The town is depressing IMO
I am now totally 100% discounting the two witnesses opinions that said the person wasn't a "local".
How would they know if the person was local or not (they admittedly) said they don't mix with the "Blow Ins".
They were born and Breed "Locals" of Wynarka .... the "Blow Ins".... started almost a decade ago.
This suitcase man has "now".... been reported as being seen by at least 12 people within the town over autumn...
'Cough" .... these "Local" ladies think they have their finger on the pulse of "Their Town" ...
Suitcase man's mistake was having the same mentality.... that he thought if he went out at 7.30 - 8.00am - there would be no one around and he could do what ever he had to do without being observed....as everyone in this town ignored each other!!
We went from the town consisting of 17 people, to the town actually having around 24 residents... to then having "locals" stating that only approximately 8 were permanent residents, the other's being the "blow Ins" - to be avoided and ignored.
Some people move to such places to be "Nobodies" to be ignored...to re-invent themselves or their histories ... truthfully I think a town such as Wynarka or any similar small town is the perfect place for anyone with secrets to set themselves up in...who's going to question your history?? ... when they aren't interested in you in the first place.
You know, this has really been bugging me too.
What IS this town like?
Virtually wandering around it, I see just 10 houses that are inhabited.
4 of them seem to take some pride in the house and garden.
It looks dead and uncared for, yet there is a Wynarka Recreation Committee with table tennis, tennis and historical society reps, among others.
So social activities do go on there.
I guess people who live in the 30 or so outlying farms may socialise and play sports at Wynarka, but with Karoonda and all its wonderful facilities only 10 min drive away, you wonder why they'd bother.
I can't figure why there is such a lot of farm machinery stored on the vacant blocks in Wynarka either.
It's all out in the weather, so why store so much in the township? Wouldn't it make sense to keep it on your farm?
Or is it all ruined? In which case, is it junk?
I've been having a look at other towns in the area that are a similar size, such as Borrika, just the other side of Karoonda, and they show nothing like the level of neglect, or the accumulation of machinery and junk piles.
I know many have commented on the extraordinary amount of hoarded material in Wynarka, and some have sad it is normal for country towns, but I don't think this is on the scale of normal and there is really something very odd about Wynarka that you don't necessarily notice until you look carefully at comparable towns in the area.