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NB: I live in Darwin, Northern Australia, and camels are a way of life in these parts and are accepted as quite normal, despite being an introduced species. I'
by cyberferret 9y ago
NB: I live in Darwin, Northern Australia, and camels are a way of life in these parts and are accepted as quite normal, despite being an introduced species.
I've heard it said that there are actually more camels in the Australian outback than there are in the Arabian desert, and in fact I recall that we had to send a bunch of camels back to the Middle East some time ago to make up for a shortage they were facing there.
NB: Our main railway system here is called "The Ghan" after the nickname given to the Afghan camel herders of old.
- dbasedweeb 9y agoIt make sense, the outback is absolutely vast and not densely populated, and while SA is big, it’s a speck by comparison. The camels must be pretty happy there, for whatever values ofmhappy apply to um, camels.
- jazoom 9y agoTo prevent other Australians getting confused, I don't think "SA" here means "South Australia" (the state just under NT). Probably means "Saudi Arabia".
- soperj 9y agoI've always understood that NB meant Note well? How are you intending to use it here?
- cyberferret 9y agoI always took it as "Nota Bene", meaning "Please note", but I could be wrong.
- jazoom 9y agonota bene is Latin for 'note well'