The local newspaper is a bit of a rag. Definitely not the upmarket big city dailies characterised by " The Australian", "Sydney Morning herald" or "the Age", or even droll Adelaide with "The Advertiser".
However, the NT News seems to make a mark with regular headlines about crocodiles, drunks in the street, rampaging buffaloes, and similar esotoric notable and noble mind developing themes.
On January 12 it may have scored a notable double in the newspaper headlines - "man stalked by croc but bitten by shark". Yes, the past few days have seen a number of shark attacks along the east coast, and a number of people have been hurt, with one teenage girl very savagely mauled. But just to spice it up for local consumption we have to have a crocodile involved.
A few days ago someone caught a small [ 1.2m] crocodile near an infamous Territory watering hole........the Noonamah pub. Not particularly notable at this time of year when small crocodiles can walk big distances overland. But to have a local, while on holiday interstate, get bitten by a shark ......well it's a double whammy. Especially after the guy had been fishing on a river's edge near a large croc. That is a bit of a no-no here; you are dicing with death when crocodiles lurk in most rivers.
Watch this space - the NT News front page - a crocodile will be back soon! Will not be upstaged by a shark!
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/01/12/26415_ntnews.html is the article.
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