Blogs from Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania - page 77

The trip from Alice Springs to Darwin included going to some really beautiful places. The Devils Marbles was not what I expected though in the slightest! You always see the one picture of someone in between the two huge rocks, so I had always thought that that was it, two marbles...but no...there are 'heaps' covering a really huge area...so yes that was a very pleasant suprise... My favourite part travelling up to Darwin was Katherine Gorge. Unfortunately I wasn't able to canoe there due to the recent cyclone, so instead I went on a boat for a few hours...when I return I shall most definately canoe though, even though there are crocodiles! It was amazing to see trees growing out the side of the gorge and water seeping out of it creating such delicate waterfalls... As ... read more

Mens solen er på vej ned bag Kakadu's bjerge vandrer Andreas alene rundt i en nationalpark på 20000 kvadratmeter (ca. halvdelen af Danmarks samlede areal). Derudover er krokodillebestanden enorm og når mørket sænker sig kan man ikke føle sig sikker med slanger og andre krybdyr. For at få alle detaljer med kommer her Andreas' egen beretning om seancen: Jeg stod altså i en situation hvor jeg skulle vælge mellem at gå til carpark eller lookout. Jeg valgte at dreje af mod carpark, da jeg syntes det var mest logisk. Kunne dog hverken huske lågen eller at vi havde drejet på turen dertil. Overbeviste mig selv om, at jeg måtte have gået med hovedet nedad og ikke lagt mærke til det. Som jeg kom ud af stien dukkede flere og flere ikke genkendelige steder frem. Var dog ... read more

Here we go again. Vi skulle som sagt afsted paa en 7 dages tur til Darwin med en masse interessante stop undervejs. Turen der gik under navnet Red Rocket startede kl. lort i Alice Springs. Vores foerste maal var Kings Canyon med enorme kloefter og spektakulaerer klippeskraaninger. Derudover saa vi en lagune med vand og palmer kaldet Edens Have samt the Lost City der var en staerk kontrast med udtoerrede floder og forkulede traeer. Bagefter tog vores aboriginal chauffoer Troy os til vores overnight camp naer Uluru/Ayers Rock. Her noed vi en Aussie Barbie (australsk BBQ) for derefter at drikke et par oel eller tre ved vores kontrollerede bushfire. I takt med at baalet langsomt ebbede ud fandt vi som de sidste vores primitive bivuakpose (kaldet "swag") frem og noed den enorme sydlige halvkugles stjernehimmel. Naeste ... read more

As you can see, despite having only been in Oz for 4 days, I am already picking up the lingo. Well here we are in Darwin. Having been told by a couple of guys in Singapore that people only go to Darwin when they're on the run from the police or want to disappear, we are pleasantly surprised to find that Darwin is quite small and dull, and doesn't appear to be particularly infested with dangerous escapees... The main danger appears to be to out piggy banks - Australia is seriously expensive. We have been spoilt recently I guess with food being ridiculously cheap everywhere we've been, but the prospect of daily living costs here is plain scary!!! Our flight from Singapore was slightly more exciting than we might have liked, with a combination of us ... read more

Hello all I'm here to tell you a little story about a place called Darwin. The thing you have to remember about Darwin is that it is in the tropics so that means really high humidity (80% phew!) and that they have a wet season. Now it appears that i have arrived at the end of the wet season and at a time the aborigines call the "knock-em-down" storm season. Now boy do they mean it! Its still like 35 degrees but at about 4 o'clock most days you are pretty much guaranteed a spectacular storm! Its really weird walking round in your shorts and thongs (sorry flip flops cant help but pick up the lingo) while being soaked through to your skin yet the second the rain stops you dry off! why cant the rain ... read more