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The Green Salad Sandwich Maker, and Other Darwin Stories

By Greg

Introduction

I think Trenna’s Darwin letters to my parents convey a lot of the colour and light of our two year stay at the top of Australia. If you haven’t caught up with them I suggest you start them HERE.

There were a few stories from that period that weren’t covered by Trenna’s letters, so I thought I’d cobble together a bunch of them in this post.

Decision to Go

We moved to Darwin so that I could … Read the rest ... “The Green Salad Sandwich Maker, and Other Darwin Stories”

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1990s Darwin Writing

The Darwin Letters – The Final Letter, No. 14

If you’ve missed it, this series starts here.

Tuesday 5 November 1996

20/288 Casuarina Drive
Nightcliff 0810

G’day Mum and Dad

Nov 96 Greg has accepted a job offer at Murdoch University, and has agreed to commence working there on Monday 2nd December 1996 – less than four weeks from today – YIPPEE!! 

So we’re packing our bags, and aim to fly out on Saturday 30th November 1996 – 2 years, 2 weeks, and 2 days after the … Read the rest ... “The Darwin Letters – The Final Letter, No. 14”

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1990s Darwin Travel Writing

The Darwin Letters No. 9

If you’ve missed it, this series starts here.

Tuesday 26 September 1995 

20/288 Casuarina Drive
Nightcliff 0810

G’day once again Mum and Dad, 

How are you both after your trip to Kal? We hope you enjoyed it.

Did you see some interesting sites? How did the local bus route and service compare with Darwin’s? Isn’t it around this time of the year that Kal has the racing round?

We are well, although we both feel that the cancellation of our Tassie holiday has … Read the rest ... “The Darwin Letters No. 9”