Barramundi fishing is not just a recreational sport, but big business in the Northern Territory.
The tension however has always existed between the recreational and tourism aspects to barramundi fishing, and the commercial imperatives of our restaurant tables.
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When you are a reporter you sometimes come across people with a clean vision of what they want to do, and how they want to do it.
Rarely however have I come across some-one like Bill Neidjie, who not only had a clear vision of what he wanted, but had the strength of personality to buck tradition and carry it through.
While working in Darwin, TV reporters tend to do a number of stories relating to the military and Australia’s defence forces.
The top end is home to significant Australian forces, and regularly hosts ‘war games’ with other countries such as the USA and Indonesia.
One particular training exercise gave me my first close encounter with the legendary B52 bomber, while on another I traveled in a plane refueling the B52.
