It isn't enough we spend our time chasing indonesian and Sri Lankan fishing boats loaded with people, now the Russians have become boat people

Viking ship spotted off remote NT island - ) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-18/viking-ship-spotted-off-nt/4266796)

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-18/viking-ship-spotted-off-nt/4266796?section=nt

sailed from Europe, down through Africa, Thailand, Indonesia and on to Darwin

Quite an impressive journey. Says something about the capability of the Viking sailors .

sailed from Europe, down through Africa, Thailand, Indonesia and on to Darwin

Quite an impressive journey. Says something about the capability of the Viking sailors .

Or Russians, what is more remarkable is the craft, lends new credibility to some of the aboriginal cave paintings

Like ? Demonstrations like this also explode some of the presumptions of historians regarding human migration around the world .

Yes Tom to some extent perhaps although not a medium for mass migration. In Western Australia there are rock paintings of strange beings, men with what might be helmets in their head

strange beings, men with what might be helmets in their head Erich von Daniken explained that .

I like more plausiable answers Tom amd Vikings are as good as any. What we know is aboriginals recorded what they saw and this included sailing vessels and they got their red hair gene from somewhere

On another note the new asylum seeker laws associated with boat people are beginning to work. A successful message, wouldn't you say

Sri Lankan asylum seekers say no to Nauru and return home (http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/sri-lankan-asylum-seekers-say-no-to-nauru-and-return-home-20120922-26dcp.html)

More evidence it is working, exit another economic migrant

Asylum seeker quits Nauru for Sri Lanka (http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/asylum-seeker-quits-nauru-for-sri-lanka-20120925-26ifj.html)

This guy wasted our money checking it out and now wastes our money for the trip back, what a wanker? Is it any wonder we are just a little bit annoyed