Blogs from City of Darwin, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania - page 15

DAY 239 I have been struggling to get out of bed for the past few mornings, I feel tired so just happy to be given a cup of tea and ease myself into the day, nonetheless I got up by 8.00 and as soon as I was up the new toaster was plugged in and before long Andy and I were tucking into a slice of toast, his with peanut butter and mine with a nice helping of Bovril (well, I cannot find any Marmite - the British version of Marmite that is!). Miriam and Dave appeared, yesterday we agreed to help them out, they need to get the remainder of their belongings from their crashed Toyota Landcruiser, we also wanted to see if we had any chance of towing the Landcruiser away from its ... read more

DAY 232 It was 6.30am and my alarm had just gone off, there was barely any light outside as the morning had not quite woken up itself, amazingly there was also a thick covering of fog outside, it was lovely and cool, but no time for lazing around in bed this morning, I have a Skype session with my girlfriends, back in England, booked for 7.00am. Once dressed, I cleaned my teeth to make myself look half presentable, tricky at this time of the morning, put the kettle on, booted up the laptop and while that was booting up (takes ages at the moment), made a cup of tea for Andy and me. Andy took the opportunity to stay in bed a little longer. I jumped into the truck, where I knew that I could Skype ... read more

So we've spent the last week in Darwin, reading books and reading the job section of the papers, but to no avail. The first night we arrived, we met with Nicola and Stef's fellow apple pickers, Aifa and Becky. We shared a few $8 jugs of Carlton Draught (that was to be a constant throughout the week) and then went to Mindil Beach Sunset Market. It was affy bonny, and the locals turn out by the hundreds and drink there drink and watch the setting sun. Then everyone goes to the market to try one of the "120 food stalls from 50 countries", as the lonely bible says. We had some Chinese thing which was very pleasant. Most days we spent in the cool air conditioned hostel, only going out to use the free internet at ... read more

Firstly I would like to apologise for last weeks rather univentive title, both Ross and Stef used 'Roadtrip' too........ Secondly, from my ever attentive, inquisitive mind (along the same lines of 'some aussie observations'), I have some queries I hope my readers can help me with. Answers on a postcard please: 1) Thongs(flip flops) and socks, together, why??? 2) How come sailors uniforms are white? It looks a bit funny I reckon. 3) Who would win in a battle between a shark and a croc? 4) Why do Australians think that turning airports/buses into freezers is a good idea, after being in the heat all day? It's playing havoc with my internal thermostat. Thats all I can think of for now, but there will be more, so for now on with the blog. Aaaaah Darwin. Now ... read more

Die Freunde mit dem Schuppenpanzer oder ."Wie es ist von einem Krokodil gebissen zu werden" Hallo an alle und ein paar kraenkelnde Gruesse aus Darwin. Die Klimaanlagenkrankheit hat mich erwischt. Das staendige rein und raus, erst feucht-heiss, dann trocken-kalt, tut keinem gut. Aber alles halb so schlimm. Zuletzt war ich ja in Broome, mal wieder. Dort haben wir uns etwas von unserer Rundreise durch die Kimberleys erholt. Allerdings hat uns das Wetter einen Strich durch unsere Rechnung gemacht. Es gab keine Sonne, keinen Sonnenuntergang und somit auch keine Strandtage, die wir haetten geniesen koennen. Aber heis wars dafuer trotzdem. So blieb es dann nicht aus, dass wir ein weiteres mal die Kalte-Bier-Strategie anwenden mussten. War aber dann doch nicht so uebel =) Nach der entsprechenden Erholungsphase brachen wir auf in Richtung Darwin. Es stand uns eine ... read more