See that little blank space there?

Okay Darwin, we seem to have a problem. You see, I check my ClustrMaps visitor map every now and then and, in all the years I’ve been blogging (okay, three), I’ve noticed something. Nobody has ever tuned into my blog from Darwin, Australia.

What’s the matter, Darwin? Feeling a little sad that I set a story in Brisbane? That I mention Melbourne from time to time? Or is the tropical heat and all those crocodiles getting to you? Even Perth, the most remote capital city in the world (and a fine little city on the banks of the Swan it is too), manages to make some kind of showing. Even the churchie nutcases from Adelaide occasionally tune in. But not you. I even have readers in frickin’ China, but not from you. Venezuela makes a showing, but not you. Can you sense the pattern here?

No, I’m not angry. I wouldn’t want you to think that. But I am disappointed. And I think I’ll just let you have a little time on your own to ruminate on what you haven‘t done and, when you think you have things straight in your head, maybe we can sit down again and have another chat, m’kay?

For the rest of you (or one), I have a new post up at Novel Spaces. You can have a white holiday season one degree north of the Equator. Go read and find out how.

PONDERING: Maybe they don’t have internet access in Darwin?