Blogs from City of Darwin, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania - page 6

De 1ste week (4 t/m 12 sept.) Wederom zit er een reis naar Australië voor ons in. Wim heeft een maand of 2 de tijd en ik blijf 1 maand. De plannen zijn wat verwarrend geweest deze keer. Waarschijnlijk voor de lezers, maar vooral voor onszelf. Eerst zou ik 3 mnd naar Cove District, Northern Territory, gaan om daar in het z'huis te werken. Uiteindelijk hebben we besloten, dat het Wim's beurt was (was ook zo, helaas) voor een trip on his own. 1 Week voor zijn vertrek kwam het plan toch samen te gaan, zonder de kinderen. Na uitgebreid overleg met Jim en Renée kwamen we tot het besluit, dat ik Wim 3 dgn later ging volgen naar Darwin om daar een reis samen te maken waar we het al lang over hadden gehad. Pa ... read more

Happy anniversary mom and dad!!! I hopped on another bus and arrived in Darwin in the early evening. I walked up the road to my hostel and was able to get some help getting my stuff up the stairs to my room. The next morning I headed off into town. There are some nice old buildings in Darwin. A few had been rebuilt after the bombing of Darwin city and the cyclone in the 1970's. My first stop was down by the waterfront. It's a really nice area with a netted off beachy area. It's netted off for crocs and stingers. The convention center as well as an outdoor wavepool is also down there. The wavepool looked like so much fun but not exactly ideal for someone with broken ribs. There are some WWII oil storage ... read more

Hello again from sunny Darwin / NT.....We are having such a great time that we decided to take full advantage of this magnificent weather and stay longer....3 days to be exact. I believe that we left you on our last Blog on Wednesday night 3rd August with me having consumed a lobster and Graham ate a cracker (Yeah, right) and had a beer or 6. I’m stunned and baffled. Within minutes of chatting to our fellow male neighbours for the first time, they openly informed me that they are not happy with their size. Now girls, have you ever heard of men complaining that it’s too big, yep that’s right I said TOO BIG!!!!. As far as I can remember it ain’t the size that matters fellas......Talk about fussy buggers. These bozos are complaining that the ... read more

Last time we left our intrepid travellers they had arrived in Darwin and had enjoyed the first night dining on losing toads. Well a lot has happened since then and it’s time you received the real perspective from the GMan. After spending a great night down by the pool it was back to business for the Van Royces, and that meant......well, not much really... On Monday morning, Darwin Cup Day, we (I) started my exercise regime again by having a relaxing stroll around the caravan park. It’s amazing how many people are up and about early in caravan parks. No wonder the grey nomads are having dinner around 4.00pm as most of them are up early pottering around, fixing a loose screw here, tying back an awning there, all scintillating stuff. Around mid morning, after the ... read more

It's been a while since we last updated, been busy and lazy....Well we arrived in the city of Darwin, and it was hot (for us Canadians that is) Tried our best to get into a hostel but it was a no go, all where booked up becaue of the school holidays in Australia. We managed to get a cheap motel and spent a couple of days there freezing ourselves with the excellent air conditioning... One strange thing in Darwin...when we actually ventured out for breakfast at around 9-10am people where already drinking beer! The first day we waited until 10:30am for breakfast....well it included 4 slices of bacon, 2 huge sausages, 2 eggs, toast and a Pint of beer! all for the low price of $15... I believe the place was called monsoon's... they would be ... read more