NT miners set to ride 'shag bus'

I just love the Northern Territory it is full of true Australians. I recently went there for a visit, but there is a shortage of the female gender and as kangaroos are too hard to catch a 'Shag Bus' seems to be the next best thing.




March 25th, 2010

A HOLE in Alice Springs' escort agency market could be filled by a proposition looking to cash in on a mining boom with its own fly-in fly-out operation.

A businesswoman has applied for a licence to set up an agency that would bring sex workers in from Darwin or interstate on a two weeks on, two weeks off roster.
Other investors, also excited by the boom, want to start up a "Shag Bus" service in a refurbished Winnebago to service horny clients up and down the Stuart Highway.

The idea that a mining boom was attracting sex industry entrepreneurs to The Alice came as no shock to NT Resources Council chief executive Scott Perkins.

"Well, the mining industry has a long history of supporting local businesses," he said, a trifle vaguely. "On top of mining, there are many drilling operations."