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The Green Salad Sandwich Maker, and Other Darwin Stories

A smiling Trenna Mahney standing outside
Trenna on Casuarina Drive, ignoring any Mango trees that might be nearby. 16 July 1995.

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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The Darwin Letters No. 4

Lightning at night
Lightning over the sea and Christmas lights on the balcony of our apartment. No, that's NOT a multiple exposure, all that lightning is simultaneous. 30 December 1994.

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

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”