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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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1990s Darwin Writing

The Darwin Letters No. 12

Trenna seated looking thoughtful. She is wearing sunglasses.
Our photos of our escape to Sydney were atrocious. This is easily the best. I know it was taken on that trip, but where, I don't know. The watch Trenna is wearing was given to her by her Legatee, Mr Harkness, when Trenna was quite young. She really appreciated the gift as the face of the watch was extremely easy to read. March 1996.

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

Saturday, 4 May 1996

20/288 Casuarina Drive
Nightcliff 0810

G’day folks, 

How’s life down there in sunny Perth? We hope you are both well. We’re just spiffy. It’s “The  Dry”!

There have been a number of unequivocal signs to verify this. Firstly, on Thursday evening  21 March our balcony was engulfed in a hovering swarm of dragon-flies which according to Margie is – a sure-fired sign that “The Dry” is on … Read the rest ... “The Darwin Letters No. 12”