It’s February 14th here, (only the 13th there in the US,) and this Sacred Barn Owl joins me in sending fond greetings from Thursday Island. TI, as it is locally known, is one of the many small islands clustered off the northeastern point of Australia. Although its area is only 1.4 square miles, and its population under 3000, TI is the administrative center of the Torres Strait Islands. Archeological evidence suggests that the area has been inhabited for thousands of years.
We have paid a brief call here to break up the journey between Cairns and Darwin. Very much worth seeing are its turquoise waters and beautiful beaches (which are off-limits owing to the presence of sharks and aggressive salt-water crocodiles.)
The consolidated high school of the Torres Strait Islands is located here, and its students and faculty played island drums, sang, and performed native dances for us in their community hall.
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