{"id":1,"date":"2010-06-26T01:46:05","date_gmt":"2010-06-25T15:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/?p=1"},"modified":"2014-09-14T17:04:08","modified_gmt":"2014-09-14T07:04:08","slug":"kingoonya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/kingoonya\/","title":{"rendered":"KINGOONYA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/kingoonya_2010_finished.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1]\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/kingoonya_2010_detail.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1]\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/kingoonya_2010_finished1.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-25\" title=\"Kingoonya Watercolour\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/kingoonya_2010_finished1.jpg?resize=660%2C312\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/kingoonya_2010_finished1.jpg?resize=1024%2C483&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/kingoonya_2010_finished1.jpg?resize=300%2C141&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/kingoonya_2010_finished1.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/kingoonya_2010_zoom.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-29\" title=\"Kingoonya Watercolour Detail\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/kingoonya_2010_zoom.jpg?resize=660%2C312\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/kingoonya_2010_zoom.jpg?resize=1024%2C483&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/kingoonya_2010_zoom.jpg?resize=300%2C141&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/kingoonya_2010_zoom.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The morning we took our day trip to Kingoonya we got kicked out of the caravan park <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2010.06.04_Woomera_Angry-Caravan-Park-Owner.mp3\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"665\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49 alignnone\" title=\"Sound\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sound1.jpg?fit=665%2C11\" alt=\"\" height=\"11\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sound1.jpg?w=324&amp;ssl=1 324w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sound1.jpg?resize=226%2C300&amp;ssl=1 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/a>. We&#8217;re still not quite sure why, something to do with us being &#8220;filthy pigs&#8221; (i.e. leaving our painting out to dry) and one of the girls using the upstairs bathroom. I think it all came down to the caravan park owner being a hard-on. He used to work at the Detention Centre, everyone in the town despised him. Luckily the town seemed to love us and set us up in the school gym for the night.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-40\" title=\"Kingoonya shoes &amp; tyres\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/WoomeraStudio_Kingoonya1.jpg?resize=660%2C493\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/WoomeraStudio_Kingoonya1.jpg?resize=1024%2C765&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/WoomeraStudio_Kingoonya1.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/WoomeraStudio_Kingoonya1.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43\" title=\"Kingoonya cars on roofs\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/WoomeraStudio_2010.06.04_1442091.jpg?resize=660%2C441\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/WoomeraStudio_2010.06.04_1442091.jpg?resize=1024%2C684&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/WoomeraStudio_2010.06.04_1442091.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/WoomeraStudio_2010.06.04_1442091.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41\" title=\"Kingoonya truck &amp; dogs\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/WoomeraStudio_Kingoonya2.jpg?resize=660%2C493\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/WoomeraStudio_Kingoonya2.jpg?resize=1024%2C765&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/WoomeraStudio_Kingoonya2.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/WoomeraStudio_Kingoonya2.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-42\" title=\"Kingoonya trains\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/WoomeraStudio_Kingoonya3.jpg?resize=660%2C493\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/WoomeraStudio_Kingoonya3.jpg?resize=1024%2C765&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/WoomeraStudio_Kingoonya3.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/WoomeraStudio_Kingoonya3.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Kingoonya was amazing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/2010.06.04_Kingoonya_door.mp3\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49 alignnone\" title=\"Sound\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sound1.jpg?resize=8%2C11\" alt=\"\" width=\"8\" height=\"11\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sound1.jpg?w=324&amp;ssl=1 324w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/sound1.jpg?resize=226%2C300&amp;ssl=1 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 8px) 100vw, 8px\" \/><\/a>, we all loved it, the slow ruin of the place. We&#8217;re not really sure how those cars ended up on the roof of the sheds. It looked as if there had been a flood that gently floated them up there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The morning we took our day trip to Kingoonya we got kicked out of the caravan park . We&#8217;re still not quite sure why, something to do with us being &#8220;filthy pigs&#8221; (i.e. leaving our painting out to dry) and one of the girls using the upstairs bathroom. 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