How far is too far?
Thu, 16 Aug 2001, 02:33 pmWalter Plinge10 posts in thread
How far is too far?
Thu, 16 Aug 2001, 02:33 pmOne of my recent posts mentioned my cousins who live around Bunbury (Eaton), whom I thought would be interested to see a show to be performed in Perth.
One of the replies to that post seemed to suggest that she was surprised that anyone might come from that far away just to see a show. I'm informed that it's around a two-to-three-hour drive to Perth from Bunbury (?) which to us seems not too far at all. The rellies pop up there regularly.
For me, living two and a half hours outside of Brisbane, it's nothing to drive to the city to catch a show once a fortnight.
Conversely, it's not unusual to be talking to a city-dweller who, after pointing out where you've travelled from, will reply "You came ALL THE WAY from OUT THERE?!!". There seems to be an attitude in the capital cities that anything more than a one-hour drive outside the metropolitan centre is a whole other world. Whereas for us, it's nothing to go for a Sunday drive three hours one way.
Just last week a few of us went down to Brisbane one afternoon after work to see "Burn the Floor" and came back the same night no worries, but an associate in Brisbane thought we were mad to come all the way to the city without staying at least a few days.
Perhaps these opposing views of distance are common traits between city and country dwellers all around the nation? But I would have thought that if any state could relate to long-distance travel, it would have been WA, considering the vastness of the place.
I'd be keen to know how many non-city dwellers use this site? And how often do they travel to a capital city to see a show?
...And also how often the city-dwellers undertake the same length of hike for the same reason?
One of the replies to that post seemed to suggest that she was surprised that anyone might come from that far away just to see a show. I'm informed that it's around a two-to-three-hour drive to Perth from Bunbury (?) which to us seems not too far at all. The rellies pop up there regularly.
For me, living two and a half hours outside of Brisbane, it's nothing to drive to the city to catch a show once a fortnight.
Conversely, it's not unusual to be talking to a city-dweller who, after pointing out where you've travelled from, will reply "You came ALL THE WAY from OUT THERE?!!". There seems to be an attitude in the capital cities that anything more than a one-hour drive outside the metropolitan centre is a whole other world. Whereas for us, it's nothing to go for a Sunday drive three hours one way.
Just last week a few of us went down to Brisbane one afternoon after work to see "Burn the Floor" and came back the same night no worries, but an associate in Brisbane thought we were mad to come all the way to the city without staying at least a few days.
Perhaps these opposing views of distance are common traits between city and country dwellers all around the nation? But I would have thought that if any state could relate to long-distance travel, it would have been WA, considering the vastness of the place.
I'd be keen to know how many non-city dwellers use this site? And how often do they travel to a capital city to see a show?
...And also how often the city-dwellers undertake the same length of hike for the same reason?
RE: How far is too far?
Fri, 17 Aug 2001, 02:29 pmIn reverse I had an altercation with a performing rights agent once, about a show we were going to perform in Bunbury. Because another show, out of the same agency, was also to be performed there. {the two shows were totally different - she would have no objection if it was two different suburbs of Perth - but not a country town???}
So we decided to do the first show at Augusta, which is just as far from Bunbury as Bunbury is from Perth.
I can still visualise her, when she objected to this on the grounds as being still too close, because she had measured it on a map { probably a world atlas?} as it is only an inch away from Bunbury.
It took a long time to convince her that is about two hour + driving too get from one to the other.
In the Opera Company down south we had a number of singers who would commute for rehearsals from Perth. Also a lot go to Bunbury and Mandurah Performing Arts Centres to see showÂ’s on a regular basis.
It depends were the boundaries of your little universe are?????
Joe McCabe
So we decided to do the first show at Augusta, which is just as far from Bunbury as Bunbury is from Perth.
I can still visualise her, when she objected to this on the grounds as being still too close, because she had measured it on a map { probably a world atlas?} as it is only an inch away from Bunbury.
It took a long time to convince her that is about two hour + driving too get from one to the other.
In the Opera Company down south we had a number of singers who would commute for rehearsals from Perth. Also a lot go to Bunbury and Mandurah Performing Arts Centres to see showÂ’s on a regular basis.
It depends were the boundaries of your little universe are?????
Joe McCabe
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