What did you do at work today Daddy?

**Narangga** · 2nd September 2008, 07:39 PM

I drove 15 kms to the airport and then got in a 35 year old Cessna 206 to fly out to Mirringatja - 97nm or 180kms south-west of Nhulunbuy.

On the way we flew past Gapuwiyak (this one's for Mr & Mrs Bundalene)

before we arrived at Mirrngatja (an Aboriginal Homeland Centre village)

Then it was 3 hours work of putting an 85cm satellite dish and FM radio antenna on the roof of one of the houses.

And placing inside the house a small cupboard inside which is the satellite receiver attached to the dish and an FM transmitter which powers the antenna, so that now the people who live there can listen to radio in their own language 24/7 - something all of us take for granted yet has only happened for Indigenous people in north-east Arnhem Land over the last 4 years.

Then it was time to take off

and head north-west across the Arafura Swamp (which actually makes Kakadu look a bit sad!

)

and the pictures don't really do it justice. 26nm or 48km later we landed at the community of Ramingining. Once we got the 4 road kms into town I retrained a satellite receiver, then back to the airport and home to Gove airport at 9500ft with the temperature a pleasant 10 degrees outside. All in all a nice way to finish the afternoon.

**muddymech** · 2nd September 2008, 07:45 PM

bit more exciting than my day, looks like a nice way of getting paid

**long stroke** · 2nd September 2008, 07:46 PM

Great pics!!
I didn't have to go to school (teachers strike

) so my brother and I went looking for fishing and 4wd spots

TIM.

**Narangga** · 2nd September 2008, 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by long stroke

Great pics!!
I didn't have to go to school (teachers strike

) so my brother and I went looking for fishing and 4wd spots

TIM.

Without pics it didn't happen (even on a strike day)

**Shonky** · 2nd September 2008, 07:55 PM

I sat at my desk writing urgent reports for politicians who will barely read them. Didn't get lunch either.

You ******. Swap?

**dmdigital** · 2nd September 2008, 08:01 PM

Won't go into my day on the same peninsula... can't even get any further than driving 11km to work and then 11km home.

By the way Stuuu...
Do the legs on the Cessna retract after take off?
It must be a lot of running to get that bird down the runway using foot power

**PAT303** · 2nd September 2008, 08:05 PM

So If by chance someone wants a lift out to some remote spot for some pig shooting,barra fishing do you now anyone that has an old plane we can use.A simple one,like a Cessna? Pat

**Narangga** · 2nd September 2008, 08:09 PM

Originally Posted by dm_td5

Won't go into my day on the same peninsula... can't even get any further than driving 11km to work and then 11km home.

Same day - different ..... bauxite?

Originally Posted by dm_td5

By the way Stuuu...
Do the legs on the Cessna retract after take off?
It must be a lot of running to get that bird down the runway using foot power

No the 206 has fixed undercarriage. On windy days like today they get off the ground pretty quickly.

**dmdigital** · 2nd September 2008, 08:11 PM

Originally Posted by PAT303

So If by chance someone wants a lift out to some remote spot for some pig shooting,barra fishing do you now anyone that has an old plane we can use.A simple one,like a Cessna? Pat

He was using a rental. Lucky sod gets to do all this kind of stuff...

Stuuu if you're reading this and have a couple of aerial pic's of the refinery, post them up so they can see the difference to where I go on my working days!

**Narangga** · 2nd September 2008, 08:15 PM

Originally Posted by dm_td5

Stuuu if you're reading this and have a couple of aerial pic's of the refinery, post them up so they can see the difference to where I go on my working days!

Not digital - will have to find the old shot and scan it in.

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