The Best of the
Northern Territory
07 February 2000
Monday morning and the Northern Territory News is back
Stingers out of control
'They must be crazy'
Dozens of grapefruit sized box-jellyfish have descended on Darwin yet locals continue to dice with death by swimming at beaches. And the jellyfish are getting bigger - a long time resident was quoted 'I have lived here since the 1950s and have never seen the jellyfish so big and so prolific'.
Whingeing retailers (is this tautology?)
'Ship fails to come in for retailers'
Quoted 'Nightclub owners and publicans report only marginal increases in trade over the past few days' since the arrival of the US Navy. Oh how my heart bleeds after these groups have enjoyed their first 'alive' wet season in years after East Timor. Maybe at last the sailors are showing some discretion. More interesting and tolerable is the competition between brothels and keen amateurs. Apparently the amateurs are keen to offer their services for free leaving only small increases in trade for the brothels.
Clashes of culture
'Off with his head'
It could only happen in Adelaide. A recently arrived man from Iraq was arrested after buying a goat at a market and chopping its head off in public in observation of a ritual rite. More evidence of the dark cloud hanging over Adelaide and surrounds.
The Weather hits back
'Lost in 230km storm front'
Maybe this was the storm the Weather Bureau were dreaming of yesterday. Four fisherman are missing near the Tiwi Islands with a search abandoned after a 230km storm front came through.