Something occurred to me today. I’ve always lived by an ocean. I’ve relocated several times, but the water has never been far from me. Once, I even lived on it. I guess that’s because I was born of a water sign.
Yes, this Virgo now lives by the sea once again. I’m not the sun-kissed type of sun bunny you’d expect living near a beach, and I’m more the type who stays in the shade and waits to howl at the moon at night! Nevertheless, it’s a great muse for writing quality dark fiction. (See below)
The little town of Mandurah (Western Australia) is all alone in the world. It’s a beach-side town that has an original and unique name!
Search Google Maps. No other town, city, state, place or name uses the name Mandurah. It’s perfectly unique! I like that! Usually, towns and cities in Australia have recycled European names given to them. Homesick British wanted to hear a familiar sound pass their lips. Not this time.
Mandurah is a name taken from the Indigenous culture that lived here before white settlement took it over. They named it (phonetically) Mandjar and the Europeans tweaked it to give it its strange third syllable.
Most people who see the word Mandurah for the first time come up with all kinds of interpretations. Some accent the middle syllable or the last. The truth is if you stick to saying Mandjar, you’re far closer to the way it’s really said. Aside from name origins and wayward pronunciations, Mandurah is a pretty beach-side community with a Mediterranean climate. Water activities are on the beach, the Peel Inlet and the massive The Estuary.
It still is the favourite holiday destination for those living in the nearby city of Perth and it became a city in its own right not too long ago. Now it’s the second largest in Western Australia!
It became my home in ’14. I like Mandurah.
–Michael (Author of Dark Fiction)
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