Talk about a warm welcome back to the Territory.I have the cops out here Tuesday and Wednesday nights, the neighbour collapses from heat exhaustion Thursday, and an unexpected storm (above) sees the main road home flooded and closed until Friday.
The end result is less sleep, more miles and another meeting missed, but no one seems to mind except me. Apparently, I've still got a way to go in understanding 'Territory Time', or the casual, flexible and laidback approach to schedules, engagements and other commitments people up here.
It's largely based on accepting the two most challenging elements of living in the Northern Territory - distance and climate - and the realisation that going slow is actually pretty fast.
As the copper from Monday explained (after taking two and a half hours to get here), "get used to what 'NT' really stands for - not today, not tomorrow, not ta next day".
Slowly, and taking the long back road home, I'm coming around to his way of thinking. I just hope my bosses are on Territory Time, too.
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