Longer hiatus

They say bad things come in threes. I bloody well hope so because I've had to miss nearly all my Darwin Festival events and cancel my volunteer shifts because of a bloody sprained ankle. But it's ok because tomorrow is another day.

Brief hiatus

There are two things you may have noticed about this blog. The first is that the promised posts about the Darwin Festival have not eventuated. The second is that the photo of me at Jade and Craig's wedding with Della and Aaron has been removed.

The reason for both these things is the same.

It is with some disbelief, shock and much grief that I attended the funeral of Aaron Kent today. Aaron killed himself last week. Only 22 years old, Aaron leaves behind Della and his 9-month old son, Caleb.

I hope soon to be able to blog about the wonderful events I've had the privilege to see at the Festival so far. But I just need a few days before I'm able. See you then.

Dave's Darwin Days in the Dry: the Darwin Festival

Got your tickets to the Darwin Festival? Because Darwin's biggest and best event of the year is about to start and this little red bear is study-free and loaded with tickets.

Go to http://www.darwinfestival.org.au/ for information and be prepared for some gushing blog posts to come.

Oh, and in case you were wondering what happened about the Beer Can Regatta: it was called swine flu and it was nasty.