It's an inside joke between a friend and myself. Groote Eylandt is an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria in Australia. My friend and I sat next to a map of the world (us being near Australia) on a wall and we randomly found it one day. The name (and the spelling of the name) was just hilarious. It had to become an inside joke. And now it is.
Do you I know you from somewhere? If I don't, I certainly don't think you're mental.
No you don't know me. I live on Groote Eylandt. And as remote and unknown as it is I was wondering why someone else would list it in their interests. I just thought it was really funny.
oh my gosh! NO WAY!! I saw that you lived in Australia, but wow. I love Groote Eylandt. Don't you have to have some sort of liscence or something to live there, since it is aboriginal land or something? what's it like? tell me all about it, if you wish. i want to telll my friend
haha yeah you have to have permission to come onto the eylandt. Like if you're working here, or if you're visiting because you know someone on the eylandt. There is a mine here, which really sucks because it destroys the beautiful landscape, but it does provide revenue for the aboriginal community. It's an amazing place to live. There are three main communities. Alyangula, where all the miners and their families live so a predominately "white town", Angurugu and Umbakumba, which are both aboriginal communities. I work in Angurugu at the school there. It's loads of fun and the kids are awesome. The aboriginal people still speak their language, so if they learn English it's their second language. They're still fairly traditional compared to other communities in Australia. They still go hunting for wallaby, turtle, dugong and all that. Not as often as they used to because the can get 'shop food' now. They still do traditional singing and dancing. And a lot of boys go away for 'mens business' out bush
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