QUEENSLAND TONGUE TWISTER

For some odd reason, the ABC has a problem pronouncing the Queensland border town of Camooweal. One newsreader in particular makes it sound like a tea growing plantation in Darjeeling – Camomile? - or a version of the frilly undergarment , camisole .

It may have been due to a power surge at the Casuarina substation that caused Camooweal to came across on the brekky radio show as Camel’s Bile , which made this figure -conscious writer become queasy and desist eating his special K, also not wanting to be spat in the eye by a dromedary. Little Darwin fears that the repeated ABC bad- mouthing of Camooweal could cause its residents to become shirty , repeat shirty, and they might , with justification, slam the border gate shut and refuse to allow Afghan camel teams in and out of the Territory , severely disrupting the flow of food and commerce.