It had been a long and eventful day before I even realised I was on my way back to Australia after so long being out of the country. Four years had past in an almost similar fashion to the past few days in transit, a tornado of flighty, transient memories of great sceneries, interesting people and world ever full of mystery. It was only now a few minutes before touchdown in Darwin, memories from a further distant past came flooding back. I was home. Darwin is not my home city as it is still thousands of kilometres away in this vast continent it nevertheless maintained a familiar feel. As I handed my passport to the customs official rather than a welcoming I was interrogated at length as to my intentions in Darwin, suspicion was aroused as
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