Archive for February, 2010

I hadn’t heard of this unique hotel until recently, so I thought I would do some checking. It was designed by a Darwin architect and  is in the shape of a 250 metre crocodile. The  jaws are the entrance, which leads to a marble foyer representing a cool, green billabong. The crocodile’s body section houses 110 guest rooms overlooking a central courtyard with a recreation area of a billabong and swimming pool, designed to represent the crocodile’s belly.

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

I noticed this interesting article in bigpond news regarding exporting cane toads to China.

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.

Read more here

Police say a 44-year-old man wheeled a shopping trolley containing three jerry cans of petrol and fireworks through the front door of the TIO (Territory Insurance Office) building  in Cavenagh Street about 11am, injuring 15 people.

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?