http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Darwin/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , Northern Territory , Darwin en-us Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:39:55 +0000 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:39:55 +0000 Rob was not in a good way when he woke up but he felt a bit better after some food and drink. Spent most of the day on internet getting this up to date On returning to our room which yesterday seemed so luxurious we realised it had damp 0 and the whole of the back wall had water running running down it and it smelt of off bananas Made sure I informed them of this in their feedback form Ha http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Darwin/blog-461577.html Well it's finally come around....BALIWe leave for Bali tomoz for 12 weeks for those that are coming to visit us THUMBS UP and for those who are not SHAMESHAMESHAMEWe will have our computer with us so can still be contactable on email.Seeya's http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Darwin/blog-457041.html A motorhome holiday is one of the recommended travel to Darwin the place for beaches sunshine and tropical climate. The weather is balmy from May to October and sultry from November to April. If you wanted to travel during the dry season it must be from May until October. Darwin with your motorhome hire can give you the pleasure to discover aboriginals or its indigenous culture national par http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Darwin/blog-454043.html We have now had more than enough of Darwin Ready to move on. Troy had been taken advantage of way too much at his work so he told them to stick it a couple of weeks ago and quit on them towards the end he was doing any where up to 1015 hours extra a week and not getting a cent extra but we do miss our freebies...cokemilkwaterMy hours have gone down due to wet season up here and not as man http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Darwin/blog-453073.html 20th October 09 01 November 04 November 09DarwinArh Darwin I have grown rather attached to this place. For a city it's really more like a big town Easy to navigate not too many people gardens and open spaces and the most amazing sunsets you will ever see. I have nearly a whole memory card full of just sunset picturesI have been mainly relaxing here in Darwin. I have spent a good majority http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Darwin/City-of-Darwin/blog-448535.html Day 572 on the road I am in Australia and I keep having to pinch myself to believe just how different this place is compared to Southeast Asia. A mere two hour flight southeast of Bali it feels like a different world altogether. After travelling across Asia for the last year and a half some things that I once considered normal and a part of everyday life in Europe suddenly seem odd and new y http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Darwin/blog-447679.html Any takers to visit us in Bali let me know dates so i can tick you off on the calender PLS...Shanks http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Darwin/blog-447178.html Been on the road now 3 weeks all is travelling well. I've had some fun some dramas and some laughs along the way. It's wonderful to see your own country nothing like what I was expecting. Only had a few mishaps one being a foot infection day 4 into my big trip. Got held up for 2 days for the swelling to go down so i could drive. It was from a mozzie bite so now I have become the mozzie repel http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Darwin/City-of-Darwin/blog-447117.html Alice Springs to Kakadu.First stop was Wycliffe Well the UFO Capital of Australia. Even the barmaid had seen about 40 UFOs in the 4 months she had been there. Most with rows of blue and red lights. The road is on a bit of an embankment making it about 30ft above the campsite and roadhouse. Interestingly most road trains seem to support red and blue lights along their sides at night I wond http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Darwin/City-of-Darwin/blog-445335.html This is a little late now as I'm actually over in Queensland but this blog is for my time in the Northern Territory.Late morning as we got in to the outskirts of Darwin I finally got signal after not having any since leaving Broome and got a message from Ness. Her message said shersquod sorted the hostel for the following night confused I text back to find out that she was staying in the Novot http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Darwin/City-of-Darwin/blog-445171.html We left Katherine quite late in the day mostly because the kids were having so much fun playing in the pool with the Aboriginal children who had traveled for the event at Katherine Gorge. It had been 30 years since the land was handed back to the local tribes and the tribes people and their families were staying at the park free of charge to celebrate. The park has a rule that children are not http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Darwin/City-of-Darwin/blog-445075.html Clunk...whoosh...rattle...bang...slap...this has been my soundtrack for the last month along with a mechanical cacophony backing track from industrial washing machines driers and sheet folders in the Darwin commercial laundry where wersquove been working.Wersquod planned to spend some time in the Top End capital to find jobs as well as avoid the cold and wet winters they get down south.There http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Darwin/City-of-Darwin/blog-440744.html Well we are still here in Darwin....i managed to get Axel into preschool while here he does 2 days 1 week the the next week 2 12 days and is loving it He is making so much stuff at school and then brings it home and i have to then find some room for it in our van Troy is still working with coke which has its perks he gets to bring home a carton a week and then bits and pieces during the http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Darwin/blog-440619.html We have spent the past couple months living in the tropical laidback city of Darwin. With a population of approximately 100000 Darwin is the capital of the Northern Territory and home to about half of the Territory's residents. It's a great city and we both feel very at home here. Andrew has been working as a mechanic for Thrifty enjoying being able to get his hands dirty and the less st http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Darwin/blog-440608.html As we leave Katherine behind us and head towards Darwin the first thing that we notice is the amount of lsquonormalrsquo cars that are now on the road very few 4wdrsquos campervans trucks or yutes now just plain 4 door cars which we have not seen for absolutely ages. It seems that we are heading back into city life of sorts having left it for what seems like an age. We make good time b http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Darwin/City-of-Darwin/blog-440583.html As August was coming to an end things were getting even busier. John had taken the Monday off as a Rec day but when Tuesday came along he was too sick to come in to work. Turned out he had caught a pretty bad bug and wasnrsquot able to come in the rest of the week Hill and I must have had just gotten a bit of it too because neither of us were at 100 the week after Johnrsquos birthday http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Darwin/Karama/blog-438943.html Today was the first official day of tour. We met in the lobby waited for a few more passengers arriving and then hopped on the bus and met our driver Xavier. We traveled towards Lichfield National Park where we were spending the day. We stopped at a roadhouse for breakfast. One thing about Northern Territory which we were told from the start is slow service. On the bus we were told to hold up our http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Darwin/blog-438078.html Next day 9 October 07 was another free day before the tour started. Most people decided to stay by the hotel pool but Sarah and myself decided to see if we could go out and explore some more of Darwin. We were both interested in getting onto one of the crocodile jumping tours but were unable to get on any tours so we decided to challenge ourselves to the local transport and go to Crocodylus Park. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Darwin/City-of-Darwin/blog-438077.html So this is my first trip on my own so I decided to stay in Oz rather then take off overseas my first time. Much easier to save for too and I love Australia and always wanted to explore it so here was my chance and I took it. I decided to sign up for Contiki Aussie Explorer so I would not be on my own be able to see a lot more meet lots of people and connections from around the world and have eve http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Darwin/City-of-Darwin/blog-437875.html Day 144 DarwinMorning The weather forecast says it might rain today very exciting Rain imagine what that will do to the humidity GloriousDarryl has an appointment this morning with a sponge and a hose pipe the caravan needs a good clean whilst I have an appointment at The Shearing Shed up the road Irsquom not being rude itrsquos what the hairdressers is calledDesperate for http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Northern-Territory/Darwin/blog-437589.html