Blake Jarrett, Author at The Courier

Thumbs up 4/8/22

Aug 4, 2022

Thumbs up to our great local air service. So efficient and the staff are very helpful.

A traveller returning to Darwin airport from Bali was fined $2664 when a biosecurity detector dog’s nose picked up undeclared two burgers and a ham croissant. The fine is twice the cost of an airfare to Bali. This follows an...

Topical 4/8/22

Aug 4, 2022

Fun facts about August – August was once the sixth month of the year. In the Roman calendar, August was known as ‘sextilis’, the Latin word for six. It wasn’t until 700 BC when January and February were added to the...