What we call “up north”
Duracks, pastoralists, the Kimberley’s and me
Anyone pick up books at Op shops? I do, and so it was that I was introduced to ‘the Duracks’ for all of $2. I had never heard of this family. I had heard of the Kimberley’s,…
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Kakadu, crocodiles, mines, protests and ageless lands
Well, there I was, on a BUS, almost bringing the average age down significantly – or that is how it felt!!!!! BUT, despite my doubts this 3 day trip into Kakadu and the tip of Arnhem…
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Darwin – at the ‘top end’
Names like Kakadu, Arnhem Land, Jabiluka, the Kimberley have been just that, names, to me, tucked away in Melbourne. Names slightly mystical in feel, often emotive in use and always, definitely remote. Which in a sense they…
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