On hearing of the TIO bombing , a friend living in Malaysia rang us wanting to know what was happening in Darwin . As we discussed the incident, our caller then said there was a newsflash about a monkey being sighted in Darwin. What? It was news to us. Yes, he was able to read out the details about the said monkey being seen by the driver of a bus. If this was fact, we replied, it would surely make the front page of the NT News the following day. As it turned out ,we were wrong about the positioning of the story in the paper.
Strange as it may seem, the first or second edition of the NT News back in the 1950s had a suspicious filler story about a monkey sighting in New Zealand. About three decades ago a Hippie girl arrived from East Timor and an alert Customs officer at Darwin Airport noticed something was doing the rhumba beneath her voluminous skirt. Closer examination revealed a baby monkey.
Much to our surprise , on visiting the parliamentary library Cyclone Tracy exhibition at the weekend , there at the entrance of the building was what looked like a large metal cage. Could this be defence against a marauding , love-sick chimp like big brother , King Kong , or repair work on the façade?
Strange as it may seem, the first or second edition of the NT News back in the 1950s had a suspicious filler story about a monkey sighting in New Zealand. About three decades ago a Hippie girl arrived from East Timor and an alert Customs officer at Darwin Airport noticed something was doing the rhumba beneath her voluminous skirt. Closer examination revealed a baby monkey.
Much to our surprise , on visiting the parliamentary library Cyclone Tracy exhibition at the weekend , there at the entrance of the building was what looked like a large metal cage. Could this be defence against a marauding , love-sick chimp like big brother , King Kong , or repair work on the façade?
Comments about the Cyclone Tracy display included one from a Townsville resident who said it should be compulsory viewing by all residents in Northern Australia. An overseas backpacker , presumably without a monkey on her back, said she was impressed by what she learned about the natural disaster .
