so tell me something

You don't mean Kombis?

 

Whoa ... flies. Don't mention those things. When I was on the Oodnadatta Track (South Australian desert ... see http://www.geocities.com/yearighto1892/feature/2003trip/oodnadatta.htm for more ...) I was swatting hundreds of the bloody things. I grew up in the country on the outskirts of Perth so flies aren't anything new to me but I'd never seen them in these numbers. I figured out why Afghans wear shirts over their heads too .... they do it to minimise the annyonce of the bloody things. They won't enter the tunnel that the clothing makes and therefore stay off your face..

 

Well I was humping my Bluey on the dusty Oodnadatta road
When along came a semi with a high and canvas covered load
"If you're going to Oodnadatta, mate, with me you can bloody ride."
So I climbed up in the cabin and I settled down inside
He asked me if I'd seen a road with so much dust and sand
And I said, "listen mate, I've travelled every road in this here land,