Daly River floods: Calls for Darwin showgrounds upgrade to ease ...
Daly River floods: Calls for Darwin showgrounds upgrade to ease burden on emergency evacuationsUpdatedJanuary 06, 2016 20:44:22 Darwin's showgrounds, used three times in 12 months as an ad-hoc emergency response centre, require "basic" changes to hygiene facilities to ease burdens on evacuees and staff, according to the Royal Agricultural Society."Upgrading the toilets and showers that badly need it would go a long way just to make everybody's life a lot easier," society chief executive Cher..>> view originalIconic government-managed Darwin frangipani trees damaged by ...
Iconic government-managed Darwin frangipani trees damaged by inappropriate herbicide usePostedJanuary 06, 2016 17:38:02 The mysterious browning, shedding and wilting of iconic Darwin frangipani trees has been solved รข€” with the culprit found to be an inappropriate herbicide used by a Northern Territory Government contractor.The median strip of about 60 frangipani trees down McMillans Road in Millner would usually be in full bloom during the tropical monsoon season.But the trees' unusual dec..>> view originalDarwin rentals remain robust
Darwin remains the second-best market in the country for rental yields. PICTURE: ThinkStockRENTAL yields in Darwin remain the second best in the country despite a drop in the average price of a dwelling during the December quarter last year.Darwin dwelling prices were down by 3.6 per cent in the last quarter according to CoreLogic RP Data home value index. Over the past five years values in Darwin are down by 3.7 per cent.The average dwelling price – houses and units combined – was $520,000.Dwel..>> view originalCostco checks out opening in Top End
Moorabbin Airport’s Costco staff member Tracey Cerci in the store’s clothing section. The industrial sized retailer is reportedly considering oening an outlet in Darwin. Picture: Chris EastmanAMERICAN retail giant Costco has flagged the possibility of opening a Darwin store, with plans afoot to extend the company’s Australian presence beyond the eastern seaboard.Costco Australia managing director Patrick Noone said “second tier” cities such as Darwin, Newcastle and Wollongong were a high priorit..>> view originalSpice girl Mel B to spice up Darwin club life
Melanie Brown will bring crowds and fun when she makes a special appearance at Monsoons.FORMER Spice Girl Melanie Brown will make her way to Darwin next month for a special meet and greet with the city’s clubbers.She will be at Monsoons on Friday, February 12, to pose for photos with fans and answer questions from the crowd in a Q&A session, all in between partying into the weekend.From being part of the biggest girl group in history to judging onThe X Factor Australia, Mel “Scary Spice” B h..>> view originalPurvis heading south for hoops
TV Jets guard Chloe Purvis is relocating to South Australia and will continue her basketball career for Norwood's under-18s. Picture: IVAN RACHMANTEENAGE basketballer Chloe Purvis was faced with a difficult dilemma last year to pursue her hoops dreams.She wanted to relocate to Adelaide to attend Henley High School, where her classes include a specialised basketball program, and play for Norwood’s under-18 team.The catch was 15-year-old Purvis will have to repeat Year 10 in 2016 to fulfil the min..>> view originalKimberley casts spell on tourists
Australian Reef Pilots has seen record demand for nautical pilots between Broome and Darwin this year and expects 2016-17 will see the Kimberley enter the mainstream market. PICTURE: SuppliedCRUISE lines are booking so many trips between Darwin and Broome that the once-boutique destination will likely become a mainstay of the Australian cruise sector.Australian Reef Pilots has reported record demand for its pilotage services across Northern Australia, and says this coming cruise season looks to ..>> view originalMan accused of New Year's Eve hit-and-run death of pedestrian ...
Man accused of New Year's Eve hit-and-run death of pedestrian gets bailBy Alexandra FisherUpdatedJanuary 06, 2016 17:32:03 A Darwin man accused of the hit-and-run killing of a 37-year-old man, who was allegedly standing in the middle of the road, has been granted bail.Angus Auton, 20, sobbed in the dock of the Darwin Magistrates Court as his defence lawyer Peter Maley spoke about the New Year's Eve incident.The victim was crossing Bagot Road in Ludmilla when he was struck by a car about 10:3..>> view originalUFOs invade NT town
The NT News' 'UFOs invade NT town' front page from June 27, 2008•THIS was just one of numerous UFO/alien stories that graced the front page of theNT Newsover the past decade or so ... many of them with the prerequisite fuzzy, grainy pictures. But this story did attract the most interest from that self-anointed arbiter of Aussie journalism, the ABC’sMedia Watch.The exchange betweenMedia Watch’sresearchers and then-editor Julian Ricci garnered almost as much interest as the story itself did.This i..>> view originalAngler's dream realised as two huge barramundi caught on same ...
Angler's dream realised as two huge barramundi caught on same night in NTUpdatedJanuary 06, 2016 14:50:28 A Darwin man has caught not one, but two, supersized barramundi in the space of one night at a man-made lake near Darwin.Lauren, who did not want her surname published, was with her boyfriend Brendan at the Lake Bennett resort, an artificial lake about 80 kilometres south of Darwin, celebrating New Year's Eve when he decided to pause festivities and try his luck fishing.Fishing from a po..>> view original
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