A solid, square farmhouse stands dark in the night in the Scottish Borders. Inside, the woman of the house is dreaming.

She dreams that her favourite horse, who is sleeping in a field outside, is dead. She is not used to dreaming -- or maybe she dreams but never remembers. This dream, however, makes her sit bolt upright in bed.

What happens to the biggest clock in your body when the light never sinks into the sunset (e.g., Schwartz 1996)? When the fuel that feeds your heart never varies and the panic perceived by sleep loss never ends?
So many things you can't even imagine.

And not one of them is good.

A sweat lodge is a sauna-like dome structure constructed from willow branches and heavy canvas. Inside, more than a dozen participants surround a pit of hot stones on which a ceremony leader pours water. A "sweat" consists of four rounds, each lasting about five minutes. The leader of the ceremony drums and conducts prayers in the form of song before opening the door, returning participants to fortifying fresh air. According to recovered addicts, the dense steam and heat created by the stones become a substitute for the effects of drugs.

There has been a noisy protest march through the streets of Burnie in opposition to developments near Aboriginal heritage sites in Tasmania.

About 150 Tasmanian Aborigines and their supporters from around the state joined the march through the Burnie CBD.

Most of their anger was directed at controversial plans for a bridge spanning an ancient archaeological site north of Hobart.

Hundreds of people have marched through Darwin to celebrate NAIDOC week.

Traditional dancers led the throng through the city as traffic came to a standstill.

Many of the people taking part wore shirts calling for better treatment of Aborigines and an end to the federal intervention in the Northern Territory.