Darwin Botanic Gardens

So here we are ... the day of the Aussie wedding.


This what I've been planning my travel arrangements around the last few months, making my way South through Asia to Darwin, to my cousin's wedding. I'm the English contingent and only representative that can make it, so feel special pride to be here and part of the occasion.

In Darwin, we were met by Rachel, who we went to school with in Revelstoke and has lived in Palmerston (just south of Darwin) for 3 years now. We went to her place for dinner and had a delicious meal of Chicken kabobs and salads amongst the sounds of geckos and frogs! We talked about home and about the differences between Australia and Canada, and …

... Darwin as it is a very small city. However, there are still things to do such as have a walk in Bicentenial Park, or the Botanic Gardens. Also there are various museums to see as well as a casino. They have a night market at Mindil Beach on Thursdays and ...

... whip crackers, fire shows, all fantastic. Had a go at the old dig and managed to make some vague sounds. Not easy! Wondered the Botanic gardens, and the free museum, full of interesting stuff. Spent a morning in the Casino - you probably know I am a very ...

... bigger on thursday evenings, so I better have a look then too. On the way back to the city I went trough the botanic gardens, and from there to the Esplanade and the bicentennial park. Beautiful weather and beautiful city! Had my first workday today! ...

... palms and banksia trees. At 37°C it's too hot for sensible folk to be out of the shade. Insensible, I venture into the Botanic Gardens. The collection of palms, baobabs, cycads and bromeliads are impressive enough, but paths often lead to nowhere. The ...

... , but far too expensive to be able to see and do everything. I saw all the free sights, including the botanic gardens, Australia's Northern Territory museum, the red sands of Mindil Beach, and the ever so bland downtown area. The highlight of ...

... in lake Alexander and walked along Fannie Bay beach, was a great afternoon. One of the days we also went to the Darwin Botanic Gardens where we had a nice walk around. After a week of being back in Darwin we had exhausted all job opportunities and ...

... from Sarah) so Leanne, Betty, Mark, Brittany, Danny and Gina all head down stairs to get the arranged bus to the Botanic Gardens. Whilst Sarah makes last minute preparations and Jess arrives ready to drive Sarah to the gardens. I take some quick photos ...

... storm did not land so we returned to the bus stop and headed to the botanical gardens. The trees and flora found in the Darwin Botanic Gardens are the same as can be found on Kauai, HI. With her keen sense of smell JoRina was able to detect a mango ...

... In the north of the northern territory it is a tropical climate again. There are nice walks along by the coast and the botanic gardens are some what more interesting than the arid zone one in alice springs. There are a substantial number of aboriginal ...

... , so has the events which the Territory Government has arranged. Last week was 'Bass In The Grass' a music festival set in the botanic Gardens, Sarah had found it out and said we should go anyway, not really knowing what to expect. Having purchased ...