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Last month the debate was reopened when Arthur Booker, 62, wandered down to retrieve his crab pots on the mangrove-lined banks of the Endeavour River, near Cooktown, in the northeastern state of Queensland. Lying in wait was a large crocodile, which is thought to have dragged the Scottish-born camper into the water and eaten him, leaving only his sandals, watch and video camera beside a huge belly-slide mark...
...Have you had any royal-family feedback after your fascinating performance as the Queen? -Jo Wynter, Cooktown, AustraliaNo. I was invited to dinner by the Queen after I'd done it, and I don't think she would have done that if she'd hated it. I couldn't go, unfortunately...
Fortunately, a referendum in 1986 passed declaring much of the area from Townsville to Cooktown a "World Heritage" area and establishing a ban on logging in all those regions...
...girl in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, Sutherland was in superb voice. Authoritative conducting was provided by her husband Richard Bonynge, and there was an authentic touch of the Scottish highlands in the sets and luxurious costumes. Result was 33 curtain calls. As La Stupenda plucked sprays from Cooktown orchids for the supporting cast and kissed her husband, enthusiastic galleryites stamped so loudly that a nervous opera buff sitting below wondered: "How long can the theater stand the strain of a Sutherland tour...
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