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Update: These beautiful children are gone. More articles at the NT Times.

Six degrees of separation?

Travelling home last night from the local RSL meeting I heard the wonderful strains of the Australian National Anthem on the radio. It sounded wonderful, I liked it and wondered who had recorded it for The Games.

Someone was being presented, an Australian, a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games.

Geoff Huegill.

Geoff Huegill. His mum's name is Yumi. She has a restaurant on the road to Bucasia, I think it's near the bowls club, but can't be sure. She's a friend of my best mate T who lives in Mackay.

I've met Geoff Huegill's mum.

Congratulations, Geoff. Well done!

Six degrees of separation?

Just now on Queensland Weekender on Seven they've been covering Mackay.

And there I see Yumi Huegill, Geoff the swimmer's Mum.

My BFF (one of them) from high school, the one with the daughter in the Navy, buys her spring roll wrappers from Yumi, and when I was there many years ago T introduced me to Yumi.

Small world!

Six degrees of separation?

There's a TV program on now about the murder of Kim Barry. (I think the cricket's not on because that's what's programmed.)

I was chatting about my brushes with criminals at work one day years ago and he said that he and some mates were camping at a mate's parent's shack near Wolbloodylongong* and a bloke wandered over to their camp. He seemed strange, had nothing with him, and I think he asked for food. I think they shared some food with him.

Only later they discoverd it was Potter, the murderer.

*Update:
Mr S has pointed out my error. Place names can be a bit tricky. I had family there for several years. They moved. I didn't have to remember how to spell Wool, ah, Wolon, er, that place name.
Thanks Albury! (smileyface thingy here)