Blogs from Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania

We spent most of this morning in our hostel sorting out blogs and doing our washing. Around lunchtime we walked down to the other end of the town to go to the tourist info centre. We were planning a crocodile jumping cruise and a fishing trip for the next 2 days and we managed to get them both sorted with a little help from the locals at the tourist information centre. Next we called into Coles on our way back from to the hostel and bought some basic backpacker rations which meant we had cereal for lunch! And we then caught the bus down towards Mindil Beach to take a look at the Museum which had been recommended by our tour guide Nick. The museum had an exhibition in Cyclone Tracy which pretty much wiped out ... read more

I had envisioned sitting here in Darwin writing this blog with wonderful aerial photos of the Bungle Bungle range from out little 8 seater plane and raving about how awesome our scenic flight was. However, as many of you know, it was not meant to be and instead we ended up with an experience that we don’t wish upon anybody. However, between the last blog and this one, much has happened so I shall come back to the flight in due course (parents, you may want to skip that section!) After leaving Exmouth, we headed across to Karratha where we experienced an unusual juddering in the van. Thinking that we had shot the suspension, bent the axel or done some other major injury, we called upon the trusty RAC from Karratha who did a sport check ... read more

Its our last day! Boo! As you can see I became very lazy with updating this again - apologies. Its a bit boring to sit on a computer when the sun is blazing outside and I have a tan to get - to prove all you non believers wrong! I've finally defeated those pale skin Barker genes! Anyway, since the last blog we've done so much. We had our visit to Fraser Island and I was actually in the middle of writing a blog entry about it when the internet I'd paid for ran out and it angered me so I couldn't be bothered to do it all again! Fraser Island was incredible - we visited Lake Mckenzie, went walking through the forests etc and then on my birthday we went to 75mile beach, the Maheno ... read more

Halli hallo hallöle! Erst mal ein riiiiiiesengroßes SORRY, dass ich sooo lange nichts mehr geschrieben habe. Dafür heute wieder ein bisschen mehr. :-) Also…Daniel und ich haben mittlerweile unsere Reise beendet. Er ist wieder in Deutschland und ich tümmel mich noch ein bisschen in Sydney, unserer Endstation, herum. Aber von vorne… Aaaaaaalso…ehrlich gesagt weiß ich nicht genau, was das letzte ist, was ich geschrieben habe, da mein Internetzugang nach wie vor eher begrenzt ist und ich kaum Zeit habe auf travelblog.org zu schauen, wenn ich mal in den Genuss von kostenlosem WLan komme. Organisatorische Dinge sind momentan einfach echt wichtiger…leider! Aber ich fang einfach mal in Darwin an. Falls ich mich jetzt wiederhole, dann überspringt den Part doch einfach. :-P Wir haben von Darwin aus eine richtig tolle Tagestour in den Litchfield National Park gemacht. Das ... read more

We arrived in Darwin on the afternoon of Thursday the 23rd. As anticipated, it was really hot and really humid. Fortunately for us (although not for the environment) there is AC everywhere and it's typically blasting. We checked in and walked around the city, then stopped at a local pub for some grub. Next day was pretty much the same. Did a bunch of internet stuff, called Rene's mom because it was her birthday (in Canada), and went to see a movie (that cost $18 each!!!) Next morning at 7am we were off to Kakadu National Park for a 2 day, 1 night camping trip in the Australian bush lands. To be honest, I didn't know what to expect from this trip but I was pleasantly surprised. Along the way we stopped off (I don't even ... read more

"Hey Buddy, take off your cap and empty your pockets." Das war die Begrüßung der Australischen Zollbehörden in Melbourne bevor sie mein Passfoto mit mir verglichen und meinen Rucksack auseinandernahmen. Der zweite Satz nachdem sie herausfanden dass ich in Darwin studiere war: "What the fuck are you doing up there in the NT (Northern Territory)?" "You wanna get eaten by crocodiles?" Da bekommt man natürlich ein gutes Feeling :D Als ich dann nach 38 stunden flug und Wartezeiten an den verschieden Flughäfen (Doha und Melbourne) angekommen konnte ich mir selbst ein Bild von "Crocodile City" machen. Es ist eine Art relaxtes Dschungeloberösterreich. Aber dazu morgen ;) For my english speaking Friends: "Hey Buddy, take off your cap and empty your pockets." That were actually the first words i heared when i stepped on australian ground. :) ... read more