All those quirky things!

I've found myself saying 'Only in Balgo' quite a lot after seeing certain things or being in a unique situation so I compiled a list of all those little and seemingly insignificant things that make Balgo different. It's probably going to be a constantly growing list as I come across more and more things!

Only in Balgo is there a town camel that crashes mass, comes into our backyard at night and is usually followed around by ten kids.

Only in Balgo you walk around with a big stick at night just in case you come across some of the less friendly dogs.

Only in Balgo do you have people left, right and centre trying to give you free puppies.

Only in Balgo is one grateful to have red kitchen tiles to hide the red dust.

Only in Balgo do your white socks turn orange after one wear.

Only in Balgo does everything shut down between 12 and 2 for lunch.

Only in Balgo petrol is $2.30 per litre.

Only in Balgo do you get excited when it's not raining on Fridays, so there is at least some chance that the mail plane will land.

Only in Balgo you'll receive your mail a month after it was sent.

Only in Balgo does school end at 2pm.

Only in Balgo do you celebrate mass with just as many dogs as people.

Only in Balgo will you watch horror movies with the Parish Priest on a Saturday night.

Only in Balgo do the Pre Primary kids climb the roof and manage to lock their teacher in the classroom.

Only in Balgo is it ok to give kids almonds as treats because not one person in the community has a nut allergy.

Only in Balgo is it possible to hear the news of the town faster than it develops!!

Only in Balgo will you become aquainted with the cop shop through a friendly game of cricket.

Only in Balgo do you get excited when fruit and vegetables are airlifted in.

Only in Balgo will you hear a four year old say 'may God bless you Miss' when you give them a sandwich at Mangarri time.

Only in Balgo does the weather go from rainy and 20 degrees one day to sunny and 35 the next.

Only in Balgo is it a twelve hour drive either way to the next major town (Broome or Alice Springs).

Only in Balgo do the people who eat the most fruit and vegies and take their vitamins (me) end up constantly sicker than those who don't (the boys!)

Only in Balgo do the kids go absolutely crazy on the Ides of March.

Only in Balgo do you drive three hours there and three hours back to watch your local boys play an away game of footy.

Only in Balgo is a visit to the doctor and all medication you need free.

Only in Balgo (the desert) are you waterlocked by flooding.

Only in Balgo does a five year old bring an owl to school.

Only in Balgo do they sell a whole kangaroo tail in the shop.

Only in Balgo will you have to rub mud all over yourself just to swim in the Lake.

Only in Balgo is the Royal Flying Doctors Service plane loud enough to wake up the whole community.

Only in Balgo does one get referred to as Napaljarri, or another cool skin name.

Only in Balgo is your name changed to Kumunytjayi (Kum-an-jai) if you have the same name as someone who has passed.

Only in Balgo is Alice Springs referred to as Kumunytjayi Springs.

Only in Balgo is there a super scary looking blue eyed dog that creeps me out!

Only in Balgo do you have to keep your flour, rice and sugar in the fridge to keep the bugs out of it.

Only in Balgo is a tube of Pringles $8.14.

Only in Balgo do you top up your power credit like you top up your mobile credit.

Only in Balgo can the kids do backflips of a stair a foot high.

Only in Balgo does a kid fall off the roof, break his arm and go back on two days later.

Only in Balgo does the same kid ride the camel, get knocked out when the camel goes through a metal doorframe and ducks but he doesn't and gets back on two days later!

Only in Balgo do you hear kids running on the roof while you type.

Only in Balgo does a baby cry and receive a bottle of coke to nurse.

Only in Balgo do you refer to a lizard as 'cute'.

Only in Balgo do you wake up with a sugar headache from too much cordial and coke compared to a hangover after a wild Saturday night of Karaoke.

Only in Balgo do you feel at home before your suitcase is unpacked.