Where is humpty doo

It is a combination of market gardening, low level servicing for tourists travelling to Kakadu and a small local shopping area. Agricultural produce from the area is shipped out through the port of Darwin while the town's proximity to Darwin has attracted people who want to live beyond the city limits but within easy commuting distance.

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She describes it as being 40 miles from Darwin and 20 miles from the railway line. Less explicit is why Masson opted for an alternative spelling of the station which seems to be without precedent. The NT Place Names Register states this spelling was later translated into "umdudu", an "English language corruption of the aboriginal sic term which meant 'A popular resting place'". However, Mr Hubber said he had been unable to find similar words in Djerimanga and Larrakia word lists, two local Indigenous groups from which landmarks are most likely to have taken their names.

Anyone familiar with the history of pre-internet communications will be aware that humpty doo recalls another word. According to at least one edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, an umpty is a "fanciful representation of the dash in Morse code". During World War I, efforts to conceal information about army units in communications precipitated another much more common term: umpteen.

It is important, Mr Hubber said, to remember that Darwin was a telegraph town in the early 20th century and many people would have been familiar with this lingo. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work.

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It was a disaster. There is no visitor information centre at Humpty Doo. Apparently the son believed this was a worse crime than drug possession.

Police say no charges would be brought against him due to a rather obvious lack of evidence. The people, friendliness, openness, no BS. Found the locals welcoming.

Have always told foreign and ozzie tourists heading north to stop at Humpty Doo and stop at the hotel and store. My first visit was 25 yrs ago. The Churcher Estate owned most of the land around Humpty Doo.

Absent landholders from England. We bought land from them. Apparently thet sold off parcels from a huge grant every time they needed cash for the ancestral pile. The bridge over the Adelaide River near Humpty Doo was built in Bundey Creek. Print Humpty Doo, NT Town on the road to Kakadu - now almost a commuter suburb for Darwin Humpty Doo, with a population of over 5, and a location only 38 km from the centre of Darwin, has effectively become a commuter town on the road to Kakadu National Park.