A Very Small Town

You know you're living in a very small town when the local newspaper leads with as its cover a story about something that has occurred nearly 1500km away!

Today's Centralian Advocate has as its front page story the tale of two people rescued after a boating mishap off the Adelaide coast.

The link with Alice Springs? The two people happen to hail from the Alice. That's all.

You'd think the journos in this town could find something actually local to use for its lead item. They usually use the weather as a fall back when things are slow. Maybe they haven't noticed the rain of the past few days? Or the mud in the Todd River? (The Todd is usually dry and sandy for those not familiar with the area.)