On Customs and Coffins

The sixties and seventies were a dynamic time to be a young customs officer in the west and north of Australia. The iron ore ports were opening up in the Pilbara, the rapidly growing Port Hedland was a colourful, if rough-and-tumble place, and Darwin airport was busy with American R&R flights coming through from Vietnam to Sydney. It was a time of great change as jumbo jets replaced passenger ship...