Two weeks in Darwin – keeping the faith, feeling poorer than we've ever been, and getting extremely lucky...

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April 13th 2013

Published: May 7th 2013

We had set up at Hidden Valley, a caravan park outside of Darwin, with nice grounds and a nice pool, and decided to give it 5 days before lowering the price on the car. Since we were (very) low on money and had no idea of a) when we would sell the car or b) how much we could get for it, our days consisted of devising ways of evading the extremely sticky heat while spending as little money as possi... Read Full Entry

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Sadie & Øyvind

Sadieandoyvind

We are Sadie and Øyvind, she is 28 and Spanish-American (raised in Barcelona, American by passport) and he is 35 and Norwegian all the way. We are married and live in Oslo (moved here together in 2008) and we both work in film and TV, Øyvind is a photografer and Sadie is a director working as a koordinator/AD :) We are quitting our jobs, packing up and leaving for the trip of a lifetime together! Our plans are to be gone anywhere between 6 and 10 months, and we hope to get off the beaten track and maybe work/volunteer along the way in order to better get to know the countries we visit and t... full info

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Beware of the snake

we only saw two snakes in the wild while in Australia, and we are happy that was all we saw. We know they were all there, but luckily they didn't come close

Swimming safe

at the waterfront there is a lagoon that makes it possible to swim relatively safe, so people do just that

Sunset at the Market 2

The Croc is still out there

It would be nice but

as there are plenty of crocs around Darwin there was still no reason to go for a swim

Darwin beach bum

Window on the wet lands

the exhibition out here was a bit worn down and needed and update, but at least there was a few buffalos in the distance

7th May 2013

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Congratulations on selling the car.
Enjoy Indonesia.

7th May 2013

Sadieandoyvind
Sadie & Øyvind

Finally moving on
Thanks guys, we had a great time with our car, Bernie, and if we could we'd take him home. Hopefully it will get a lot of more time on the road with its new owner

7th May 2013

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Australia is one of the most beautiful place on earth!
Finally you guys did a review of Darwin, I've been there myself last year and it was an amazing experience.

8th May 2013

Andy and Debbie
Andrew Ratter

Job Done!
Well, you made it safe and sound AND sold the car...good work, anyone making that trip's got to be pleased with that. Picked up on your blog just as you left Perth and thought, hmmm, that could be an interesting adventure at this time of year!! So it proved but despite the ups and downs it sounds like you've had some magic moments and awesome memories. I've been through Halls Creek twice, both times at night and both times the town has literally been on fire... bit of a rough spot! Have a great trip through Indonesia on your way home, but do keep your promise to come back to Oz some day... the Gibb River Road really is all it's cracked up to be when it's dry!!!

11th May 2013

Sadieandoyvind
Sadie & Øyvind

A great experience
Thanks for your comment, we surely had some challenges on our way, but the experiences that were positive was much bigger and better. We know we didn't choose to travel from Perth to Darwin at the easiest time, but it was a now or never kindda thing and we don't regret it. We are looking forward to getting back to see some more of Australia and do the Gibb and the red center, but all in good time ;-)

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