Exec out of step Bushranger
DARWIN Council has been raving about its new PayStay app across the CBD, which has proven to be a success with almost half of all street parking payments going through the system. But not every council executive is on board, as one of Bushie’s spies noticed a council executive paying through a parking meter, rather than the user-friendly mobile app.
Let’s get off this list
A NUMBER of recent events have played against some Top End towns’ favour in an online popularity contest. On the satircal Facebook page “S**t towns of Australia” the July power rankings saw Darwin voted in at number two after “a drunk woman uses a snake to torment children” while Palmerston came in at number six after a “child (was) listed for sale on Gumtree for “fitty bucks”. Lift your game Top Enders, that’s one list we don’t want to be on.
Masterpiece takes shape
NIGHTCLIFF’S architectural monstrosity on Dickward Dr, the incomplete Acropolis, stirred action on the internet recently, with Facebook users realising the iconic property now has a gate and mostly complete fence. The project, which began more than 20 years ago, has mystified people with its slow progress and lack of activity, however it’s becoming less of a Greek tragedy every year it seems.
Dying for a butt
THIEVES in Palmerston seem to be getting more desperate by the day. During an attempted break on Monday, a bloke in Woodroffe woke up to find all his screen doors unlocked. But when he got up to check what was taken, he realised the thieves had only knicked some cigarette butts that were left in an ashtray outside. Definitely not the biggest haul but it just goes to show the lengths some will go for a durry.
Out of sight, out of mind
WITH the Top End sunk in a dank smog, Bushie, the NT’s Scarlet Pimpernel of gossip, was pushed out to the Holtze prison grounds during the week. Prior to a press conference with Corrections Commissioner Scott
McNairn, a Channel 9 reporter held the microphone in a regulation manner for the TV cameras. But that was before a senior government communications adviser admonished the journalist for doing their job, asking them to remove the microphone from view. The mildly awkward moment ended with a solid shake of the head before pressing on despite the peculiar request.
Hot Fuzz
TURNS out some of you had a little too much fun during the NT Police’s number plate competition. With about 600 entries, cops were sure to receive some heat. People were a little bit too cheeky and others a bit rude with some people submitting: PIGS, DONUT and OINK.
Bitten in the Big Apple
Former NT News scribe Megan Palin — who now lives in New York working as news.com.au’s US Correspondent, recently stumbled across an entertaining culture clash. The all too familiar mozzies are also part and parcel of NY life, except in the Big Apple they’re known as “no-see-ums”.