If you haven’t read The Darwin Letters yet, what are you doing here? The Darwin Letters start here.
Once Trenna arrived in Darwin it became apparent quite quickly that she wanted to write to family and friends to tell them of how different it was to Perth, and to tell of the adventures we had undertaken.
These days you would use Socials to get the word out, but of course in 1994 that wasn’t … Read the rest ... “Funny and/or Clever Newsletter Titles”
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Monday 19 December 1994
20/288 Casuarina Drive
Nightcliff 0810
Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas!
Top End Greetings to you Mum and Dad, and also to anyone else who reads this letter.
Not another letter, we hear you cry! Don’t worry though, we’re sure the novelty will wear off very soon, and you’ll be blessed with a simple phone call.
But in the mean time, here we go again…
How are you … Read the rest ... “The Darwin Letters No. 4”
or at least the first of them
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Welcome to the third instalment in this series.
I’ve changed my mind several times, wrestling with how best to present this series of stories from when Trenna and I lived in tropical Darwin.
I’ve now decided I will do it by publishing, in the order they were written and sent, the letters Trenna wrote to my Mum and Dad.
We later … Read the rest ... “The Darwin Letters No. 3”
It’s been a long time coming, and then it is only a short piece! The whole Chapter is only three paragraphs long.
Future installments will be in a different format, as you will see.
If you missed Chapter One, you can find it here.
Finally, after months of consideration and anticipation, and weeks of preparation, departure day Thursday 10th November 1994 has thankfully arrived. The past couple of … Read the rest ... “The Darwin Letters No. 2”