So first off we picked Hawker - not really sure why, mainly because I wanted to try breakfast at Rocksalt I think.
Hawker is part of belco - i.e. north west Canberra. It is named after a South Australian Member of Parliament called Charles Hawker, who died aged 44 when his plane crashed into Mount Dandenong in 1938. I had never heard of this guy before but it sounds like he really lived his life and travelled extensively despite being left seriously disabled after fighting in WWI. He was the Minister for Markets but resigned when parliament refused to reduce parliamentary salaries during the depression.
All the streets in Hawker are names after NT pastoral stations...this certainly seemed appropriate today as it was very very very dry and hot today in Hawker (34 degrees urgh). Still I definitely found some unexpected things (unexpected for me at least!) - plus a second hand book shop woot! Was reminded that we definitely do live in the "bush capital" when the suburb literally just ended at the end of a dead end street.
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