Blogs from Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, Oceania - page 79

Voila deja trois semaines que nous taillons les manguiers, non loin de Darwin. Au rythme de 10 heures par jours sous le cagnard et en gigottant beaucoup, on a trouve la formule miracle pour avoir la ligne tout en se faisant plein de pepettes... Je pense que l'on va breuvete l'idee. Apres avoir passe un noel peu conventionnel, un super barbecue avec nos collegues de travail en short et t-shirt, nous avons termine le champ assigne. Tres tres ravi de quitter enfin la ferme, c'est le coeur en joie que nous rangeons Raymonde et nous preparons a prendre la route, surtout que notre prochaine etape se trouve au centre d'un magnifique national park, classe patrimoine mondial, le KAKADU NATIONAL PARK (kakadou dou dou...), on a vraiment hate. Derniere nuit a Darwin, dans une ruelle a cause ... read more

There for two days and then left.... Took lift with a truckie and guess what was on his truck 'The western star' It had to be fate. There were four of us in this particular truck so had to take it in turns to be able to sleep as drove straight through! $.30am was my designated time for 4 hours god I was tired. Got to mount Isa next day and spent three days doing very little but swimming... flight from there to Windorah on 22nd December.... read more

Well finally left Windorah had to get to Darwin and here we go this is what been doing. Went to Longreach shopping for lots of stuff and stayed in this 'shack' that snowy owned and chilled out and relaxed watching 5 movies i believe also bought cooker, foam for bed and all the necessary things. Left two days later needing to leave desperately. First day made it to winton and slept in Kynuna by night 300ks from Longreach which had 20 people but a good pub. Stayed in car for first time had a good night sleep actually. Jess stayed up a little later than me with locals and a truckie! Good on ya girl but next day I had to do all driving as she was very hungover!!!... read more

I arrived in Darwin on the 16/2/05. I started work the following day and uni exactly a week later. Darwin is gret, relaxed and vibrant, and a very young city which is growing and developing very quickly! I absolutely love it here! the weather during the dry is fantastic but we are hitting the build up now, so it will be interesting to see what the next few months bring for us. I have attached a few photos which have been taken since february.... read more

G’day everyone, If we got paid for every time we said G’day or How ya goin mate? we could probably retire. Better than shove off you Victorian idiots - I guess. Anyway, at the moment we are camped up in Darwin with Tanya (Angie’s sister) in a house that she is renting and the kids are getting their fix of TV and DVD. Apparently ‘TV Deficiency Syndrome’ (TVDS-Aust. Med. Journal March 1989 Vol 3. Pg 45-89) is a medical condition proceeded by whining, whinging and a bad temper after being in the backseat of a car for 4 hours on the Stuart Highway. On the way we went to Palm Valley on a really rough 4WD track, stopped at Mataranka and Douglas Daly thermal springs and Wycliffe Wells, which is supposed to be the UFO capital ... read more