Darwin chuckled and had a close dekko at the contents when two irreverent tabloids -TROPPO and the FANNIE BAY WHISPER - hit the streets in the 1970s. Both publications included nude photos from Sydney’s Kings Cross Whisper and sold like hot cakes.
In the case of Troppo, it contained an extraordinary message of good luck to the editor of the publication from her Gracious Majesty, Queen Elizabeth 11 , aka Lizzie Two Stroke . A special beercan regatta souvenir edition of the Fannie Bay Whisper broke the news that a member of the NT legislative Assembly would open Australia’s first hippie –wash in Darwin.
With the help of a sniffer dog , Little Darwin has tracked down people involved in the production of these two ground breaking Territory publications and will bring you extracts, advertisements and zany stories from them over coming weeks as the build up increases in maddening intensity
