In Search of Collet Barker
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Progress, sort of
Nancy, who I met at the airport, before flying out to Croker, has become my most useful contact so far, and today we spent time together having a good look at the photographs taken by Paul Foelsche , the first police inspector… Continue reading
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Island In The Shade
The rain has stopped, though an extensive cloud cover blocked the sun all day. The radio reported Darwinites shivering in minimums as low as eighteen degrees, and the maximum as a paltry twenty six. I managed for the first time… Continue reading
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Coker Island Blues
On the 18th June, after a totally sleepless night, when I gave up, read a book, and rose to prepare my final packing, I found myself winging it to Croker Island, via Goulburn Island. For much of the flight I… Continue reading
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Darwin Dawdle
It is six days short of two months since I lobbed in Darwin, but finally, tomorrow, the eighteenth of June, I shall be flying to Croker Island. Here I will meet the residents, learn what I can of their culture,… Continue reading
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The Waiting
Three weeks into my top end odyssey, and things are going slowly. I have done some useful research, but am itching to do my field trip to Croker Island, and from there, a boat trip to Fort Wellington, Raffles Bay.… Continue reading
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The Darwin Connection
Early days in Darwin, and my research about Collet Barker and the remote early settlement at Raffles Bay has not really begun yet, apart from a brief chat with some librarians and some notes, and some explorations into how to… Continue reading
Desert Dreams 