Little Darwin Community Service Special
As a New Year weather report raised the possibility of a cyclone forming ,this blog resurrected and updated its unique guide on how to prepare for such an event, which includes the following exclusive photograph of a staff member , who experienced Darwin's Cyclone Tracy and is now on new aniseed flavoured medication .
The article carried the heading : HOW TO SURVIVE A CYCLONE-AND BE CERTIFIED INSANE IN THE PROCESS.
It started by saying you should retire to the smallest room in the house with a pet duck...actually a celluloid clothes brush bought at an Adelaide garage sale .
A sturdy windmill comes in handy for generating your own electricity when power is cut off by cyclonic winds.
A valuable early Coca-Cola bottle ,which can be swapped for a bar of gold stolen from Fort Knox , will help you cope with the economic slump after a natural disaster .
The menacing black face in the photo is a rare , large chess piece carved out of a coconut tree , bought at a garage sale on Magnetic Island .
Our man took a book of soothing poetry entitled Billabong, found in an op shop, when he entered the shelter. So , like the jolly swagman in Waltzing Matilda, he sat near a flushing billabong. On his head ,without explanation , is a wig sent to his wife as a Christmas present. This wig could symbolise being under the shade of a coolibah tree .
