Moving closer to that elusive miracle of life and light
Alice Springs News
by Erwin Chlanda
4d ago
By MIKE GILLAM I strain to see the light reflecting on the surface of another dam in my budgerigar quest. Nature photographers understand the importance of being early, to anticipate is definitely preferable to chasing the light. Sitting quietly in the predawn gloom I recognise the distinctive flight sound of incoming Bourke parrots, arriving in […] The post Moving closer to that elusive miracle of life and light first appeared on Alice Springs News ..read more
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Alice solar report: Now options must be chosen
Alice Springs News
by Erwin Chlanda
6d ago
By ERWIN CHLANDA The $12.5m Future Grid report released today is documenting options for a variety of solar power issues, but it doesn’t tell the government which ones to adopt. The “Roadmap” makes it clear there needs to be a new round of studies to make those decisions, with only six years to go until […] The post Alice solar report: Now options must be chosen first appeared on Alice Springs News ..read more
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Front line lawyer to fashion public safety policy for Greens
Alice Springs News
by Erwin Chlanda
1w ago
By ERWIN CHLANDA Asta Hill, with a decade of front line work both as a prosecutor and as a defence lawyer, is a leading figure in creating a policy for the Greens to deal with the noxious crime rate in Alice Springs. Another local woman, Cherisse Buzzacott, is thinking about launching herself into the political […] The post Front line lawyer to fashion public safety policy for Greens first appeared on Alice Springs News ..read more
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A flash flood of budgerigars
Alice Springs News
by Erwin Chlanda
1w ago
Budgerigars rising from waterhole. Part Two by MIKE GILLAM The first of three budgerigar stories in the Alice Springs News prompted a reader to  recall “the sheer volume of noise generated by that many wings.” I admit it’s a unique and difficult sound to describe. I’ve used the term feather storm to convey the contradictory […] The post A flash flood of budgerigars first appeared on Alice Springs News ..read more
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Alice romance and achievement story aims for Hollywood
Alice Springs News
by Erwin Chlanda
1w ago
1976 (from left): Former St Francis House boys Desmond Price, John Moriarty, Charles Perkins, Vincent Copley, Isabel Smith, Father Percy Smith, Les Nayda, Gordon Briscoe. By MARK SMITH Old letters that reveal a romance, made possible by the threat of a 1940s Japanese attack, have provided the inspiration for a movie script that may take Alice […] The post Alice romance and achievement story aims for Hollywood first appeared on Alice Springs News ..read more
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Camping with ancestors on the bicycle track
Alice Springs News
by Erwin Chlanda
1w ago
By HOWARD GOLDENBERG Running along the track next to the Todd riverbed I detour around a family squatting on the path. No-one goes anywhere. There’s an amicable silence. They just sit. It’s early, and the heat hovered overnight. Now the day meets the sun and the morning’s afire. I sweat, they sit. There appear to […] The post Camping with ancestors on the bicycle track first appeared on Alice Springs News ..read more
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Following feathered dancers into the desert
Alice Springs News
by Erwin Chlanda
2w ago
By MIKE GILLAM From Munga-Thirri (Simpson Desert) to Kiwirrkurra in the Tanami, I’ve followed budgerigar murmurations – those magnificent formations in the sky created by thousands of birds –over many years. This obsession is mostly confined to summer months when flocks are boosted by fledglings especially during the high rainfall years. The only form of […] The post Following feathered dancers into the desert first appeared on Alice Springs News ..read more
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Mansions for bush communities, courtesy governments?
Alice Springs News
by Erwin Chlanda
2w ago
By ERWIN CHLANDA Over the next 10 years 2700 mansions, at a cost to the taxpayer of $1.5m each, will be spread across Aboriginal communities in the NT outback. At least that’s if you figure it out from the numbers touted by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Chief Minister Eva Lawler this week: $4 billion […] The post Mansions for bush communities, courtesy governments? first appeared on Alice Springs News ..read more
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13-year-old girl missing
Alice Springs News
by Erwin Chlanda
2w ago
Police are holding concerns for a missing person, 13-year-old Alice Springs girl Sanatanya Namatjira (pictured). She has not been seen since she left her Bath Street home around noon on Thursday,  March 7, when she planned to walk to the 24-Hour Store on Gap Road. Sanatanya is Aboriginal, 160cm tall, weighing 50 to 55 kg […] The post 13-year-old girl missing first appeared on Alice Springs News ..read more
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Tourism, cattle tycoons, here’s your chance
Alice Springs News
by Erwin Chlanda
2w ago
By ERWIN CHLANDA The best way towards Closing the Gap is trading oneself out of misery. Start a business. Get into the fast lane. That, in a nutshell, is the view of Bobby Abbott and partner Mary Tupou (at right). They are already on their way, as the managers of the Ormiston Gorge caravan park […] The post Tourism, cattle tycoons, here’s your chance first appeared on Alice Springs News ..read more
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