1120 Darwin, Australia, 18 December 1999 "I'm going to be a policeman and protect my family," says eleven-year-old Alice. Her dad Lionel is in the infantry and loves being with his family at weekends, out of uniform. He tells us: "Family life is the best cure for stress." 1122 Darwin, Australia, 19 December 1999 Gavin has a degree in marine biology and works at the Darwin Museum. He spends a lot of time monitoring and protecting aquatic fauna and flora. In spite of this is fishing his hobby. "I have to feed my family somehow," he jokes. His main failing is cigarettes. "I really will give up smoking in 2000," he promises. His wife Jenny runs a day nursery at home, where she looks after six children. 1124 Berry Springs, Australia, 19 December 1999 The children are in seventh heaven - their parents own an aqua-park with a huge water chute. However, Douglas and Christine don't find running this kind of place is always such fun. 1125 Katherine, Australia, 20 December 1999 They fell in love at first sight at the 1995 débutantes' ball, held every year by the city council to introduce 16-year-old girls to the city's (male) population. Stephen deals in aboriginal art, plays rugby and keeps a few young salt-water crocodiles (renowned to be dangerous) in his huge aquarium. Jasmine takes care of their two little girls, and paints when they leave her a spare moment. The new millennium? "We'd like to buy a house of our own," she tells us. 1126 Katherine, Australia, 21 December 1999 "I've painted more than 6,000 pictures, I don't know how old I am, but when war broke out, I was nine... My paintings are the memory and tradition that I am handing down to the children. Life has changed in the last few years. It's much better today - it doesn't matter whether you're black or white. In the old days we didn't talk to each other." This is how Paddy, whose pictures are exhibited in museums and galleries all over the world, tells us about a chunk of his life. 1127 Katherine, Australia, 21 December 1999 Their wedding was performed by a passing priest, in the shade of a large tree. At that time, the area had neither church nor Catholic priest. They are the happy owners of a motel and a huge mango plantation, and see life through rose-tinted glasses, as the saying goes. 1128 Sturt Downs Station, Australia, 22 December 1999 2,500 acres, 1,600 cows, 50 horses and 40 bulls carefully selected and trained for rodeos. Such is the daily life of Duane, Jane and their children on their cattle station in the Australian bush. Do we need to add that the boys dream of becoming cowboys like their father? 1129 Katherine, Australia, 22 December 1999 Three-year-old Nathan only allowed his big sister on his pony for the photo. His father Steven was an assistant teacher at the famous ‘school of the air' (lessons by radio) before he took over his father's farm and set up a riding school. Toni works in the town crèche and gives swimming lessons to children. They deal with their hand picked and packed mango harvest together - 70 tons a year.