Rock sitters, East Point, Darwin [Northern Territory 1970s] [picture] / Michael Jensen
- Bib ID:
- 3550861
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- Picture
- Author:
- Jensen, Michael, 1943-
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- National Library of Australia digitised item
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- [197-]
- 1 photograph : gelatin silver ; image 26.8 x 39 cm., on sheet 30.3 x 40.1 cm.
- Summary:
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Rock sitting in Darwin began in 1974 when a group of journalists gathered at East Point Reserve to drink some beer, fish, and watch the sunset, and found a flat rock suitable for sitting on, and for holding the esky. It soon became a regular event every Saturday afternoon. Rock sitters needed to be hardy as due to Darwin's 7 metre tides the rock could be 1 metre underwater at high tide. Several marathon sits have been conducted, including a 12 day world record in 1980--Information from Darwin Rocksitters Club website, viewed on 30 Nov. 2005.
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- Title from photographer's caption list, see file NLA03/919.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-137087268
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