The Aussie Bush Basher is an Australian icon but always an odd ball.
© irene waters 2015
The Bush Basher is an Australian slang term referring to a motor vehicle which can drive through through the bush, across rivers, up sand dunes and anywhere else off road that a path can be forged. Usually these vehicles are four wheel drive making the drivers life a little easier. Other times an old sedan will surfice. These are utility vehicles with no need for good paintwork although the window screen will be protected with mesh from the kangaroos and cattle that might find their way towards it.
© irene waters 2015
A set of roof racks on the top will allow storage for the necessary equipment for a trip in the Aussie outback. A saddle, swag (bush bed), ammunition, esky for the tinnies (beer) on top along with the first steer skull that can be found. A rabbit tail for good luck is an essential to hang off the aerial at the back.
© irene waters 2015
What is even more odd about this bush basher is the type of road kill this driver has managed to come across whilst out bush. What is perhaps even more odd was this was in an arcade in the Melbourne suburb I am visiting. I saw the crowds of people massing around and thinking someone was handing out free food I wandered down to look. Perhaps Mad Max had come to town.
© irene waters 2015
© irene waters 2015
Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 
That. Is. Gross. (But the beginning of the post is kind of interesting.)
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Yes I worried about it. Is it too gross? Glad you found it interesting though. 🙂
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😀 As long as it’s fake, it’s not too gross. It is interesting.
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Gruesome. The stuff of nightmares I fear. Mine at least. I’m going back to the cottage on Vanuatu. Which might be on the other side of the moon by now. Far away from this bush basher.
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I’m with you Sharon. You’ll have to share it with me.
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A writer’s retreat – great idea! You are most welcome.
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I was just going to say that it reminds me of something from a Mad Max movie. Guess I wasn’t alone in that feeling!
janet
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Absolutely.
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Ugh. Definitely in the Odd Ball category anyway!
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Thanks Barbara.
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Well, I do believe I’ve learned quite a bit more than I needed to about bush badgers! 🙂
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LOL Not something you want to come across Deb.
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Such a fun photo shoot. 😀
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Thanks Cee.
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I’ll bet everyone’s familiar with a bush basher from the Mad Max movies! Didn’t like the fresh kill 😉 in this one!
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You know Noelle, I have never seen a Mad Max Movie although I do of course know of them. Yes the road kill in this case is a bit ….
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An Aussie Bush Basher! Is that what gave rise to Mad Max?
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Certainly there were bush bashers in Mad Max (although I haven’t seen the film) but whether they gave rise to the film I don’t know. They are found all over rural and outback Australia. I would have thought you would have an equivalent where you are also.
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Was ok till I got to the head! Suitably gruesome for a Halloween nightmare and definitely a great set of odd balls for the challenge!
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Thanks Leanne. Sorry for the gruesomeness but I agree it was too odd not to put it in the odd ball challenge.
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No problem! It was a great odd ball!
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