" It's an adventure that will trace the "Crystal Highway," named for all the broken windscreen glass scattered along the verges on a road of "rough conditions, corrugations, bulldust, bone-breaking rock" and, in calmer moments, "the hypnotic undulations of the blacktop.
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Their father Bulldust is the leader of the Pachyrhinosaurus herd. Alex, who is Patchi's mentor, tries to help Patchi impress a female Pachyrhinosaurus named Juniper, but her herd migrates south without him. Patchi is also attacked by a Troodon which attempts to take him away but is saved by Bulldust, resulting in Patchi having a hole in his frill as an injury which Alex claims that Patchi was "destined for greatness". Bulldust moves his herd south as well, but when they try to pass through a forest, they are forced to flee when a storm strikes and a fire erupts.
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There are lawns where there used to > be just bulldust and rubbish. As it's presented today you might think it was > a really nice place. Why are all of us complaining? Well in my time, it > wasn't very nice at all.
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Taking advantage of the chaos, a pack of Gorgosaurus attacks the scattered herd. They kill the rest of Patchi and Scowler's family while their leader Gorgon fights and kills Bulldust, who had been trying to protect Patchi and Scowler. Afterwards, Patchi's herd (now led by Bulldust's rival Major) combines with Juniper's as they continue their migration. There, Gorgon's pack attacks them again.
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It also was the first to cross the Nullarbor by road, then a corrugated dirt track full of potholes and bulldust. King changed his stage name to Alwyn Silver to reflect the circus. King sold Silver's in 1953, admitting later the sale was premature since TV didn't make much of an impact on Australian rural life until well into the 1960s. He saw television as a threat.
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The remaining to Jervois Homestead is unsealed as is the rest of the track to Boulia. Information about its condition may be obtained from the Harts Range police station, from the Stuart Highway. East of Jervois Homestead, the road is formed earth, deteriorating to rocks and bulldust as it nears Tobermorey, from Jervois Homestead. The road north to Urandangi and thence to Mount Isa bears left just before Tobermorey.
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As at other Northern Territory or Queensland border crossings, the road may deteriorate east of the border into Queensland with deep potholes and bulldust. It is from Tobermorey to Boulia and good camping may be found at the Georgina River, at about the mark. Fuel and food may be obtained at Gemtree, Atitjere community, Jervois Homestead and Boulia. As of June 2018, fuel and camping is available at Tobermorey.
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The route is mostly unpaved and marked by corrugations, deep potholes and bulldust (fine red desert dust). However, in 2009 further development in the form of river crossings were initially attached and further parts of the road are paved. Despite the improvements to the track, it is often impassable after heavy rain. The Donohue Highway along its entire length forms part of the Outback Highway, which runs 2,800 km through central Australia.
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This out-and-back track leads from the car park at Paperbark Flats Picnic Area located at the end of School Road to White Rock itself alongside the gully for most of the way. It is for the most part a gently graded well formed walk, although much of the route is on a vehicle track. In dry weather the track is covered with bulldust. In wet seasons there is often water obstacles to be crossed.
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The organizer was perfectly fine with their attendance. She stated that if someone had a problem with skeptics being at the event, then that was their problem. The skeptics decided that they would always have two people at the table at all times and worked in 4-hour shifts over the three days, which lasted from 9am - 6pm. Their mission was to try to get people to think a bit about the claims that were made at the venue: "Keep your bulldust(sic) detector in good order," according to spokesman David Tyler.
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Sydney Harbour Bridge in a dust storm Bulldust or bull dust is a fine red aeolian dust which is especially common in the Australian Outback. It is formed from dry particles which measure less than 2 microns and so form a choking cloud when disturbed. It is a particular hazard when driving as it may conceal dangerous potholes or reduce visibility. Colloquially, in Australian slang (and less so in South African English), the term has become a bowdlerisation equivalent to the phrase "bullshit", meaning nonsense or rubbish (i.e.
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The UltaCommuter project commenced in 2000 out of the University of Queensland's award-winning solar car project, the SunShark. Dr Geoff Walker said the aim was to make a car that people could register and drive from the knowledge gained making the SunShark. The car body toured Queensland in 2005 and 2006 as part of RACQ's roadshow on the history of Queensland motoring called Bulldust to Bitumen and Beyond. In 2007 Matthew Greaves, Ben Guymer, and Bernie Walsh who started the UltraCommuter project formed HybridAuto and passed development on to Waikato University School of Engineering team lead, Dr. Mike Duke.
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Scowler recklessly leads the herd onto a frozen lake, but Patchi is able to lead the majority of the herd to safety. Enraged and believing Patchi to be usurping him and also trying to take Juniper from him, Scowler confronts Patchi and challenges him for a battle in exchange for leadership of the herd. Scowler quickly gains the upper hand and wins as he disowns Patchi before ordering Juniper and the rest of the herd to leave him as well as Alex behind. Despondent and heartbroken, Patchi, who had gotten trapped under a tree during the fight, tries to allow predators to kill him, but Alex convinces him to die for something worth dying for as Bulldust did.
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Sealed surface at west end of "90 Mile Straight" looking east The state of Eyre Highway remained relatively unchanged throughout the 1940s and 1950s. The road received yearly maintenance, but further, more expensive works were not warranted due to the low traffic volume of approximately fourteen vehicles per day. However, the maintenance and grading was hindered by a lack of rainfall – the road was smoothed out each year, and small sections were gravelled, but the soil the road was made from was too weak to be an effective road surface. When it did rain, even in small amounts, the road would become boggy, from patches that had broken down into a powdery substance (known as "bulldust") during dry periods. Large numbers of vehicles travelling the highway in 1962, for the Commonwealth Games in Perth, damaged the road in numerous locations, and the lack of moisture required salt water to be pumped from below the surface for use in repairs and maintenance.
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At the Country Music Awards of Australia for 2004 Williamson and Sara Storer won 'Vocal Collaboration of the Year' and 'Single of the Year' for "Raining on the Plains", and the track won 'Song of the Year' which was shared with Storer and her co-writers, Garth Porter and Doug Storer. The track is on Storer's 2002 album, Beautiful Circle. With regard to new arrangements of John's songs, having recorded a cover version of Stan Coster's "Wobbly Boot Hotel" on Waratah St in 1991, he re-recorded it in 2004 as a duet with Coster's daughter Tracy on "Coster Country", her tribute album to him. 2005 was a productive year for John in terms of recording and touring; he re-recorded "Wrinkles" as a duet with John Stephan, issued a twenty-track compilation of Queensland- themed songs, called "From Bulldust to Bitumen", available only to RACQ members, and in August, Chandelier of Stars was released, which reached No. 11 on the ARIA Albums Chart.
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