This weekend Opposition Leader Tony Abbott with his shoal of remora minders and the selected parliamentary press crews landed on the huge airstrip at Newcastle Waters station in the NT. The airport a legacy of the late Kerry Packer, one-time owner of this cattle station as well as many others. Abbott paraded about for the … Continue reading
I first saw Brian Manning’s J Series Bedford in his backyard in the Darwin suburb of Stuart Park a decade ago. Vines and long grass grew in and around the truck. I was talking to Brian about another matter, but he told me something of the history of this little truck, a history that is … Continue reading