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Kalgoorlie. Lure them over the edge into the super pit, capacity in the millions.

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Apr 12, 2023Liked by John Birmingham

As a zombie apocalypse is sure to start in a major city, living in the regions must be an advantage, giving us time to prepare. There must be a super yacht down at the new marina I could, um, borrow.

And there's another reason Brisbane, or Queensland in general, will be safe, what with the likes of Malcolm Roberts, Gerard Rennick, Pauline, etc; no self-respecting zombie would be seen dead chasing those brains.

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LOL. Using those fine examples of our politicians you could almost say the apocalypse has already started in QLD sucking the brains out of people. Thankfully its a slow process. Although it seems to have spread down here with Latham.

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Apr 12, 2023Liked by John Birmingham

Sure, good to live in while the living is good. But I don't think any major city is ideal when the undead start roaming and hungering for those tasty brains. Mrs W and I are well positioned near the top of a small hill, with good sightlines, solid walls and defendable borders. More importantly, it's a small city with the ability to grow most small crops.

I think the tricky part is that I have nearly no meaningful skillset for being valuable in the Z-Apocalypse. I'm not a smithy, mechanic, medic or farmer. Ah well, maybe there'll still be a need for public servants.

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Apr 12, 2023Liked by John Birmingham

I've seen those 100 lane wide roads up there clogged on a normal work day. In fact, i was caught in an exodus the last time they closed the borders because of a pandemic. That was horrendous and i did cast my mind back to apocalypse movies and highways clogged with cars filled with bodies.

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I do feel Perth deserves a higher ranking than 4 in this list. Based on recent pandemic data, an outbreak is likely to start in Sydney, which gives the Sovereign Nation of Westralia time to close the border and shoot on sight any dodgy Easterners concealing zombie bites looking to cross into the hermit kingdom 🤔

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Are you suggesting a Zombie proof fence?

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A shark and barbed wire filled moat running from the edge of the continent at the SA border up to the other edge at the NT border was mooted during the worst of the COVID pandemic, but a zombie proof fence is certainly an option. Or upgrading the rabbit proof one to also be proof against zombies.

I'll submit this to Supreme Leader for Life Mark McGowan and see what we can put in the tender documents.

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If the shark sentries ate zombies, wouldn't they themselves be zombified? And they could swim around the capes and zombify the local surfers, dogs and quokkas.

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See this is compelling logic and reasoning. A zombie proof fence is becoming the clear front runner as a solution to the hordes of Eastern states refugees who'll be after our artisanal high vis and Margaret River wines.

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For the record. There are coffee shops and bars in Melbourne that you can't find with a guide, a map and very specific directions. We could hunker down in any of these quality establishments and ride out the first two waves while sipping lattes and munching on artisan croissants. And we are perfectly set for night foraging as we only dress in black regardless of the conditions. Melbourne wins, hands down.

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Yeah Hobart sucks, it's at the end of the world with or without an apocalypse

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