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Sat 22-Sep-56: \u00a0<\/em>Left Sydney 10:30pm – slept most of the way to Darwin. Plane very empty.<\/em><\/h6>\n
Sun 23-Sep-56: Took off 8:05am. Arrived at Singapore 3:55pm. Saw Ian Hamilton and had fun at ‘Happy World’. Slept at Raffles Hotel. Cashed \u00a35<\/em><\/h6>\n

\"Darwin,<\/p>\n

[Berrimah, Northern Territory]<\/h6>\n
7am Sunday<\/h6>\n
[23 September 1956]<\/h6>\n

Dear Mugs,<\/p>\n

Had a magnificently smooth trip up and landed about 5:30am in the blinking dark. They seem to have the clocks too fast up here because it was about 6:30am local time before we had the dawn. It is very hot and the birds make different noises outside in the scrub. They caw and gurgle, and the ensemble has a liquid, gurgling note. Not sharp & gay, as in the antiquary No. 85.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m dying for a long cold beer but suppose I\u2019ll have to wait till I get back on the plane. We are at a dump in the never-never called Berrimah. Qantas have a comfortable sort of motel looking establishment here. Bedrooms sprawled in lines round a swimming pool, dining room, etc. Unfortunately we don\u2019t go anywhere near Darwin town. I\u2019d like to have seen it \u2013 It was Sep 1945 when I last came through.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sat 22-Sep-56: \u00a0Left Sydney 10:30pm – slept most of the way to Darwin. Plane very empty. Sun 23-Sep-56: Took off 8:05am. Arrived at Singapore 3:55pm. Saw Ian Hamilton and had fun at ‘Happy World’. Slept at Raffles Hotel. Cashed \u00a35 [Berrimah, Northern Territory] 7am Sunday [23 September 1956] Dear Mugs, Had a magnificently smooth trip … <\/p>\n

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