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I was reminded earlier this week of a crazy adventure that I had when I was teaching in Darwin.   As you know I’m not a fan of fishing.   Why you ask?    Well growing up I was given a choice by my parents – I could either go fishing with my father on Sunday mornings or go to church.   You guessed it - I chose fishing…a heathen by any other name!   However, it wasn't long before I came to really dislike fishing.   I think it may have had something to do with the extraordinarily early mornings (we always left the house at 6:15 am sharp), or perhaps it was the biting cold of the early morning riverbank, lakeshore or dam that I was destined to be stuck on for the next four or five hours, possibly even the smell of fish guts or complete boredom that engulfed me as I waited patiently for a fish to take my bait.   All I know is that it was just too much to handle but what could I do…go to church?   I had no appetite for that either, s...