Chapter Eighty-Three: Birdsville
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Birdsville at sunset is stunningly beautiful.
The blue sky overhead is a jewel-like blue, as clear as the waters of the Caribbean Sea, but in the western half of the sky, the setting sun renders the gradually rising clouds into a color that is difficult to describe in words, making the entire western half of the sky a paradise of fire. The quiet and far-reaching town of Birdsville, like a girl who has left an independent world, stands quietly on the dividing line between fire and seawater, quietly showing her charm to the world.
In 1881, the British established a ferry crossing on the Diamantina River, which was named Diamantina Ferry, and later in 1885, the crossing was renamed Birdsville. There are two legends about the name change, the first of which is that there was a man named Robert at that time. The locals of Frew gave this name in praise of the local birds. The second legend is that there was a famous settler named Burt Burt after the locals, but Mr. Burt politely declined the invitation, and both sides took a step back and named the place Burtsville.
Whatever the reason for the name, the town was a tariff barrier to Queensland and South Australia from the earliest days of its establishment, and customs duties and tolls between the two places were the main source of revenue for Birdsville until 1901.
However, this main source of income was cut off in 1901, because in that year, the Commonwealth of Australia was formed! From then on, the thriving town of Birdsville began to fall into trouble and began to gradually decline.
But in modern times, with the rise of road trips, Birdsville has regained her vitality. The small town of Birdsville is now the starting point for road trip enthusiasts to South Australia through the Birdsville Path, and is one of the must-visit towns for many tourists who love to travel outback when visiting the Australian outback.
The Birdsville Trail only appeared in the 80s of the last century, when it was a major cattle grazing road in Australia, and gradually became a major passage for transporting livestock.
Don't look at Birdsville has a history of more than 120 years, but this town still adheres to the characteristics of an Australian outback town, that is, pocket-sized. Portsville would be a town of more than 1,000 people, but in reality, the town has a permanent population of just over 120 people.
The overall direction of the town is northeast-southwest, and it is a long and narrow town, with a length of about 1,300 meters and a width of less than 300 meters. To the north of the town is Birdsville Airport. The airport is located right next to the town, and although there is only one runway, it is a 1,600-meter-long regular cement runway that can take off and land some medium-sized passenger aircraft.
Although the town is small and the population is not very large, the town has a wide range of services, after all, it hosts an annual horse racing competition, when more than 6,000 people from all over Australia and even the world gather in this small town to participate in the three-day horse racing competition.
But the most lucrative thing in this town is not the hotels or the bars that are all over the place, but the two gas stations at the intersection of the town. It is said that during the race alone, the two petrol stations sell more than 16,000 litres of diesel every day
Because there is an annual horse racing conference, so the service industry in Birdsville is still quite developed, in the small town, there are many family hotels, there are also two hotels and guesthouses of not low grade, although the area is not very large, but the decoration is very good. Tang Feng, who now has a little money in his pocket, naturally will not treat himself badly, and chooses to live in the most luxurious Portsville Ferry Hotel in the town.
If the nearly 1,800-kilometre stretch from Adelaide to Mount Isa were to be divided into three sections, the two node towns in between would be Mali and Birdsville. The section from Adelaide to Mali is the longest, because Tang Feng wants to go to the Olympic Dam, so it takes almost 200 kilometers to detour, and this section of the journey is also the longest time for Tang Feng, in which Tang Feng not only completed the work of upgrading and replenishing the energy of the star core, but also experimented with the function of upgrading to the second-level star core in Andamuka, and successfully fished out five black opals worth more than 10 million US dollars.
The more than 400-kilometer journey from Mali to Birdsville is the most inhospitable section of the entire section, and Tang Feng spent a whole day walking this section. On this section, Tang Feng also had a good experience, and personally drove the famous road train, which was Tang Feng's biggest gain.
Until now, when Tang Feng thought of the huge big guys, he couldn't help but feel excited in his heart.
Now that Tang Feng has finally arrived in Birdsville, the next leg is the journey from Birdsville to Mount Isa. It's less than 600 kilometres, but it's much more prosperous than the Birdsville trail, and there are plenty of small towns along the way, so you don't have to rush to walk this part of the road, you can have fun while walking, and finally arrive at Mount Issa in two days.
After booking the hotel, Tang Feng drove to a car repair shop not far from the hotel under the guidance of the hotel service staff.
Throw the car to the repair shop and tell the staff inside to come and pick up the car at half past seven tomorrow morning, and the staff happily agreed to Tang Feng. As in China, this kind of maintenance work is the favorite job of the repair shop, and the workload is not large, but it is quite profitable.
Raised his hand and looked at his watch, there were still about forty minutes before eating, so Tang Feng took Depp and Donnie around this famous inland town on foot, during which he naturally used his mobile phone to leave all kinds of customs in the town.
After dinner, Tang Feng took a bath, served the two little guys, and then lay on the comfortable big bed, first hung up a phone call to the family, and after greeting him, he called Sam again, and learned that all the preparations for the auction were ready, and he was waiting for the auction to start after New Year's Day, which made Tang Feng very happy.
With some excitement, Tang Feng dialed another number and started talking on the phone with Sophia every night for the past two days