuthi ngoku.
Besisahambisa iingqondo wena, uzibalekele ziye encotsheni yenduli apho iPine Gap ibizakubekwa phambi kwethu. Isililo sethu saba kukujikeleza-uJim ephethe umfanekiso womntwana ofileyo ukusuka emfazweni e-Iraq, uFranz edlala isiginci, uTim ephethe i-amp yakhe, uMargaret kwi-viola. Ndazama ukuyifumana yonke edubuleni nangona wonke umntu (kuquka nam) wayehamba ngokukhawuleza enyuka kwinduli enamagingxigingxi kwaye okukuphela kwesibane endandinaso yayikukuqaqanjelwa sisibane sentloko. Kukwanele ukuba uthi, i-footage ekhokelela ayingomsebenzi wam ogqibeleleyo. Ukwazi ukuba asisayi kuphinda sifumane imnxeba okanye imemori khadi, into endijonge kuyo yayiqinisekisa ukuba iya kulayisha. Ke ndingafaka ifilimu kancinci ndicofe iqhosha lokulayisha.
Isililo esiqhelisiweyo siqala kancinci, ngesimbonono sesibini sokudlala esidlalwe okwethutyana. Kuya kuba ngcono ukusuka apho ngokudlala i-viola emangalisayo. Kodwa ngelishwa, asizukufika apho. Ngoku amapolisa ayephezu kwethu. Badlula kwiimvumi, bebiza “Uyangxola!” kwaye ngqo ngqo kum. Kwakungo-4 ekuseni kwaye usasazo lwethu, lwee-resons ezicacileyo, lwalungekabhengezwa ngaphambili. Kodwa kumnandi ukwazi ukuba ubuncinci umntu omnye wayeyibona iphila. Ndibaleke ndisuka emapoliseni, ndisazama ukwenza ifilimu kwaye ndicofe iqhosha "lokulayisha" Mhlawumbi indithengele imizuzwana embalwa, kodwa ibiyiyo leyo. Njengoko ndandibaleka ngelize, elinye ipolisa landiwisa kumhlaba onzima. Omnye wawa kwangoko phezu kwam, wayitsala umnxeba esandleni sam. Bajija iingalo zam emva kwaye bazibophelela ngentambo ngokudibeneyo kangangoko banako. Ngepolisa elinye engalweni nganye, bandirhuqela encotsheni yenduli. Akunakuphathwa kakubi kodwa ongayilindela emapoliseni, kodwa ndiyayithetha kuba xa ndifika phezulu ndabona abantu endandihlala nabo behleli phantsi. Ngokucacileyo bavunyelwa ukuba baye encotsheni bengathintelwanga kwaye ababekwa sandla!
KwiNdawo ekuMantla, emva kweenqwelo zamapolisa ziikheji nje. Oku kuyenzekile ndiqinisekile ukuba ndiyeke ukupheka abantu ekufeni kushushu (a la Mnumzana Ward ngo-2008), kodwa ngobusika benkqantosi ebusika kwenza isiqingatha seyure esibanda kakhulu sibuyele eAlice. Ngokukodwa kuFranz, owathi ngesizathu esithile wamthathela i-jumper yakhe ngamapolisa. Ngethamsanqa mna noTim ngoku sasisikhulule iingubo zethu zokuhlekisa, ezazisongelwe ngumzimba wakhe uFranz.
Amava endlu yokubukela ayemahle ngokwesiqhelo-ukulala, ukuthambeka ukuya kudliwanondlebe apho ungavumiyo ukuthetha nantoni na, unikwa isidlo sakusasa (kwaye usenzile na umbandela wokutya - u-Tim ngoyena mntu udla inyama ukhuphe isandwich kwisonka somntu wonke ; UFranz ekubeni i-vegan itshintshana nge-sandwich yakhe ukuze afumane esinye isiqhamo) isithukuthezi. Ibi kakhulu kunokuvalelwa esisele kuvaleni esiseleni kunye neTV kumthamo opheleleyo, nangona sikhe sanandipha ngexesha elinye ngokubukela abantu bezenzakalisa kwi "Wipeout". Malunga naphakathi kwemini sabizwa ukuba siye enkundleni malunga noko sasicinga ukuba yayiza kubonakala inkundla.
Ngeli xesha kufuneka ndazi ukuba asibizwanga tyala ngazo naziphi na izityholo zesishwankathelo. I-Pine Gap inomthetho wayo-uKhuselo (i-Special Undertakings) Act. Ngaphantsi kwayo, ukugwetywa kuya kohlwaywa ngokugwetywa iminyaka esixhenxe. Ukuthatha iifoto sesinye esixhenxe. Umthetho wawusele wasebenza kwakanye kwimbali (nangona abantu abaninzi beye kwiPine Gap ngaphambili) - leyo yayiye emva 'kokuhlolwa kwabemi "ngezixhobo zentshabalalo ezazenziwe liqela labantu abane kubandakanya eyethu kaJim Dowling noMargaret's umyeni ongasekhoyo uBryan Law kwi2005. Bafunyenwe benetyala kwaye bahlawuliswa, kodwa xa umtshutshisi wafaka isigwebo (bava ukuba omane ebefanele ukuvalelwa), inkundla enkulu yaziphosa izityholo zokuqala. Umthetho wawenzelwe ezokhuseleko, inkundla yathi; nangokwala ukuvumela nabuphi na ubungqina malunga nokuba yintoni uPine Gap eneneni inkundla ingaphumelelanga ukumisela ukuba ngokwenene iPine Gap yayisisibonelelo esimalunga nokhuselo lwase-Australia.
Urhulumente uphendule ngokutshintsha umthetho kwi-2008 ukuze ingxabano ingaphinde iphinde isetyenziswe. Into encinci yokuloba malunga nale nkqubo yonke yokwenyani. Kodwa ayisiyiyo kuphela into engaqhelekanga ngalo mthetho. Ngenxa yobukrakra obugqithisileyo bezi zohlwayo, awungekhe umbize umntu osebenzisa isenzo ngaphandle kwemvume ebonisiweyo yegqwetha-jikelele. Kwaye kule meko, uGeorge Brandis wayebonakala ukuba akayiphenduli ifowuni yakhe. Ke amapolisa ayesixelele ukuba ngekhe asibize kwaye azokufuna ukumiswa. Ebesilungile nathi, besifuna nje ukubonakala kwinkundla enye ngaphandle kwendlela. Kodwa emva koko, njengoko sasihleli kwizisele ezibambe ngasemva kwindlu yenkundla, izinto zaqala ukuba kratya.
Igqwetha elinoxanduva eAlice Springs ngaloo mhla kwenzeka nje ukuba laliyintshatsheli endala eyayisazi abanye babasebenzi bethu ukusuka kwiphepha lokugqibela lePine Gap. Sithe sisahleli kwisisele esasiphethe, wangena wasixelela ukuba uvile umtshutshisi ukuba uyaphikisa. Ukuba baphumelele, oku kuya kuthetha ukuba besiya kuvalelwa ejele e-Alice Springs, ubuncinci de bafumane u-George Brandis. Ingaphantse ibe yinto engazange ibonwe ngaphambili - ngokwesiqhelo ibheyile iyaliwa kuphela kubantu abathathelwa ingqalelo njengobungozi bokubaleka okanye ubungozi ekuhlaleni.
Sithethile ngayo kwaye savumelana ukuba akufuneki kube nzima ukuphikisana ngoku phambi komantyi. Besinenye into emangazayo esitolo nangona. Ngexesha lokuba inyukele kwinkundla, besingekabizwa sonke. Mnye kuphela umntu owakhutshelwa ngaphandle kwesisele ukuya kwinkundla - uFranz. Ukulunga kwinkundla, uFranz wayengowokuqala ngolandelelwano lwe-alfabhethi. Kodwa naye wayengoyena mncinci (19) kwaye wayengenamava enkundla kwaphela. Ngoku kwakufuneka athabathe intshutshiso enobutshaba yedwa. Ngokucacileyo ngaphakathi kwenkundla umhlobo wethu igqwetha elimele laphakama (ngaphandle komgaqo wenkundla) lithetha ukuba akukho semthethweni ukubiza uFranz yedwa. Ngaphakathi esiseleni, samnika imiyalelo egqwethekileyo yomthetho- “qaphela ukuba uza kuyithini ibheyile!” UFranz washiya isisele, thina ke sahlala sinoloyiko.
Wayengabuyanga xa abalindi babiza mna noJim. Besingaqinisekanga ukuba silindeleni, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo ibingeyiyo into yokuba sizokuma kwaye sixelelwe ukuba izityholo bezirhoxisiwe. Kwaye okwenzekileyo- ngelixa besisesiseleni, ijaji Daynor Trigg wayekade exambulisana notshutshiso malunga noMthetho woKhuselo (Special Undertakings) Act. Ngokwengxelo yeendaba yeABC, iTrigg ibize umthetho "womthetho ongenamkhethe". Ngaphandle kwemvume yeGqwetha-Jikelele, asinakubekwa tyala. Yiyo loo nto ithethwa ngumthetho, ke besesohlwaywe ngokungafanelekanga kwaye sasikhululekile ukuya.
Ngaphandle kwenkundla bekukho ukonwaba kwiqela elikhulu labaxhasi. Kwakukho neekhamera zeendaba. Siphume, sancokola kancinci saya ekamereni. UFranz noMargaret badlale i-Pine Gap yabo isililo ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka. Emva koko siye sahlala phantsi kwaye siphumle kancinci. Kwakuyintsuku ezimbalwa ezipholileyo.
I-craziness ayikapheli ngoku. Ngaphandle komsebenzi ongapheliyo wemidiya (kokubini ngokwesiko nangokwasentlalweni), ukusondela kwethu yayikulithemba lamapolisa aqhubela phambili kwaye abuyele ukusibamba. Ngeempelaveki eza kuza kwaye inkundla ivaliwe, sasijonge iintsuku ezimbalwa esiseleni - ngokubhekisele ngaphezulu. Isicwangciso sethu yayikukushiya idolophu ngeentsuku ezimbini kwaye wonke umntu abuyele kubomi bemihla ngemihla eQueensland. Kugqitywe kwelokuba kufuneka siye kwipropathi edolophini kwaye silale phantsi kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezizayo.
Ngeli xesha, eAlice Springs, omnye umhlobo wam osenyongweni kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo ubukele iindaba kwaye undibona ngaphandle kwegumbi lenkundla. Besikade sinxibelelana iminyaka, kodwa ayisiyiyo yonke imihla ukuba umhlobo mdala uye kwiziko elibomvu-ke uJoel (umhlobo wam), esazi ukuba yeyiphi na inkampu yoqhanqalazo, aphumela apho esithi g'day.
Kwiveki ezimbalwa ezingaqhelekanga, oku kunokuba yeyona nto ingaqhelekanga kulo lonke ibali. Kuba xa uJoel waphakama waya enkampini esiya kubona umhlobo wakhe wakudala, wafumana iqela lezopolitiko elalilindele emva kwamapolisa emva kwam kwaye bengazimiselanga kukhangela. Ke njengokuba inkwenkwe yelizwe / umdlali weenyawo / umthengisi wensimbi uJoel azulazula esiya kubantu abambalwa endibuza ukuba ziphi, konke awafumanayo yayingabantu abathi zange khe beve ngo-Andy Paine. Ukhuphe ifowuni yakhe wababonisa ifoto yam eyayisezindabeni. Baxinana.
Ekugqibeleni, umntu uthathe inombolo yakhe waza wayithumela kum. Ndakuvuyela ukufumana kuye, emva kokuzama ukucacisela umhlobo wam owayedidekile ukuba kutheni enengxaki yokufika kum. Yayingumhla wethu wokugqibela eAlice, ke emva kokufumana ithuba elihle, ndibuyele kwigumbi endandihlala kulo ukuba ndihlehle apho. Ingqungquthela ye-IPAN "yokuphelisa imfazwe" yayiqhubeka, kodwa emva kweeveki ezimbalwa, ndayidlulisa kwaye endaweni yoko ndayibukela i-Western Bulldogs iphumelela iflegi ye-AFL kwihotele eTodd egcweleyo. Ubusuku baphela ngo “khwela kuhambo” olukhanyiswe likhandlela ukusuka ekujongeni edolophini. Apho (emva kokuba ndiye ndaba ngomnye umhlobo wakudala ngokungekho mthethweni) satsho sahamba ngendlela yethu yokugqibela kubahlobo bethu abadala, abahlobo abatsha, amaqabane, amahlosi aphambili nedolophu yaseAlice Springs. Singene kwiveni sakhwela saza saza saya kwindawo eyintlango ekude.
Ibali alipheli apho. Emva kweeyure ze-40 ngqo kubathengi abajikelezayo, sibuyele e-Brisbane kanye ngexesha ukuze samkelwe kwisenzo sobumbano sokulwa ne-Pine Gap. Kwiinyanga ezininzi kamva, uGeorge Brandis wagqibela ejikeleza ukujonga i-voicemail yakhe kwaye wasayina imemo. Sithunyelwe ityala lethu ngeposi, kwaye ngo-Novemba sizakubuyela kwintlango siyokuxoxa ukuba abantu ababulala nabatshabalalisayo emfazweni, hayi abo bayixhathayo, ngabona balwaphulo mthetho. Isahluko esilandelayo kwi-adventure ende yokuzama ukudala umhlaba onoxolo ngakumbi.
