Blogs from City of Darwin, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania - page 24

Bin wieder zurueck in Darwin. bilder von denletzten tagen in litchfield und kakadu np... read more

As soon as you step of the aircraft after landing in Darwin, it just hits you. The temperature is around 36 c here and with the humidity there’s a much more tropical feel than the cooler spring we left behind in Perth. Darwin is located in the Northern Territories (NT) and lies right on the North coast, enclosed by the Arafura Sea above and by thousands upon thousands of square miles of outback nothingness below; although NT covers 20% of this massive continent, it is home to only 1% (about 200,000) of the total population of Australia. You get a feel for the size of this country when you realise it took us 3 hours to fly from (not even) the extreme south to the north coast, and, when you arrive, there’s an hour and ... read more

Well Darwin deserves a bit of a mention since it ressurected our faith in Australia..... cause there were times along the way coming through the outback that we wondered about this cool Australia that everyone had been talking about. Every place has been memorable for some reason & not surprizingly food has had a big part to play in most of our stories. As you know the trip from Broome to Darwin is a bit of a voyage so accounting for this.....we did a massive shop......once again I got a "little" extra for the "just in case", "desparate" times. So on top of the volumes of canned food, we stocked up on the good stuff.......no not ice-cream (no freezer)....but fresh fruit & veg. Well imagine the devastation we felt when some fellow camper informed us that ... read more

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. The park was pretty good. Worth a visit if you have a spare day and time. You get really really close to some crocs. The breeding pens - the crocs were huge. You learn so much on the walk around guided tours. I was standing next to the guy feeding the crocs so they got pretty close leaping out of ... read more

G'day Yes people, i am speaking to you live and direct from holiday part II - Australia. I will of course try to backtrack on the blog, but i thought as i've you know, sidled over to a whole new continent, i should write a brief note. And brief it shall be as one of the many difference between asia and australia is how BLOODY expensive this country seems now! I mean we've gone from spending 50p, maybe a pound every night on accomodation, to like 9 / 10 quid! Like real money!! Man alive... fags and booze are real prices too, which is a bit of a mare as everyone here wants a party and we just may not be able to afford it... hell, we're a little concerned about having the money to get ... read more