Blogs from City of Darwin, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania - page 29

We went to a National park called The Litchfield National Park, It is a easy 70 Kilometres from Darwin if you head south, The park do not allow animals so little Jackson was put away for a few days. Look the whole thing revolves around a fantastic series of Waterfalls and Waterholes that are linked by a comprehensive walking track circut. Hey we loved the swimming and a word of caution the Buley Waterhole has a few fish that are quite impartial to a scab on the knee if you will, gross but true, I am so glad that Jo keeps telling the story to all and sundry that will listen of how a fish ate the scab of my knee........yeeha Our personal favouite is the Wangi Falls it has a one and a half hour ... read more

We have been unabashed fans of the crocodile hunter ( STEVE IRWIN ) for ages, He passed away on Monday the 4th of Sept 2006, We are still in shock that this great man has gone and so many assholes are left to walk the earth. We had the sad displeasure of meeting a backpacker who was fed a load of tripe from the CROCODYLIS park regarding Steve and his outlook on the Crocodile and its conservation. Now from the outset we did inform this individual on the true nature of Steves standpoint, Which is leave these creatures in the wild to be as they always were. The Park is a breeding ground for handbags and shoes and it parades the crocodiles for an extra dollar prior to the 303 bullet gunshot to the head. Steve ... read more

Darwin June 10-16, 2006 Saturday, June 10 We arrived in Darwin at 4:30 in the morning. It was pitch black outside and we were practically out on our feet as we passed through a vigorous and detailed customs and immigration check. The passage through customs became more complicated when they found out we were carrying candy. Any food, and they mean chocolate or “lollies” as the lady put it, demands a more thorough search. Our cab driver into town was a chatty, amiable guy who had the whole world figured out. His years in food service and his nights as a cab driver were all the education he needed to diagnose the world and her people. A stunning mind wasted on two tired and easily irritated travelers. We arrived at the Value Inn in downtown Darwin ... read more

We had arranged to drop the car off at the airport, which was very easy given the early hour of the morning. We had allowed way too much time and hence had to wait for ages in the flight. We had not filled the car with petrol and we felt there wasn’t enough time, which was clearly a mistake. Darwin had changed completely from when I was last there (see ). I initially didn’t recognise any of it. It was a sleepy little town last time (with no work going, which we a big issue for us) but now it was relatively busy and built up. The backpackers also seemed to have taken over, with lots of hostels, bars, tour offices and second-hand car yards as well. It reminded me of Cairns and would have been ... read more

It was the year of our lord, four score and ten ... plus 19 at the front and add 7 at the end. It was 1997 is what Im saying and I was about to go into my final year of my astrophysics with Swahili course at the world renouned East Yorkshire Polytechnic. I was the youngest student in my class having shown at a tender age that I was, in short, a genius. Having proved Einstein was wrong when I was 11, I called into question Newtons ideas about gravity which, after a legal wrangle, is now being largely corroborated by the leading experts in the field. In addition to my course, I was also captain of the football team, cricket team, rugby team, headboy, prefect and allround general nice bloke. Everyone liked me and ... read more