Principal Garry Martin of Le Page Primary School in Melbourne said he instructed students to substitute the line “Fun your life must be” for the original “Gay your life must be” when singing “Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree.” The song about a native Australian bird is a favorite around campfires from New Zealand to Canada.

By substituting it, the word gay will eventually never get to be used for happy. Teach the kids what it really means not what it is slang for,  for goodness sake!

For further details of Anzac Day Dawn Services and Commemorative Services throughout the Northern Territory, please contact the Darwin Sub- Branch of the RSL on (08) 8981 5437 or check the RSL website www.rsl.org.au.

A Walk for Autism will be held on April 24th  and Autism NT would like you to join them for a walk around the Jingili Water Gardens. The Walk begins at 9am.  For those who need to register on the day, registration commences at 8am. Adults $10 Children $2

Start Time: Sat 24th April 2010 8:00 am

If you or someone you know is affected by Autism, now is the time to show your support.

Friends of mine stayed there recently and were suitably impressed with both the accomodation and the meals.

A Queensland game meat producer hopes to be exporting cane toad body parts to China as soon as next month.

John Burrey says his Charleville-based United Game Processors will send a trial shipment of toad parts to China and hopes more shipments will follow soon after.

Toads are prized in China not only for their value as traditional medicine but also for their meat.

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The injured people have been treated at the Royal Darwin Hospital. Five people are in the high dependency unit.

It is believed to be a dissatisified insurance claimant that caused the blast which injured 15 and frightened countless innocent people.

Not the sort of crime one would expect in little ole Darwin is it?

Power and Water report that two direct lightning strikes took out the high voltage transmission lines that deliver power from Channel Island Power Station to the Darwin region. Some areas have now been restored and they continue working on the remainder.

Sources at the shopping centre indicated that it was affected as far away as Alice Springs.

Reporter Niels Buengen from Cologne said the event was not to miss.

“It’s going to be a typical, stereotype Australian story – crazy, funny and celebrating,” he said.

“That’s always interesting. And a lot of people will think let’s go and do holidays there.”

The 36th regatta is one of the few remaining Territory icons from the “Darwin that was” era.

The family day was founded a year before Cyclone Tracy hit the Top End.

President of the Darwin Lions Beer Can Regatta Des Gellert said he expected to attracted up to 12,000 people and 20 boats today.

“It will be a day of fun in the sun, being as uniquely Territorian as we are,” he said.

Mr Buengen said the regatta might surprise some of the European audience.

“I think this event may prove that Darwinites drink more beer than Germans,” he said.

RTL is one of the main TV channels, attracting about four million viewers from all German-speaking countries in Europe.

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Alice Springs Desert Park Guide Manager, Regena Medhurst, said visitors of all ages could explore the mystery and adventure of the desert at night with expert guides on the Nocturnal Tours, being held from 7pm each week night.
Visit the website for more information on what the Alice Springs Desert Park offers. For further details of the school holiday program, call the Alice Springs Desert Park on 8951 8788.