Mastodawn

A short walk, a cool plunge, and the sound of water cutting through the heat. Simple, refreshing, and quietly memorable.
åNo regrets.

🔗 https://www.offthemainroad.com.au/latest/robinfalls

#travel #NorthernTerritory #TopEnd #Waterfalls #SlowTravel #OffTheMainRoad

Off The Main Road Jan 28

Old mine sites, railway history, and a pub that’s seen more than its share of stories, all tucked into the edge of the Top End.

A short stop with a long memory.

https://www.offthemainroad.com.au/latest/pinecreek

📍 Pine Creek, NT

#travel #NorthernTerritory #TopEnd #SlowTravel #SmallTowns #OffTheMainRoad

Mojo ♻️May 28, 2025

US military fuel tanks in Darwin Harbour weren’t designed to withstand a cyclone, raising major safety and environmental concerns for the Top End.

#Darwin #CycloneSafety #Environment #Australia #USMilitary #TopEnd

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-28/us-fuel-tanks-darwin-harbor-not-designed-to-withstand-cyclone/105340846

Project Caymus fuel tanks built unlawfully in Darwin for US military not designed to withstand major cyclone

An engineering report has revealed 11 massive fuel tanks built unlawfully on Darwin Harbour for the US military are not designed to withstand a category three cyclone.

ABC News

Marco Pandini Apr 6, 2025

Sunset walk at Casuarina beach. #nature #photography #landscape #sunset #TopEnd

Marco Pandini Apr 3, 2025

East Point at dusk 😍
#nature #photography #landscape #TopEnd

Marco Pandini Feb 22, 2025

Sunset at Nightcliff foreshore #TopEnd #nature #photo #travel

wyvernsrose Jan 2, 2025

The Top End is famous for its fishing but relies on imported bait: Buying bait that has been imported from interstate or overseas is now common in the NT after the Territory's only commercial bait business hit trouble. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2025-01-03/nt-commercial-bait-sardine-business-fights-to-stay-afloat/104765654?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Fishing #TopEnd #NorthernTerritory #Bait #AustralianFishing

Northern Territory's only commercial bait business battles to stay afloat

Buying bait that has been imported from interstate or overseas is now common in the NT after the Territory's only commercial bait business hit trouble.

ABC News

Piers Kelly Sep 22, 2023

A must read for the those interested in the history of Tiwi islands. An inter-library loan error brought me the physical microfiche of this 1958 thesis and it's riveting: https://bravenewwords.info/2023/09/22/law-and-feud-in-an-aboriginal-society-of-north-australia/
#tiwi #oralhistory #topend #australianhistory

Law and feud in an Aboriginal society of north Australia

A few years ago, William Buckner at the Human Systems and Behavior Lab told me about the 1958 PhD thesis Law and feud in an Aboriginal society of north Australia by Arnold Remington Pilling. Buckne…

Brave new words