Saturday, Feb 23, 2019 at 18:07
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Ahh Lyndon, that is the Aboriginal way I'm afraid. And I say that with respect.
I am reading a book at the moment, "Why Warriors Lay Down and Die" by Richard Trudgen. It is really opening my eyes, and my mind, to understanding Aboriginal behaviour. It has confirmed some of which I presumed and revealed much of what I did not know. We expect much of what is not there. Too detailed to go further here. I'm sure you understand.
When I was arranging my Arnhem Land transit permit I was asked from where I wished to collect it as it could not be posted. I was offered
Nhulunbuy (Gove) or
Katherine. Not much good being
Nhulunbuy as I needed it to get there!! So I chose
Katherine and had to re-arrange my itinerary to meet their opening days. On collection, the lady advised me that it could have been posted but the "lady at
Nhulunbuy was just being lazy".
We simply cannot expect all Aboriginal persons to behave as we would expect them to. It is a fact of life and we must accept it.
Anyway, did you eventually get satisfaction at NLC
Darwin?
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