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6 days ago July 26, 2026July 26, 2026History Out There

150 Years of Ipswich to Top End Adventure

July 15, 2026July 15, 2026History Out There

Queensland’s First Drive to Darwin

May 29, 2026May 29, 2026History Out There

The Boy Who Cycled 150km for Love

April 26, 2026May 18, 2026History Out There

The Anzac Illusionist of Kalbar

April 17, 2026April 17, 2026History Out There

Submarines and the Red Baron: The Dassie Gore Story

February 20, 2026February 20, 2026History Out There

The Road to South Yarra and the Ghost of Owen Price

January 23, 2026January 23, 2026History Out There

Parades, Pastries, and Patriotism: Toowoomba’s Australia Day Story

January 18, 2026January 18, 2026History Out There

The Fairley Affair: Oil, Espionage, and Murder in Iran

January 11, 2026January 11, 2026History Out There

The Minister, the Governor, and the Ghost in the Family

January 4, 2026January 4, 2026History Out There

Dullest New Year’s on earth: An Ipswich tradition

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Both Lucan and Leichhardt disappeared never to be seen again. Please Like, Follow and Share this story of the Darling Downs mystery connection via the link on my profile, "The Earl’s Cousin Who Lost Leichhardt." City people have been going to Darwin in the Northern Territory for 150 years for all sorts of reasons. Please follow the link on my profile for the story, "150 Years of Ipswich to Top End Adventure." Prior to heading out into the Timor Sea to my Tiwi Islands Hike for Health, I visited the Northern Territory’s Mary River which boasts the highest concentration of saltwater crocodiles in the world. It certainly delivered with crocodiles, water buffalo, and jabiru in abundance. Darwin in the Northern Territory is one of only 10 places in the world that you can see a Cold War era B52 bomber, and at almost 50 metres long, it’s absolutely enormous. You can even still see where the Cruise Missiles were attached. During the first bombing of Darwin on the 19th of February 1942, this Japanese Zero was shot down, its pilot captured by Tiwi Islander Mathias, and the wreckage is now here at the Darwin Aviation Museum. Camels were imported in greater numbers from the 1860s to assist with inland exploration, including the Burke & Wills expedition. Today Australia has the largest population of wild camels in the world, and in the Northern Territory I took a magical camel ride back through time as the sun set over the Timor Sea. Hard to beat when the Sun, Moon and Venus say goodnight together over the Timor Sea 🙂 On the 19th of February 1942, ten weeks after the bombing of Pearl Harbour and four days after the fall of Singspore, the Japanese attack Australia and bomb Darwin for the first time. USS Peary is sunk for the US Navy's biggest loss of life in Australian waters. She goes down with guns blazing – this is one of those guns. Here’s The Honourable John Mickel, former Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, this week admiring traditional Tiwi Islands art that I brought back from a previous visit. John is honoured to support my #TiwiIslandsHikeforHealth in which I’m attending the Tiwi Islands football grand final to highlight the community that knows a healthy sport can be celebrated without an unhealthy mix of alcohol. I’m raising money for the charity @drug.arm to reduce the harms of alcohol and other drugs. More than 50% of intimate partner homicides involve alcohol use, and yet alcohol companies still advertise their products as tools of sporting celebration after which domestic violence spikes. We need to do better than that. Please make your tax-deductible donation by visiting www.mycause.com.au and searching for “Tiwi Islands Hike for Health” or follow the link on my profile to go to my website www.historyoutthere.com and you'll see the tile to click there.

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