21st April 2012, 06:54 AM
Quote:Not all archaeologists fill their spare time watching re-runs of Raiders of the Lost Ark, flicking through musty books about Egyptian digs, or chatting to their pet rocks.If you need to know that life is not as bad... enjoy this...
In Roxby Downs, in South Australia, one archaeologist has taken a liking to hoola hoops.
And she's getting others in the outback mining community hooked on hooping.
Jo Thredgold, archaeologist, Roxby Downs, SA; Tracy Warneke, Roxby Downs resident, SA
[MP3="http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rural/telegraph/201204/r927283_9684653.mp3"]http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rural/telegraph/201204/r927283_9684653.mp3[/MP3]
ABC must have had a slow news day... but strangely there is something soothing about listening to Hoola Hoop moves on a radio