Although the big news of the day was the Victorian election, the headline which caught my attention today was the banner headline of the "NT News": "Woman falls out of paddy wagon". Isn't it a story you just WANT to read. Don't you just know it's going to be a great yarn? Or could it be quite lame? I don't know because I never got around to reading today's "NT News". Not even as I enjoyed a late breakfast in Darwin ahead of my flight back to Sydney. The only other things I managed to fit in … [Read more...]

Yes, I know what you're thinking. "It's another bloody photograph of a sunset. First it was Cairns and now it's Darwin. There's got to be more to Darwin, surely?", I hear you saying. Of course there is, but this trip is a work-trip and most of my time is being spent in work-related activities. Tonight I went out for dinner with a bloke from work and we spent almost all of our time chatting about radio, with occasional journeys into food and wine. We had dinner at a reasonably newish … [Read more...]

"Is it hot enough for you?", my niece asked me as we embraced on my arrival at her place in Darwin tonight. "Surprisingly, it's not as bad as I expected", I told her. I've been to Darwin twice before: in 1998, Damien and I came for a week-long holiday, and then in 2002, I worked here for a while. On both occasions, it was during the dry season (though when I arrived in 2002, I experienced the "build down" from wet to dry, characterised by hot, humid conditions with little rain … [Read more...]