Blogs from City of Darwin, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania - page 25

Hay back home, After leaving Darwin the first time we thought it might be good to check out the surrounding coastal areas, first stopping at Mandorah. It was a very small place and the caravan park was at the pub. There wasn’t much to see or do but you had a nice view of Darwin from the beach over the harbour. From here we headed out to a place called Dundee Beach. It was like a tropical island. The water was crystal clear and the sand white as snow. But we had heard Crab Claw Island was nicer and only stayed one night. It wasn’t. There wasn’t any shade and it was a 39° day. Luckily there was a pool. The only bad bit after swimming was the amount of midges and mozzies around. We were ... read more

Hy Guys, also da ihr ja jetzt scheinbar ewig lang nichts mehr von mir gehoert habt, will ich euch mal kurz die Sachlage erklaeren. Ich habe noch zwei Berichte waehrend unseres Roadtrips geschrieben. Der eine war nur kurz und so gut wie keine Bilder drin, oder auch keine. Weiss nicht mehr. Wie auch immer auf jeden Fall waren in dem anderen Eintrag ca. 40 Bilder drin. Die versprochenen halt. Der war aber leider nur kurz online. Dann hatten die von travelblog.org einen Serverabsturz und so gut wie alle meine eintraege waren weg. Da hab ich mich natuerlich uebelst aufgeregt. Hatte keine sicherungskopie. Jetzt erst so langsam haben sie es geschafft die verlorengegangenen Eintraege wieder zu beschaffen. Auf jeden Fall hatte ich erstmal keinen Bock mehr auf das alles. Kotzt an wenn man so viel Zeit reinsteckt ... read more

Apologies for the lack of blogs recently guys, we're have very slow or no internet for a while. Also, this website has conveniently lost our previous blogs, but luckily we got most of them back (thanks Dad for saving them!!). Nevermind, it is a free service so we can't be angry! I think we last left you in Darwin, making our preparations to leave for Batchelor, a nearby(ish) small town, to play cowboys on Rum Jungle cattle farm! It was our first Wwoofing stop (for those of you not familiar, it is a scheme where you toil for a few hours a day on a farm or similar, in return for lodging and grub). We’re hoping to wwoof and work all the way down the west coast to Perth, to try and save some money and ... read more

I had a few days in Darwin before heading to Kakdu National Park (something that I haev been really looking forward to!). I also met back up with my partner in crime from Airlie Beach, Kelly which was great! I really liked Darwin as a city, it's small and laid back with nice beachs and a great nightlife! The weather was perfect, 30 degrees in the day and cool at night. I could not imagine being here in the build up (when it reaches 50 degrees and 95% humidity) or the full on wet season though! It was probably the best time of year to be there as you could also swim in the sea which isn't possible for 9 months of the year. Kelly and I timed our trip to Kakdu so that we ... read more

Darwin Day 107/108/109 June 9/10/11/12/13/14/15 After visiting the tourism office (which again conformed to other tourism offices where the staff don’t seem to be as knowledgeable as you would think). Collected a number of pamphlets for bits and pieces and specifically about fishing charters. We wandered to the Esplanade where per chance the Greek community had their annual “Glenti Festival” so we partook (?) in the food offerings for lunch and listened to some Greek music. Wandered along the Esplanade for a bit and then wandered home. Bit of a lazy day. Ultimately ended up moving from the caravan park close to Darwin - it was also close to the aerodrome so quiet and peaceful it was not! Moved out to Howard Springs approx 20km out from Darwin but were soon hankering for the open ... read more