Being the first in a miscellany of ripping yarns from Bali , Darwin, Magnetic Island and beyond.
As Darwin is in the midst of the pulsating Mango Madness Season , we begin with a spooky story from its Botanic Gardens, popular with honking Magpie Geese who fly in from the outback this time of the year to feast on mangoes and other festive season tucker.
A wandering Little Darwin staffer was strolling about the Botanic Gardens a few days ago taking snaps when he came across a puzzling situation, above , on a sheltered walkway that meanders through the popular spot. There on an ornately carved wooden seat was a woman's black dress , ringing wet , draped at one end ... and down the other was a piece of sliced fruitcake , still in its unopened package. Please explain ???
Apart from being obsessed with stories about crocodiles, the Murdoch Northern Territory News is also partial to UFO visitations. Indeed, the newspaper's resident cartoonist ,Wicking , whom one suspects is from another planet similar to the NT , in a recent effort depicted a one-eyed alien from another planet offering Uber flights in its UFO. So, was the owner of the dress forced to change into a space suit before being whisked away to another cosmos before she could pocket and unwrap the inflight fruitcake ???
If you think this yarn is weird , try the next one for size , also from a nice part of Darwin , not far from the Botanic Gardens .
WHEN ROADRUNNERS COLLIDE
Stray Peacocks, it seems , have a fascination with powerful cars and like fluttering up onto the bonnet and roof of parked vehicles, often being told to hit the road in no uncertain terms. This blog took a series of photos showing the feathered roadrunners in action .
One vehicle much loved by a leadfoot male Peacock is the one with the desirable numberplate , above . Soon after being shooed away , the car was covered up to protect it from any further stomping about on the duco . Another car , below , belonging to a police officer , received attention from the marauding bird which found it most comfortable .
If you think this yarn is weird , try the next one for size , also from a nice part of Darwin , not far from the Botanic Gardens .
WHEN ROADRUNNERS COLLIDE
Stray Peacocks, it seems , have a fascination with powerful cars and like fluttering up onto the bonnet and roof of parked vehicles, often being told to hit the road in no uncertain terms. This blog took a series of photos showing the feathered roadrunners in action .
It seems it is only the gaudy males that like hopping on hotrods , the plain looking females content to be earthbound in driveways and on the road .
What do the raucous sounding Darwin roadrunners do at night? Our writer's attention was drawn to two pair grouped on overhead power lines next to a street light , the long tails of the males hanging down in eerie green strands . Other photos were taken through a screen door of a Peacock standing on top of a car peering inside the dwelling .
NEXT: The killer Turd.
NEXT: The killer Turd.
