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The final Darwin Fringe event that Lara and I witnessed was "I'm on prescription drugs" by Thomas Midena which explored the trope of persistent hallucinations in the style of Kafka to Dick. Sunday stepped into Part II of the Adventures with a "jumping crocodiles" ("fishing for crocodiles") on the Adelaide River on the edge of the Djukbinj National Park. Taking a fairly small and flat boat and seeing up to 5.5m saltwater crocodiles in an up-close manner was certainly worthwhile. Following this, there was a journey and overnight stay through the impressive thick savannah woodland of Litchfield National Park, with its waterfalls and pools. Something that is not heavily advertised is how the parkland includes the historic environmental disaster of Australia's first uranium mine at Rum Jungle River. My mind also wandered into consideration of what the effect of a few degrees of warming would do to the woodlands; a longer wet season with greater humidity, more tropical foliage, etc., would be likely. There is a good argument for greater care of this ecosystem.
Here's a pro tip, which most people would already be quite aware of; when taking a day's leave don't get sick. Ignoring this advice has meant that I've been pretty well laid out for the past two days with a rather frustrating head cold. I've been capable of being roughly human for a few hours a day (including checking out some local real estate), but the combination of rest and standard medications has led to what appears to be a reasonable recovery, just in time for HPC workshops tomorrow and Friday. Thus ends the Darwin adventure; it is always quite wonderful to spend some time with my dear friend Lara, who apart from having a heart of gold, is certainly one of the most glamourous women of Darwin (and her red Ford Focus convertible is one of the most glamourous cars), it was delightful to catch up with Jac and Raj, to meet quality new housemate Mia, to spend an evening with new friends such as Vick and Mon, and, of course, to see and hear the Fringe Festival performance of Leah P and Gravy. I rather suspect that it will be less than a year before my next trip to Australia's top end; it seems that I have found some very good people there.
Here's a pro tip, which most people would already be quite aware of; when taking a day's leave don't get sick. Ignoring this advice has meant that I've been pretty well laid out for the past two days with a rather frustrating head cold. I've been capable of being roughly human for a few hours a day (including checking out some local real estate), but the combination of rest and standard medications has led to what appears to be a reasonable recovery, just in time for HPC workshops tomorrow and Friday. Thus ends the Darwin adventure; it is always quite wonderful to spend some time with my dear friend Lara, who apart from having a heart of gold, is certainly one of the most glamourous women of Darwin (and her red Ford Focus convertible is one of the most glamourous cars), it was delightful to catch up with Jac and Raj, to meet quality new housemate Mia, to spend an evening with new friends such as Vick and Mon, and, of course, to see and hear the Fringe Festival performance of Leah P and Gravy. I rather suspect that it will be less than a year before my next trip to Australia's top end; it seems that I have found some very good people there.
