Blogs from City of Darwin, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania - page 9

Day 138 - Darwin No alarm call, no early morning cruise, basically no need to fly out of bed so we didn’t! It’s true to say that the less you do the more knackered you feel and at this moment in time we’re feeling pretty knackered after our first day of ‘rest’ yesterday. We need to find some long walks to re-install the energy levels! After getting ourselves showered we thought sod the walking, let’s drive into Darwin and just mooch around! Driving into town is no problem at all but deciding where to park was quite an extended process! We quickly work out that there’s no free parking in Darwin during the week! There was the Coles and Woolworths car parks where the first 2 hours are free but after that it’s $5 or the ... read more

Started today with lots of intention...after such a lovely esplanade sunset walk last night I wanted more of the beauty of Darwin. Took a walk down to Cullen Bay- clearly where the people with money live and own boats! Very pleasant nonetheless! After went in the opposite direction to the botanic gardens and an attempt to find the museum. Darwin is very well signposted (useful if you have direction as poor as mine!) but for some reason, the museum is in the most tucked away and non-signposted place ever...this combined with stupid maps that point to a general area and stupid heat...means a melting and lost Laura! Finally found the museum though...with the help of a lovely Australian...and it was worth it! Really amazing aboriginal art work and some stuff about Charles Darwin and crocodiles, including ... read more

I slept for a very long time yesterday....and had several cases of not being able to sleep at the right times, but I seem to be sorted about now, been up all day exploring! Had a walk down to the beach this morning, it was fairly beautiful but the sand is golden rather than white and a little grainy! Is that being picky? Walked back the other way into town and found some new shops! Quite exciting! The one thing I notice/like about Darwin is that there are actual Australians everywhere! Moreso than any other city I've visited in Aus! It surprises me as there are two main streets..and one consists almost entirely of backpacker hostels- surely bombarded with Europeans? Clearly not! Infact, there's an Aussie lady in my room just travelling around Aus for 3 ... read more

Once we hit Darwin and had a look around we thought we would stay around here for a while because it reminded us of home (well Mandurah actually) Oh and because my mum and dad are flying up to visit us all YIPPEE!!!!!!! I soo can't wait to see the look on Axel's face when he see's them cause we havn't told him and kept it as a suprise. We booked into 1 caravan park for 1 week and after 3 days we had enough as there was no grass, just sand which ment "sand flies" and gee they were hungry!!!! and also the airport was right across the road and when a planes take off we know about it no matter if its 1 in the arvo or 3 in the morning GRRR!!!! So after ... read more

Yo, Its been a while. apart from updates on facebook, i haven't had much of the blog side of things, mum has stolen the show :P. We have been having a BRILLIANT time in Darwin, mum hates camping, and i cant see why. if its the dirt, what did she expect on a 'Camping' trip x3. She isn't in her element, me however, i like this side of the holiday, i have transformed my 'bunk' into a mini version of my room, things within 'arms reach' for when i could need em. or as mum would call my simple organization and logic simply as 'A RUDDY MESS!' Been uploading some photo's so im going to add some now, and tell you a little bit about them, i only have 30 minutes, so im going to keep ... read more

DAY 260 Sleeping in the trailer tent with both the large end flaps open and all the side flaps open is just heaven, as throughout the night a gentle breeze wafts over you, and its like natures anaesthetic. In the morning it takes me a while to come around, where usually I am out of bed like a bullet from a gun. The last thing I need is anything to help me sleep because at the moment its hard enough getting out of bed. Camping up here at the moment is perfect, the weather in the mornings is fantastic, just lovely sunny and warm, whilst the late afternoons are melting hot but toward evening it cools as the sun goes, but then with the darkness the humidity comes, we melt, but the evenings are just crystal ... read more

right iv got time to kill on the internet so im gona start th eblog on oz. we arrived here 2 months ago so theres no way il remember everything in proper detail but il give it a shot. we arrived in darwin after flying from singapore at 6 in da morn. the people at passport control talked to us for a bit nd seemed a bit offended that me nd michelle were going to work in new zea nd not their lovely country. after a while of questions me nd sinead walked through customs were a nice sniffer dog went cracked at sineads bag. unfortunately sinead didnt take the no food from foreign countrys notices too serious. the woman was well thick nd told her there was a fine of $200, great start. we were ... read more