am Bays wrote:Off to Galuwinku (Elcho Island - East Arnhem Land) this SAturday to dot here Grand final.
get an email today with this line in it:
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can you please advise of arrangements for umpire escorts before, during and after the game and liaise with local NT Police, especially at the conclusion of the game.
Nothing to worry about.....
I got sent there for work back in 2009-ish.
Beautiful scenery.
The construction camp had a fence around it to keep the locals out, not-unstandard, however I soon noticed the camp also had a mesh wire roof over it as well.
Turns out the locals like to lob rocks over the fence to try and hit the contractors building them free homes.
The cop shop had every window broken and the officer was run off the island a month or so before we arrived.
Oh, and don't drink the local water, their reservoir has a parasite in it.