Betty Auda, who came to Thursday Island from Boigu back In 1962, loves throwing in a line on a high tide. Now into her 70s, Betty is still often seen down at Bach Beach in her colourful dress, fishing line in hand. “I can always get a feed of fish down here,” she says. Betty, who worked as a cook for 13 years at the Escape River pearl farm oh Cape York, is now a Tl icon, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Torres News (Thursday Island, Qld. : 1957-2015), Wed 17 Aug 2011, Page 5
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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