Calling Darwin
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Calling Darwin
Darwin, Darwin you blokes back on line yet?
Perhaps Connellan's could get the old Heron and crank up the HF radio to get communications down the track?
According to the news reports no ATM's, no mobile or land line phones, no EFTPOS, no internet and no 000 calls available in The Alice. Who needs terrorists when you have Telstra!
No doubt would have called a few delays at Darwin airport.
Perhaps Connellan's could get the old Heron and crank up the HF radio to get communications down the track?
According to the news reports no ATM's, no mobile or land line phones, no EFTPOS, no internet and no 000 calls available in The Alice. Who needs terrorists when you have Telstra!
No doubt would have called a few delays at Darwin airport.
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here a conspiracy story, NT was shut down for all comms, GPS, Phone, INet, etc...... only local calls, no interstate, interestingly enough, ADF mobile, internet and UHF repeaters worked fine, something is going down?
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Peaceful and quiet without tinpis, isn't it? 
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Peaceful and quiet without tinpis
Unlike him to disappear like this!!
good way to spend a morning on reserve - not being able to be called in, absolute bliss at least until 11ish!
Yep, good times. Couldn't call for a taxi, couldn't get any cash from an ATM, couldn't use the taxi's EFTPOS machine, couldn't get weather/NOTAMS via the internet, fax, or phone, couldn't submit a plan. Thankfully we have a satphone. Though once the plan is phoned through to Brisbane, they couldn't send the details to Darwin so couldn't get a clearance until we'd also passed details by radio to Approach.
Simultaneous faults in the lines in SA and WA, repaired just as the Feds are announcing Ruddnet Inc and opening the door again to Testra.
Conspiracy theorists are having a field day.
It must have been terrible for the rest of the world to have been cut off from the NT like that.
Conspiracy theorists are having a field day.
It must have been terrible for the rest of the world to have been cut off from the NT like that.
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No electricity soon either. The Darwin taxpayer is spending $8 million dollars per month on diesel to power the GAS FIRED power station at Channel Island. The original gas supply has expired.
Power bills to increase 25% shortly.
Gee, now where can you obtain gas from nearby, sold for 5 cents per litre to China? Stupid politicians.
Power bills to increase 25% shortly.
Gee, now where can you obtain gas from nearby, sold for 5 cents per litre to China? Stupid politicians.
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Could you believe ANYONE could negotiate the sale of NTs gas reserves without keeping some for own power generation?
How fooking dopey would you have to be?
How fooking dopey would you have to be?
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Last election, Chief Minister Claire (who was never going to leave town) wanted to build a gas pipeline to New Guinea, when gas was 3 nm away (on Crown Land). She did leave town and now they are building a 300 nm pipleline.
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I know this aint strictly aviation but......
In this world of communication we all need power ALL the time.
It has amazed me for years we get a few BILLION tonnes of free fuel thrown at us every year but no one has thought seriously about using the Ord catchment to make electrons move and exporting it to the NT.
There are numerous cross border power deals down in the "J" curve states so why can't WA sell us some thing that's gonna cost them bugger all in fuel???? for EVER!
I know, transmission losses, infrastructure expense, yadda yadda yadda.
With the fuel, ALL of them, going up in price for ever more surely sometime in the future, and most probably the not too distant future, they're gonna break even and hit profitability.
Seem to me no one has the will to try and we're too bloody far from "civilisation" to matter to the rarified airheads that rule the roost.
Hear endeth the rant.
It has amazed me for years we get a few BILLION tonnes of free fuel thrown at us every year but no one has thought seriously about using the Ord catchment to make electrons move and exporting it to the NT.
There are numerous cross border power deals down in the "J" curve states so why can't WA sell us some thing that's gonna cost them bugger all in fuel???? for EVER!
I know, transmission losses, infrastructure expense, yadda yadda yadda.
With the fuel, ALL of them, going up in price for ever more surely sometime in the future, and most probably the not too distant future, they're gonna break even and hit profitability.
Seem to me no one has the will to try and we're too bloody far from "civilisation" to matter to the rarified airheads that rule the roost.
Hear endeth the rant.
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Drug test for you Pharcanell!
Tinpis would have been a bad day for you, no communications, no Pprune, no ATM, no EFTPOS down the bottleshop, and how did you put a bet on race 8 at the Dapto dogs? Lucky good old Mel and Kockhead were on sunrise to keep you informed!!
Must have been the change back to standard time from dayligt saving.
No truth you were flogging cartons of green cans down Baggot road for a small markup to cover your expenses?
Tinpis would have been a bad day for you, no communications, no Pprune, no ATM, no EFTPOS down the bottleshop, and how did you put a bet on race 8 at the Dapto dogs? Lucky good old Mel and Kockhead were on sunrise to keep you informed!!
Must have been the change back to standard time from dayligt saving.
No truth you were flogging cartons of green cans down Baggot road for a small markup to cover your expenses?
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No need to fear Darwnites, latest news from down south:
1. KRudd is still running Ozzstralia and your bonus payments will be on the next camel north,
2. Stockmarket up,
3. Petrol prices up afterall we are the bunnies at Easter,
4. Collingwood probably not make the AFL Finals again,
5. Will send the latest Movietone news asap.
over and out
1. KRudd is still running Ozzstralia and your bonus payments will be on the next camel north,
2. Stockmarket up,
3. Petrol prices up afterall we are the bunnies at Easter,
4. Collingwood probably not make the AFL Finals again,
5. Will send the latest Movietone news asap.
over and out
Silly Old Git
Mr Kuroda said Darwin would provide 50 per cent of Japan's LNG imports.
Inpex gives thumbs up - Northern Territory News
And the power station here currently running on fuel oil, why?
Run out of gas
Inpex gives thumbs up - Northern Territory News
And the power station here currently running on fuel oil, why?
Run out of gas
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The gas crisis has been expected for about 8 years and nothing was done about it. The Wickham Point project was granted without any thought to provide gas to the city, only the China export. A foreign company makes all the profit from exporting the gas, and employs a few in Darwin.
Why?
Why?
Silly Old Git
We is about to cop the highest electric bills in the western world.
All being brought up to par with the rest of the country? Bull****.
My bill is over a $1000 a quarter now. Tassy, same house with electric heating about a third that price.
This is not to pay for gas or oil, this is for maintenance on switch gear etc that has been deferred for years
All being brought up to par with the rest of the country? Bull****.
My bill is over a $1000 a quarter now. Tassy, same house with electric heating about a third that price.
This is not to pay for gas or oil, this is for maintenance on switch gear etc that has been deferred for years