The 1000 Day Holiday

Dejavu hit me as I arrived in Port Macquarie to hang out w Jamie. Ah yes, I think I stopped for lunch on my east coast trip. And found nothing happening, so carried on!

Never mind. A great couple of days hanging out. Its a bit disconcerting at first; everone loves to chat, and chat, and chat!

All very friendly, which is quite a change coming from Sydney. Although Jamie said when he goes for a run along the waterfront, he ALWAYS gets a comment from people he passes. ‘Ironman was last week’ ‘not far to go now’ ‘keep it up’ ‘shake that ass’

Went out on Wednesday night for a bit of a party. Downunder bar. Karakoe & Pop. The crowd made up of a sample of the  complete demographics of the local population. Jamie pointed out the Port demographic mysterys to me:

There is lots of very young girls everywhere 17-19 years old. very few in their 20′s and then an abundance of 30ish single mothers.

I have developed a theory based on my gorilla studies in Africa.

When the girls hit 20, being a small town they are at risk of being ‘left on the shelf’. So they raid other family goups (Cities near by- eg brisbane) to replicate and keep the blood lines fresh. Much like the head Silverback gorilla raiding the other families for the young females.

Once they have replicated they return to their family group (the Port) for the family support.