Northern Territory Cracker Night
It’s all happening in Maningrida this evening. Tomorrow is Territory Day in the Northern Territory – otherwise known as “cracker night” – which is one of two days of the year when it’s legal to set off fireworks. But the fireworks seem to be going off this evening rather than tomorrow. It’s like being back in Afghanistan again – there are explosions going off all around me! 
The fireworks started soon after dark and there are lots of people walking around watching them and yelling and screaming as the more spectacular ones go off. It’s full moon this evening too.
Today was also the last alcohol distribution day before prohibition starts. People who put their orders in early enough could pick up a couple of cartons of beer today from the two small refrigerated containers where the police distribute it from. And that will be the last legal alcohol in Maningrida for the next six months. Maybe longer, i guess, but i doubt it – in 6 months the federal election should have been held and the politicians will have forgotten all about it.
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