Today, after an anxious four weeks, we were joyfully reunited
with Spiderman. Spidey was last seen riding the mine tour bus in Tom
Price... and then he vanished... We believe he chose a career change into the
mining industry. However, he didn't last long and soon turned his hand instead
to the tourism industry. His role in Customer Relations had him meeting and
greeting people at the front desk of the Tom Price Visitors Centre.
Unfortunately, the BK family only discovered Spidey's absence when they were further
down the road in Karijini National Park. When Dave rang the Tom Price
Visitors Centre he asked, "Have you seen Spiderman?". Imagine
his surprise when the response was, "Why yes, he is sitting here in front
of me right now." We then organised an internal transfer to have
Spidey sent to the Port Hedland Visitor Centre.
Two and a half weeks later, the BK family arrived in Port
Hedland... full of anticipation of seeing Spidey again... However, the blank
stare we received at the counter didn't bode well... apparently mail from Tom
Price to Port Hedland goes via Perth, Woop Woop, then Timbuktu... so no sign of
Spidey. Three days later it was time to leave and still no sign of Spidey. With
heavy hearts we left town. The very next day, at Eighty Mile Beach, we
received a phone call... Spidey had arrived in Port Hedland. So, once
again we arranged for a transfer. Spidey would meet us in Broome. Fast
forward several days and déjà vu in the Broome Visitors Centre with blank
stares when we asked if they'd seen Spiderman. Finally, on our second last day
in Broome we got the phone call we had been waiting for. The following day,
exactly three weeks and six days since last seeing him, we were reunited with
our lost family member... all was right in the world again...
The last known sighting of Spidey
Reunited!
1 comment:
So glad to see you've been reunited with your little friend- he's had quite an adventure!
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